Weekend stacking (pics)

[Young Defiant]

I did some stacking yesterday. Two new rows down, many more to go. I hope to have all the rounds split and stacked by May. I stack the rows tights, but we get a lot of wind here and they dry nicely. It's mostly all hardwood, and all was cut for free! Once I fill up these pallets, I have more pallets under the stacks of rounds, and that's where the rest will be stacked for many winter's yet to come.

 

[Gasifier]

Holy sh!t YD. Nice work man. That is a nice looking supply of wood. Nice job stacking. I am jealous.

 

[Snotrocket]

That is some crazy nice stack work. How much wood do you think you have there?

 

[ailanthus]

Very nice!! What are those stacked, like 7 feet tall?

 

[Gark]

Yeah, awesome collection and impressive stacks! Ya said "many years to come" - that's for sure.. good job!

 

[Young Defiant]

There's about 7 cords stacked and I don't know how many in the rounds. I didn't plan on getting this much, but I kept getting calls from friends with wood they needed to get rid of and from some farms I scrounge from. The stacks are about 6 to 6 1/2 feet high, luckily I've never had any fall over yet. It's mostly cherry, oak, and hickory.

 

[Pallet Pete]

GOOD LORD ! Very nice stacks young defiant they look like you did that just for the picture :D

Pete

 

[WellSeasoned]

That there is a good bit of wood.

 

[wingsfan]

Wow , That is impressive..nice stacking.

 

[ScotO]

Looking good. Quads would be proud, you have a wood museum in the making right there!!

 

[mtj53]

That's a beautiful sight to see, I can stack about 4 ft tall and even those stacks are usually leaning the next day! My stacks definately don't ever look as nice as that though....

 

[woodsmaster]

Nice work ! when you get yours done your welcome to come over and stack mine.

 

[Hickorynut]

Yes sir, very nice work. One key to keeping good stacks, and only one, is the wood itself. The straigter and less moisture in the splits everything else being equal, the better. For ex. locust can stack the very best if straight. That stuff doesn't shrink or move very much at all.

 

[Manitoulin Maples]

wow...nice work!

 

[thewoodlands]

I did some stacking yesterday. Two new rows down, many more to go. I hope to have all the rounds split and stacked by May. I stack the rows tights, but we get a lot of wind here and they dry nicely. It's mostly all hardwood, and all was cut for free! Once I fill up these pallets, I have more pallets under the stacks of rounds, and that's where the rest will be stacked for many winter's yet to come.

Great looking stacks YD, nice job.
Zap

 

[Dairyman]

Those stax look to good to burn! You have a great view there.

 

[Flatbedford]

That is a thing of beauty there. Nice to have so much open space to work with too.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I did some stacking yesterday. Two new rows down, many more to go. I hope to have all the rounds split and stacked by May. I stack the rows tights, but we get a lot of wind here and they dry nicely. It's mostly all hardwood, and all was cut for free! Once I fill up these pallets, I have more pallets under the stacks of rounds, and that's where the rest will be stacked for many winter's yet to come.

Welcome to the forum Young Defiant.

We've stacked wood close together for many years with no problems and I doubt you will have any problems. For sure that should get lots of wind where you have the wood stacked and sunshine too. We do not stack as high as you do though (except that we put in the barn) simply because I really don't want to reach that high for wood. When we move the winter's supply into the barn we stack higher but just to make use of less space in the barn.

Normally we stack 4 1/2' high and stack 3 rows together. That 4 1/2' usually shrinks down to 4' or less by fall. It would be interesting to see how much yours shrink. So if possible, please take a measurement or two and then check again, say, November 1 to see how much they shrink. Also, I think you'll notice that those inside rows will shrink about the same as the outside rows.

 

[Young Defiant]

I've usually had the stacks shrink around 6 inches by fall every year, but I've never measured. I will this fall just to see how much it really does go down. I like to stack it tall, 'cause I'm 6'4" and it seems about just right. Thanks for all the comments guys.

 

[jeepmedic]

Very nice stacks ! That a lot of work...

 

[Loco Gringo]

Do I see rows of something looks like corn coming up in that first pic?

 

[Woody Stover]

Way to git 'er done!

 

[NH_Wood]

As others said, awesome looking stacks - real good job! Looks like a sweet spot for drying wood - where do you move the wood once it's seasoned - looks pretty far from the house. Cheers!

 

[Young Defiant]

Do I see rows of something looks like corn coming up in that first pic?

It's actually Rye, they use it as a winter cover crop. It's my neighbor's field, my property ends about 5 feet from my wood pile. They will mow it and chop it a little later this spring and then plant corn in its place.