I happened to glance down at the stacks this afternoon and was dismayed to see this. This was stacked on some discarded half-round fence posts, some of which were kind of weak, on top of concrete half-blocks. I shored up some of the posts that were sagging between the concrete blocks with bricks under the center of the post spans. But I think that since the soil in the woods is kind of spongy, a stack always starts to lean one way or the other and eventually it topples. I could stack shorter, but this one wasn't too much over 4' tall (actual wood height.) Since I'm several years ahead and have more time to let the wood dry, I'm now stacking two rows on pallets with about 6" between the stacks. The pallets are on bricks under each end of the 2x4s. Seems a lot more stable. I'm just going to bring that wood up closer to the house rather than re-stack it there. It's Sugar Maple and I think it's about ready to burn...
In the silver lining department, when I walked down to have a closer look at the crashed stack, I found an item that had been missing for a couple of months; Must have fallen off the quad back there. I'm glad I found that...it's slightly lighter than the similar ones I have seen in the stores.
In the silver lining department, when I walked down to have a closer look at the crashed stack, I found an item that had been missing for a couple of months; Must have fallen off the quad back there. I'm glad I found that...it's slightly lighter than the similar ones I have seen in the stores.
Ok , maybe once........... or twice................. or oh heck, never mind. I did learn real fast to build stacks on stable bases after I picked up a few. Now that I'm ahead on wood, I make sure to stack for longer term stability to avoid such issues, but it can still happen. Critters burrowing, wood drying @ different rates, etc. It just happens sometimes, I'm just glad the wood's there in the first place. A C
Glad you found your maul, too!
I'm going to move the fallen wood up nearer the house. Need to do that pronto; We are supposed to get a couple inches of rain from the remnants of Isaac. No bears around here. I'll just have to blame it on deer or my cats...couldn't have been a faulty stack job! 
Actually, one of the half-blocks was on a slope. I should have leveled that one out on the low side instead of trying to compensate while stacking.
I rather like the look of the stacks on pallets, and they should last a long time since they are off the ground on bricks. As you can see, I also don't entirely cross-stack the ends. I'll stack two or three rows normally, then cross-stack a row. Seems to be working pretty well so far, especially on the uphill end of the stacks. 
