Alright fellas, this is gonna be super easy. I'm tired of stacking on pallets. I want to build a platform that will run ~50 feet and on which I can stack wood with book-ends to allow the wood to build up. I just want to be able to lay pieces in one direction and stack em up about 5 feet high.
The ground has a distinct slope downwards. It's a gentle slope, but across 50 feet we're probably looking at a drop of 4-5 feet.
My thought was to simply get PT 4x4's and lay them 12" away from one another. I'd maybe add a 2x4 cross-brace at the ends of every piece to keep them evenly spaced.
On the "book ends", I'd simply do PT 2x4's about 5' high, screwed into the 4x4's at the base, and maybe with a 45 degree angled 2x4 cut and screwed about 2.5' high on the 2x4 and 2.5' inwards on the 4x4 for structural support.
I'm just looking to stack my wood straight across and in front of a fence in my backyard, and the fence runs across a hill. Will this work? Do I need the structural supports? Should I maybe only do 8 foot lengths and repeat it ~5 times?
Joe
The ground has a distinct slope downwards. It's a gentle slope, but across 50 feet we're probably looking at a drop of 4-5 feet.
My thought was to simply get PT 4x4's and lay them 12" away from one another. I'd maybe add a 2x4 cross-brace at the ends of every piece to keep them evenly spaced.
On the "book ends", I'd simply do PT 2x4's about 5' high, screwed into the 4x4's at the base, and maybe with a 45 degree angled 2x4 cut and screwed about 2.5' high on the 2x4 and 2.5' inwards on the 4x4 for structural support.
I'm just looking to stack my wood straight across and in front of a fence in my backyard, and the fence runs across a hill. Will this work? Do I need the structural supports? Should I maybe only do 8 foot lengths and repeat it ~5 times?
Joe