Tonight's project

This is what I worked on tonight. Made some more pallet racks. Will go back and brace at the top to stabilize and give me a from to wrap a tarp over when it gets time to cover up.

4x4 pallets. So each of these will hold just under half a cord each.

Why use pallets on the side? I stack on wood pallets. I use blocks under them to keep them elevated off the ground and stack squarely on them. Not knocking what you do. Gotta use a system that makes you happy. When I stack I take my time and build a square stack of wood that will be strong (hopefully) and not fall over. The stack in the pic is 4 pallets squared.....I mainly stack side by side not touching with about 6 inches between pallets. That way I can easily cover them with metal roofing or tarps.

Good job.
Got a pallet jack ?
Could you tie a rope across the top, stack on the rope & go a bit taller than the pallets & get a good 1/2 cord+ on each?

At first I thought you were shooting hoops, looks warm enough

I have tried all ways. I have a free supply of pallets as my buddy owns a commercial electrical sales store. I have boxed the ends of a couple of my rows, but it takes more time to get it right. I have a sloping property. So I stack with the slope. Plus I have 4 kids. All 10 or under, so all the time I can take out of the stacking process the better. I am also thinking I can just back the tractor to these pallets, lift it with the forks and bring them to the house when needed. One less time to handle the wood.

Bogy... Good suggestion on the rope. Will try that. Don't have a pallet jack, but have a tractor with forks to hook to 3pt hitch. I would like to be able to move to the house as needed.

I see. I'd be doing the same if I was moving with a tractor. Nice idea. much less time handling wood!

Just a lot of trial and error.

I might even put a back on these. Might make it less likely for the stacks to fall out while moving

Good work mudbug250. That is a great idea. I need to get some forks for my tractor and build some type of bins that I can move around. I think I will get that done by next fall when I start the stacking process again.

The wood that will be going in these racks will not be burned for until 2014 or 2015. Now that I am getting a lot of stacks, I am going to start stacking farther away from the house. I don't mind walking to the racks now, but where I will be stacking now is over 100 yards from the house. Hence the tractor.

+1...I have begun using the square ends and pallets as the base. It does take more time though which for me is fine because I enjoy it. I can appreciate both ways of doing it.

I also love pallets to store my wood on. Easily available and free.
Keeping the pallet directly of the ground ( via bricks or 2x4 lumber ) really helps to extend their lifespan.
Recently scored a few plastic pallets which should last a lifetime.

On my way to work I pass a beer beverage store and the owner puts a couple pallets now and then outside to take.....every now and then he leaves a plastic one outside.....got 5 so far. haven't stacked on em yet but plan to this weekend....keeping a wood pallet elevated off the ground extends its life quite a bit. I have the same wood pallets for like 5 years stacked on blocks and still use them. I think they'll fail structurally before rotting.