Stack toppled!

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Scooter422

Scooter422

Burning Hunk
Aug 24, 2014
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Indiana
Got a call last night saying one of my stacks fell over at a friend's house! That's what happens when you let your lady stack wood for ya! She doesn't understand why I'm so picky when it comes to stacking wood. Had to go over this morning and re-stack! Double the work!
 
I've had stacks fall. Most of us have. Wood shifts as it dries. Sheet happens.
 
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I had a little crash, maybe about 1/3 cord out of a 4-cord stack. I'm tempted to blame it on the women that stacked it, but the other end of the stack crashed a few months back, the beginning of the row which I stacked. <>
 
She had it leaning to begin with. I told her to take her time and try to get it level but she was trying to rush it. Yeah stuff happens and didn't take long to restack it. I told my friend that the stack would fall, just didn't think that fast. Guess that means it's dryin.
 
Scooter422 said:
She had it leaning to begin with. I told her to take her time and try to get it level but she was trying to rush it. Yeah stuff happens and didn't take long to restack it. I told my friend that the stack would fall, just didn't think that fast. Guess that means it's dryin.
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Either that or shes sending you a message to stack it yourself! :p
 
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NordicSplitter said:
Been there, done that...Its a good sign that your wood is drying out.:)
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Yeah me to. I was in the house and heard a sound like thunder and went to the yard to inspect. I had a half cord that had toppled over. It didn't look like anyone noticed so I busied myself and re stacked it. I had stacked it on dunage and since I've been using pallets it hasn't happened again although I have a stack of birch that has a suspicious lean to it....
 
Scooter422 said:
Got a call last night saying one of my stacks fell over at a friend's house! That's what happens when you let your lady stack wood for ya! She doesn't understand why I'm so picky when it comes to stacking wood. Had to go over this morning and re-stack! Double the work!
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Picture please
 
I usually do it all myself but my surgery is tomorrow so we have been working double time to get the wood done. I told her she could run the splitter but she declined. She does help me a lot and I am thankful for that but once I'm healed up I'll be stacking myself. No pics I restacked it all this morning.
 
I thought it was supposed to take a tumble, that's when it's telling you it ready to be burned...... I single stack my and it happens.....
 
It was my honey locust that fell. That stuff was nice and wet when I split it but have it in a nice windy and sunny location, top covered. Maybe get to burn it in 2 years instead of 3.
 
Well, my wife did snowblow the driveway when I had a foot operation. Had to put together written directions.
 
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Well she's taking care of me now after my hernia surgery so all is forgiven! Hernia surgery is no joke!! Probably sleep sittin up tonight.
 
Where I am the wind will blow my stacks over. I have put some rebar in the ground next to them with a 2x4 side ways which helps. When they start drying and tilting I will prop them up with some junk 1x4 I have laying around.
 
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Me too! I'm already getting stir crazy and it's only been 12 hours! 2 weeks is a long time to do nothing!
Mag Craft I thought about doing the 1x4 across the top of the stack trick. Thinking if I could keep the top couple rows secure then the whole stack wouldn't start to tilt and fall.
 
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I might be in line for this too. Hope you get well soon.
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Been there done that. Haha.....Honestly though, here is a simple rule as to when your fully recovered...When you can cough or sneezee will no pain at all...your recovered. GO SLOW...DON'T RUSH THINGS...Good luck....:)

ps...Hernia Surgery: Reason 858 why you should be 3-4 yrs ahead on wood.
 
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Coughing and sneezing are my worst enemies right now! Coughed yesterday and thought I went and did it!!!!
 
Keep at it Scooter. I had my own surgery over 35 years ago and it was almost immediately better than the day before the surgery. Even though I felt every cough and such I knew that they had sewn me up better than I would have been without the surgery. The sutures were stronger than my own tissue, so I knew it was better. After a month or a bit less I never worried about coughing at all. That was the real benefit.
 
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