Cheap landscape timbers at Lowes

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Knots

Knots

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Mar 13, 2013
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Alfred, Maine
Love those spring sales, got a bunch of those last year. Will never need to get another for wood stacking, they last forever.
 
It's truly amazing to me that someone can cut down a tree, haul it to a processing plant, mill it and cut it to length, treat it with chemicals, haul it to a retailer, and then sell it for $1.97. Incredible.
 
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I started using those too they're so cheap. I bet they don't make any money on them but use it to get people in the store.
 
Saw that design too via Google when I was looking for info on the proper way to stack wood. Instead of using timbers I used 2x6 ptl from a neighbor who was redoing his deck. Split them in half and screwed them together for the runners which is about the same thickness as the timbers. Every 10' I brought up a vertical 2x4 divider for more stability and since I'm stacking over 4.5' it comes out to around half a cord each. Makes it very easy to separate wood species and cover and know where I'm at on my cord count. Works great for me. image.jpg
 
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Creekside said:
I started using those too they're so cheap. I bet they don't make any money on them but use it to get people in the store.
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It worked!
 
Bigsby said:
Saw that design too via Google when I was looking for info on the proper way to stack wood. Instead of using timbers I used 2x6 ptl from a neighbor who was redoing his deck. Split them in half and screwed them together for the runners which is about the same thickness as the timbers. Every 10' I brought up a vertical 2x4 divider for more stability and since I'm stacking over 4.5' it comes out to around half a cord each. Makes it very easy to separate wood species and cover and know where I'm at on my cord count. Works great for me.
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Those are some tidy piles. I tend to get greedy and mound the top.
 
Knots said:
Those are some tidy piles. I tend to get greedy and mound the top.
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I guess the OCD in me won't allow me to mound the piles, but directs me to expand laterally. Adding on two more cord here shortly giving me a total of six which will put me ahead nicely. Now I've got to fill those suckers. ::-)
 
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