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  1. iskiatomic Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 15, 2008
    695 posts
    Central CT
    I have this stack that is severely heading south. The plan is to bring it in, in 3-4 weeks. Not so sure if it will stay upright that long. So, today being 9-26-12, the bets start now as to it's demise. The winner will recieve......ummm, ummm, ummm.....a super cedar!

    Well when it comes down, at least I have Poor Doug to help it into the woodshed..........ummm, right Doug?

    KC

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  2. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    283 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    I make the prediction that it will not fall over before you move it for winter use.
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  3. Maple man Member

    i think it might hold one of my stacks is like that it has held on all summer :cool:
  4. Scotty Overkill firewood hoarder

    joined: Sep 24, 2011
    7,169 posts
    central PA
    I agree with Boom Stick. She'll hold up for a while yet. I've got a corner of the stack in the same predicament. Matter of fact, its the first corner to get transferred to the pallets against the house in a week or two.....its been 'hunching' over for a year or so. See the bottom left corner of the pic below.....


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  5. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,273 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    How are we supposed to tell with only ten pictures all taken at night? I think your scheme is rigged. I'm not placing a bet on this one. :mad:
  6. cygnus Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 23, 2010
    292 posts
    Central, NJ
    Judging by average density of hardwood, common coefficient of friction (on surfaces created by an eight pound maul, Ax, hatchet and various wedges), the tilt of the Earth this month with relation to recent solar flares and the 6.2M earthquake in Cali...the stack will fall on Oct 4th @ 2:33am. But I can't be sure.
  7. Nixon Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 6, 2008
    628 posts
    West Sunbury ,Pa.
    You left out coreolis effect , average wind speed and direction calculations, the proximity of anything valuable to the wood stack .please get back to us with a theorem that accounts for these variables. :)
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  8. PapaDave Minister of Fire

    ^ Yeah, what he said.
    But, I can't be sure.
    I usually just give mine a chest bump a few times, but I do single rows. Straightens 'em right out.
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  9. Poor Doug Member

    joined: Jan 10, 2011
    43 posts
    Connecticut
    Yep, ready when you are.
    Chances are, it'll hold until we're ready to move it.

    In case I'm wrong, I'm predicting collapse on Oct. 3rd, just to be in the running for the Super Cedar.
    Love those things.
  10. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,989 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Falls the day you start to move it . 3 weeks, Oct 16th.
  11. etiger2007 Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 8, 2012
    1,035 posts
    Clio Michigan
    Lol she'll make it with out falling. Was this stacked with a pile of beer cans on the ground towards the end?
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  12. schlot Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 21, 2011
    606 posts
    Iowa
    Give me your address and I predict it will fall right after I get there. LOL
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  13. gzecc Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 24, 2008
    2,910 posts
    NNJ
    How do we know its not stacked on a hill, and its actually straight?
  14. cptoneleg Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 17, 2010
    1,376 posts
    Virginia
    It sounded good when Drunk?
  15. Lumber-Jack Minister of Fire

    Sept 29 2012
  16. Fire Breathing Dragon Member

    joined: Feb 26, 2012
    75 posts
    Carroll County, MD
    Hah! Looks like the stacks could use a little V8 juice to straighten em up? I agree with BD, they might topple when you start the move. Good luck!
  17. CageMaster Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 5, 2011
    291 posts
    Central Canada
    i predict the next windy day
  18. burnagain New Member

    joined: Jun 22, 2012
    50 posts
    LaGrange, GA
    I say go at select important splits with a hammer to beat them into submission and it will last indefinitely. No restacking required.

    Without beating though I say October 3.
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  19. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,520 posts
    Michigan
    I'm betting I'd be moving that Troy Bilt tiller before the fall.
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  20. Jaugust124 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Feb 14, 2010
    367 posts
    Mid-Hudson Valley, NY
    Looks like a few of my stacks. I just can't seem to get those suckers right.
    I'm guessing sometime tomorrow. Thunderstorm expected. I imagine there might be some wind involved, so that might just be the final blow it needs.
  21. iskiatomic Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 15, 2008
    695 posts
    Central CT
    Tiller is not in the fall zone. Denny thank you for your concern. I have removed everything in the "drop zone".

    KC
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  22. Woody Stover Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 25, 2010
    3,478 posts
    Southern IN
    No crash on that stack.
  23. cygnus Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 23, 2010
    292 posts
    Central, NJ
    Geez, I've been working at this equation all day to figure out what went wrong...and I finally got it. The very day after I crunched these numbers the GDP was revised to 1.3% from 1.7%! That completely throws off the entire calculation! Using 1.3% there is no way this stack is going to fall before being burned.

    I'm blaming this one on the government and submitting a claim for the opportunity cost of one lost super cedar! So much for 'HOPE'
  24. clr8ter Member

    joined: Oct 4, 2010
    158 posts
    Southern NH
    To OP ; What the Hell are you doing in my yard taking pictues of my stacks?;lol
  25. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    It will fall the day before you plan on moving it. Some work with a sledge hammer might put off the impending doom.
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