My stacks near the back of my property are in a pretty soft area. I stack on blocks and those blocks tend to sink into the ground on the west side more than the east as things settle. When I move/use the stacks I typically re-level the blocks. I had two stacks leaning pretty heavy that aren't going to move for a while and one had the end fall over. Instead of re-stacking I decided to jack them up with my floor jack and shim the low end. I'm excited to say it worked great! Here is the before of a honey locust stack. After shot Didn't get a before of this one but it was leaning more than the honey locust stack. Still not perfect but it'll survive now! Here is a shot of the shims.
About 20 years ago we picked up our camp in the same manner to put new piers under it. It was a little more involved though.
looks good That 1 picture looks like ther is 6 ft of wood over the edge of that trailer lol guess its a rick in behind it
Nice move using the floor jack. Work smarter not harder...unless smarter doesn't work, then use a bigger hammer.
Necessity is the mother of invention .. or somesuch. That's a smart solution, rdust. Our stacks all run north- south and always lean eastward after awhile.
Good thinking. In the future, perhaps a larger footer could help prevent some of the settling maybe? That's what I'd try - few more blocks to distribute the weight over a larger area.
I've thought about using some longer pressure treated boards underneath the blocks, bigger patio type stones, a gravel base or even pouring small cement footers underneath the blocks. In the end I didn't want to spend the money so this was the cheapest solution for the time being. I'll try to experiment with some footers the next time I have to move a row.
I dig under rack, lay a chunk of plywood with 2ton floor jack. Pump it up, shim then set back down. Amazing how much piles move over 2-3 years.
