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.