Stacking, my least favorite part.

I love just about everything about burning wood except stacking it. Now don't get me wrong, I love it after it is stacked......makes me feel good. But the stacking just isn't fun, and I was afraid that it was going to be less fun with my bad back........ I was right.. All that bending really hurts. It's going to take a little longer this year, but I got some done today.

Chief that looks great! Take it nice and easy on that back, lots of time to get it stacked.....

for someone who hates stacking thats quite nice.

Wow, great stacks...the fruits of your labor show well..and nice for us to look at too, not only for yourself...thanks.

Thanks everyone. I post these pics 'cause I love looking at them. Hope everyone enjoys mine as much as I enjoy yours. I just hate stacking, love the stacks after they are done

i hope to achieve that some day. well, a smaller version of that.

I love the stacking phase, because I know the processing is done.
I really enjoy walking around the stacks during the summer.
What eases your back aches - A535?

I enjoy the stacking too but then again my back hasnt been bothering me, I also take a walk through my stacks everyday just to get a sniff of freshly cut wood, good for the soul.

Alcohol

Stack for this chick



Bad back or not, you'd be able to keep up.

Nice stacks Chief!
I stack as I split. If I had to do it all at once I would be miserable.

Yep, I split into the trailer instead of the ground, then take the trailer to the stacks and leave it until I have the energy to stack it. That could be a minute later or the next day.
Saves on all that extra bending over to pick up the wood I already had in my hands.
Steve, the fact you're even doing this is fantastic.
ISeeDeadBTUs, did she even have a chain on there? Man, even I could keep up with her.

I stack them right where I split them.

Steve, bad back or not, you did an excellent job.

"I stack then right where I split them."
Now THAT'S efficiency!

The stacks look great chief, take it easy on the back.

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Thanks all! Some good ideas. I think I may start splitting/stacking.....good idea. Break it up a little instead of everything all at once. After 40 years of this stuff, I still get new ideas here. I didn't take a pic of the splitting stack, but it was pretty daunting, after a whole winter of cutting and splitting. I will quit complaining about the back eventually, but thanks to everyone for putting up with it until I do. Oh, and in case no one noticed, that is a Dennis Stack He is coming to see that baby this summer!

Right Steve, and then maybe I can take lessons from you!

Great looking stacks Steve! Mine look like crap next to yours..

Ray

I just split and stacked a load last week end ,I thought I was gonna be able to take it easy for a liitle while.. Today while I was at work , a local tree service calls and ask if I could take a load of wood from them.OOOHHHHH man they brought a huge load of ash and oak logs.I'm gonna be busy for a while.

I'll be by tomorrow.

ALL stacks of wood look good to me!

I don't know Steve. At a friend's house the last couple days rebuilding their bathroom, and found some rounds that have obviously been in a couple stacks for a looooong time. In the shade, no wind, no sun, covered with leaves.
Not pretty.

That is true. My son gave his neighbor some firewood for their fireplace, several years ago. It is still all in the same heap and never been touched.

I agree, stacking bother my back the most. It is the repetitive bending. I have a few tricks to make it easier but none takes all the hurt out of it...

depending on what species it is, it may be fertilizer someday!