Stack porn. 1st stack ever! (Go easy) Pics

So I've finally finished my first stack. It's doubled up but I had too,No room so I've got 1.5 cord (4 ft high And two 24 foot rows) and you'll notice I worked from left to right as the splits got larger as I got more tired. I didn't notice this at the time. I'm about halfway through or maybe a little more on next years load. Check the 2nd pic and let me know if you think there is a cord laying there (by the splitter)

No second pic?? You may want to shore up the right end or you will be restacking when the wood settles a bit. The left end is perfectly tilted "in" just the way I like it.

Lots of BTU's there - feels good to just walk around it all summer - I do all the time!

2nd one coming!

Ok!

Nicely done! Should be easy to toe in that right side. I'm going to guess a little over half cord in the pile there. But I never guess right when the wood is in front of me, so take that with a giant grain of salt.

1/2 maybe a little more but it is so hard to tell when you can walk all the way around a pile - not to mention a 2D pic. Looks great

Nothing wrong with that, much better than my first effort, glad theres no pics of mine, I would shore up the right side or you'll end up what I did the first year and spend a lot of time restacking.

Not bad at all. I agree with the other guys, get that right side shored up a little better.
Before you know it, you'll have over 25 cord back there. My stack started out like your's a while back........now it is HUGE!

That is a great start.

Did I misunderstand or didn't you say the first pic is 2 stacks @ 24'x4'?
Wouldn't each of those be 1 cord? You're doing gooder than you thought.
The r/h side really needs some help, or you'll find it all on the ground soon.
I can't tell how much is in the 2nd pic.

Looks good, especially the first stack. The second pic is how I stacked when I was a kid!

I agree with the comment about looking at them in the summer, I like to just admire the stacks while they're drying. Probably a bit obsessive, but there's plenty of worse habits I could have.

Stack looks awesome. If your just gettin started, then hold on tight....

It's only gonna become more obsessive.

Thats what I thought 2 rows 4' high, 24' long = 2 cords
Good job
That happens to me also, The splits get larger as I get more tired but ya need different sizes any way

Not sure. 128 in a cord so I did redneck math lol 24x4 = 96 x 2 = 192 \ 128 = 1.5 cord?

Presuming the splits are at least 16" long, a cord would be one stack of those , 4 ft. high x 24'.
Or, a stack 4' high x 4' deep x 8' long.

What do you cut at?

Your forgetting width??

24 long x 4 tall x 1.5' wide (16"? If you cut at 16". If you cut at 18"-24" then you have close to 2.5).

24 x 4 x 1.5 gets you a full cord

You have 2 on your hands. Keep gettin it.

My freakin back feels like it was 12 cords!

Uh, Dex, 1.5 would be 18". 16" is 1.3333.......
Not trying to nitpick, but this starts changing things dramatically one you get a bunch of wood involved.
But, yeah CHeath, what do you cut at?

It's cubic feet, not square feet, so 24 feet long by 4 feet high by the length of the splits. If 16 inches long, then 24 x 4 x 1.33= 128 = 1 cord. A cord assumes at least 80 cubic feet of actual solid wood, in an volume of 128 cubic feet. Some of your wood is stacked with quite a bit of air space, so you may be a bit short of a cord, but you are awfully close to a cord in each row, for a total of 2 cords stacked. By the time you add a pallet on the end and shore up that incorrectly leaning end, you'll certainly be at a full cord.

Oops.... Duh..

Even my OCD slips sometimes

Yep. 18" = 1.5'

I thought it a bit odd coming from one of our stacking gurus.

Its St. Patty's Day . I may have had one or two (cases) today

Cheers. Oh and I learned from the best. You are one, of the long line I learned from..

18"

So U have more than 2 cords

Yea I started thinking, 4 foot high 4 foot deep and 8 foot long is a cord so I have a little less than 3 cord there if my cuts are 36" (18" in each stack) sweet.