a wood pile

[Boom Stick]

here is the beginning of a scrounged wood pile. Trying to upload photos and this is a test.

 

[Gark]

Good pic. Sure do enjoy photo's of wood fuel stacks... Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone else ever find themselves standing around the C/S/S piles just appreciating the look of 'em and thinking about the work it took and the heat it will make? I need help....

 

[WellSeasoned]

Picture came through just fine and looks good too. I appreciate every photo on hearth.com, and the work everyone puts into heating their homes each year. It is a feeling of self suffiency.

 

[red oak]

Good pic. Sure do enjoy photo's of wood fuel stacks... Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone else ever find themselves standing around the C/S/S piles just appreciating the look of 'em and thinking about the work it took and the heat it will make? I need help....

I know exactly what you mean! I find myself doing this a lot (just looking at the wood pile) in the summer, when I don't have to split it or bring it to the house, and I can just stand there and watch it drying! When you really need help is when you start looking at some other guy's wood.

 

[Shari]

here is the beginning of a scrounged wood pile. Trying to upload photos and this is a test.

How would you say wind will blow through that style of stacking when it reaches 4-5' tall? Best best would be to separate your pallets and only stack two rows next to each other; next row should be around 2' away - therefore wind can get through both stacks.

 

[Gasifier]

Gark,

I know what you mean. Yes I do that as well. And yes, you do need help.

Boomstick, good pic.

 

[Boom Stick]

here is the beginning of a scrounged wood pile. Trying to upload photos and this is a test.

How would you say wind will blow through that style of stacking when it reaches 4-5' tall? Best best would be to separate your pallets and only stack two rows next to each other; next row should be around 2' away - therefore wind can get through both stacks.

I put 4 pallets on blocks in one large square thinking I was going to build a holz hausen on top of it. After an hour I didn't like the look of the stack so I made it square. It is 6 feet tall now. I call it the beast. I have to take some more pics now that I know how to resize them and put them up. I was thinking about the wind getting to it but continued on anyway. I may move it but who knows. I might leave it for two years and then I am sure it will be better than good considering the entire stack is off the ground. I have enough wood to burn next season without touching that pile so we'll see. I still haven't abandoned my dream of a holz hausen but some of my splits were big and was looking sloppy.

 

[bogydave]

Those holz hausen things look neat.
I put landscape cloth under the pallets,
I do like shari, 2 rows on a bunch of lined up pallets with about 12" between the rows, space between rows is important for air

Getting some serious BTUs, gathered up.
Good scrounging
Keep it coming

 

[weatherguy]

Good pic. Sure do enjoy photo's of wood fuel stacks... Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone else ever find themselves standing around the C/S/S piles just appreciating the look of 'em and thinking about the work it took and the heat it will make? I need help....

I do it every day, I walk through my wood area and fidget around, think of what I can do next, its a sickness alright.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I've looked at wood piles for well over 60 years now and still enjoy it.

 

[Got Wood]

Good pic. Sure do enjoy photo's of wood fuel stacks... Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone else ever find themselves standing around the C/S/S piles just appreciating the look of 'em and thinking about the work it took and the heat it will make? I need help....

I do it every day, I walk through my wood area and fidget around, think of what I can do next, its a sickness alright.

Me too Woodland is my favorite place!

 

[Kenster]

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone else ever find themselves standing around the C/S/S piles just appreciating the look of 'em and thinking about the work it took and the heat it will make? I need help....

I, for one, am shocked and appalled at the mere suggestion of such a thing!

(and yes, you did hijack the thread! ;-) )

 

[NH_Wood]

here is the beginning of a scrounged wood pile. Trying to upload photos and this is a test.

How would you say wind will blow through that style of stacking when it reaches 4-5' tall? Best best would be to separate your pallets and only stack two rows next to each other; next row should be around 2' away - therefore wind can get through both stacks.

+1 - I stack on pallets and leave enough room between pallets and rows of pallet that I can walk through the stacks - definitely want air moving through the rows of pallets. Made that mistake with about 12 pallets of red oak 3 years ago. Center just wasn't drying, so had to restack this summer. I hope it's ready for next year! If not, plenty of other dry wood to use.

Also, +1 on the appreciation of the woodstacks. The first thing I do when I get home from work is crack a Molson Canadian and sit by that stacks for 20 min to unwind. I'll poke and prod - grad splits from the stacks and see how they are seasoning, etc. - we are definitely an odd bunch! Cheers!

 

[firefighterjake]

Good pic. Sure do enjoy photo's of wood fuel stacks... Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone else ever find themselves standing around the C/S/S piles just appreciating the look of 'em and thinking about the work it took and the heat it will make? I need help....

Often . . . often . . . I cannot tell you how often I walk by the wood in my woodshed and just stare at that wood.

And what is truly scary is when you can remember the individual pieces . . . when you can pick up a piece and think back and remember the tree that it came from . . . and yet at the same time you cannot remember your own father's birthday or that you were supposed to empty the cat box last night.

 

[firefighterjake]

+1 to getting some space between the stacks . . . it will help in drying.

 

[Flatbedford]

Nice neat stack you've got going there.
I stack 3 rows deep and 4-5 feet high and about 30' long on pallets. Ash and Black locust will season in one year that way. Now that I am ahead all my wood should get three years now. I don't have enough room on my 1/4 acre to leave space between rows.