how tall is too tall (woodstacks)

[iron]

i'm planning to build my lean-to shed this upcoming weekend. i'd like to stack as high as possible, so for me, that's probably 6-7ft above ground. shed will just be a roof that covers pallets. stacks will be three rows deep.

i would prefer to avoid installing some kind of keeper to hold up the wood in the event it leans.

 

[GadDummit]

Anything taller than about 5' usually gets a little tippy for me. Maybe you have better luck.

 

[begreen]

2 story?
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/holz-hausen-firewood-stack-question.95181/#post-1277446
or taller?

 

[peakbagger]

Once you need a ladder to stack it, its a PITA.

 

[sportbikerider78]

Maybe I suck at stacking, but I have always found that as wood dries, stacks get really tippy. I find myself adjusting them a few times a year.

 

[blades]

Even at 4 ft as the wood dries and shrinks things get unstable. I stack to about 6 ft and every so often the wall comes tumbling down.

 

[begreen]

The holzhausen design tapers inward toward the center and thus allows larger stacks. This gal stacks them pretty high.
(broken link removed to https://afarmgirlinthemaking.com/2014/09/the-holzhausen-a-european-method-for-stacking-wood/)
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/holz-hausen-firewood-stack-question.95181/

In our shed the front stack is about 7 ft high when the bay is fully loaded. I've learned to be sure each row leans slightly toward the back of the shed so that the front rows are buttressed by those behind it.

 

[Hasufel]

I stack in single rows and usually have a stable arrangement up to about 5'. Most of the time I'll have a partial collapse within the first month as the wood dries but I just restack and it's good from then on. If you have multiple rows you can tie them together with extra-long branches or splits and get extra stability.

 

[johneh]

I follow a very simple rule
If it falls over it was to high
My outside stacks are 5 ft.
My inside stacks are to the roof 10 feet
but they lean on each other

 

[gzecc]

4' max for stability in general. It also depends on the length of the split. The longer the more stable.

 

[Mojappa]

I do 4' for my single stacked rows I've got seasoning in the yard, though only partly due to fear of it falling. I do it more so that its easier to measure and plug into the cord calculator and if I wanna take the top cover off when it's gonna be dry it's easier to get back on.

That said once it comes up to the house in the woodshed I go to the ceiling, but ive got walls to help me out too

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

The open racks are not stacked higher than 5 feet. In the shed, I stack up to 6 feet.

I had it only once when a stack came down. I stack 2 rows deep.

 

[WiscWoody]

I used to go 6 feet high with my stacks but I got tired of restacking fallen wood so now I go 5 feet and so far so good.

 

[firefighterjake]

I typically go 4-5 feet high . . . but I end up tossing the uglies, shorts and kindling on top so my stack ends up with a rounded or humped appearance and that typically is well over 6 feet high.