wood on palets

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EKLawton

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Oct 18, 2009
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I have alot of moisture in the ground in my area so Iwant to stack my wood on palets. I dont know the best way to stack it "wood going with the top boards or across"?
This may sound dumb but I would hate to get it done to fall over aweek later. My splits are 18"-20" long and the pallets are standard size..thanks in advance :)
 
I would stack the wood the same direction as the "slats" on the pallets so the 2x4s in the pallets are going in the opposite direction
so you get good support. I did one of my piles wrong last year and in sags.
 
Jack Straw said:
I would stack the wood the same direction as the "slats" on the pallets so the 2x4s in the pallets are going in the opposite direction
so you get good support. I did one of my piles wrong last year and in sags.
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I buck my wood to 20 inches and the slats on most pallets are 40 inches so it holds two rows perfectly. If you buck to 16 inches you might consider turning the pallets so that you can fit three rows on the 48 inch length.
 
Pallets are great for outdoor stacks and ricks.
Easy to set up and configure into most any type.
I use bricks and field stone to level
them on uneven ground. Over lapping
the bottom course of splits a bit for drainage.
 
No problem with wood on pallets. Stack in a manner that when the slats break your wood is supported. 20" splits across the "runners". just be aware of the foot thru pallet chinese shoe trap. And the torn up twisted ankle dance that goes with it. AKA----"step softly when carry big split"
 
thanks for the help. I got 1 1/2 cords done today :cheese: Man am I tired of redoak, any one want to trade for pine its alot easier :)
Just kidding sucks burning oak all the time %-P
 
EKLawton said:
thanks for the help. I got 1 1/2 cords done today :cheese: Man am I tired of redoak, any one want to trade for pine its alot easier :)
Just kidding sucks burning oak all the time %-P
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You just pissed off all the wood burners out west :ahhh:
 
EKLawton said:
thanks for the help. I got 1 1/2 cords done today :cheese: Man am I tired of redoak, any one want to trade for pine its alot easier :)
Just kidding sucks burning oak all the time %-P
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+1 on that. I remember horror stories about pine and its evil creasote. Now I'm scrounging through my pile to burn it because even after 2 years the oak still doesn't burn as hot or easy.

I say the best tree to burn is the one closest to your stove!
 
I've been bucking redoak that was timberd 8 years ago, the outside is punkie but still green in the middle. I tried to give the syuff away when it was cut but nobody
wanted it, to bad for them. Latly i have alot of downed hemlock, I am going to try that with new stove "napoleon 1900". My old stove was an englander 24fc, never
liked the thing , the cat was all wrong or something had to have the bypass open or it would drip creasote bad. with the new air tight I should be able to burn the hemlock
with out the fire running away, just got to figure out how much more wood i will need per year.
 
budman said:
EKLawton said:
thanks for the help. I got 1 1/2 cords done today :cheese: Man am I tired of redoak, any one want to trade for pine its alot easier :)
Just kidding sucks burning oak all the time %-P
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You just pissed off all the wood burners out west :ahhh:
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Hells Bells,

The only way I get hardwood in the Rockies is to burn oak pallets!
 
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