Backwoods Savage said:
CTYank said:
The pieces will shrink in thickness once the MC gets down around or below 20%, until which time any stack is subject to random collapse. DAMHIKT.
Do stack the wood off the ground, however you can manage it. Cross-stacking a "pillar" at the end of a stack can provide a stable, vertical end.
Not so CTYank! I do not recall any of our stacks falling over. We stack at 4.5' high which will shrink down to 4' or less and they become even more sturdy.
Okay, Dennis, let's see if I follow this. Your stacks are probably stable, with your local parameters (species, length, cross-section). Therefore all are stable.
I found that to be definitely not so, with one local species unknown to me, twice, inside an "open shed." Murphy is out there, you know!
Consider that, for a smaller stove like mine I prepare substantially shorter splits than your locomotive fuel. (With a side benefit that it's hard to use 2 cords for a full season.) So they're less like Lego blocks. Many different individual situations out there.
Yes so, Sav.