another trick I use for dual row stability: About 2/3rds the way up, put/push/pound a few splits in to touch the other row
Good tip, could even do this after the stack is already done. One thing that I've done in the past is to get a limb about the size of your splits and as long as your stacks are wide, lay it in about 2/3 the way up, it will tie things together adding much stability. Have to remember to do it when you are stacking though...
Great ideas, but I never remember to do that. When the stacks start to lean, I just give 'em a few chest bumps so they get back in line. Works pretty gooder, but sometimes those splinters hurt a bit.
Try this instead ...a few minutes of tapping a couple times per year keeps things vertical (usually )
LOL I do a lot of the "chest bumps" especially the first year the wood is drying. It has to be a bunch sturdier double rows like that than single rows the way I've been doing it.
Good idea and thanks for sharing. I have seen putting a length of 2x4s about 2/3 up you stack tying stacks together, but haven't seen this. Be cheaper than 2x4s and I am all for cheapness.
Yup! Thats what I do. Hey who doesn't like to take their frustration out on the wood pile from time to time? Or go admire the stacks while at it? Its all part of the process. I'll have to try this staggered stacking method though as I stack double rows like that with an air gap for better drying.
As stated before, I like the method and have few questions for Dave. 1) How long are your splits? 2) Distance between stacks? 3) Do you fill in the portion left with offsetting the splits with shorts?
1) varies a little, but 16" 2) about 2-3', I'd have to measure 3) I don't use the method bogydave does
