I've been using those retaining wall blocks like you see in my avatar. Solid all the way through and I have stacks 7' high.
That's what I'm using 3 blocks per 8' Do you have vertical boards on the ends? Mine have been there less than a year , no sinking yet
If your going to put uprights on the ends you gotta a least put end blocks holes up, or cross stack on the ends . Myself ,I don't like cribbing PITA
What I like about stacking this way is very good air circulation 8" off the ground and single rows, so I stack the oak on these
Thx Hd! I read this after your post, but thanks to your earlier pictures I saw the blocks. I bought enough block/timber/2x4's for one rack (I needed deck paint anyway at lowes) quick threw it together and stacked a bit. Later in the week I will buy more to continue the existing 8' length, and get enough to make another 4 after that. Soon after, the oak scheduled for this year will be moved into the shed, opening up a rack to hold another 3 cords. Thanks for everyone's input!
Cool , you ain't messin around are ya ? Another thing I like , when they are empty you can easily move em if ya want
Damm! I re-looked at your pic and I realized I put the 2x4's in wrong! My "not messing around" will need to get reworked! Damm...... 12 hour shift today = sit your azz down after work. oooohhhh
Don't want to take up anymore yard space than I already do, but if I haul in as much as I have for the last 2 winters we'll have to rethink that.
Yes...... well, from here on out I will. Ill be adding to that rack, sharing the far right cinderblock with another, giving me 16ft, so I Unlimited air space......
While setting the blocks so the hollow spaces are pointed up will allow you better compression strength & the ability to insert uprights for racking the splits, I like to either have a 2" flat block underneath or will use a piece or 2 of treated wood to keep the block from sinking into the ground.
In my softer areas I plan on doing this to help span the load when I have to re-stack/reload those racks.
This is my latest experiment. I went across the slope so the south wind will hit the stack broadside. Support is under the side rails; I'll stack two rows per pallet, each row over each side rail. If I went three rows per pallet, I'd want blocks under the center rail as well, which would require a lot more leveling on the uneven ground, but I might do that if I run stacks down the slope in another spot. I see I need to tilt that end block in so that the load bears on the side rail, not the cross-boards.
