Pallets that I have had wood stacked on for almost 3 years are rotting and starting to collapse under my stacks!!!
Yep, I've had that happen too. I was able to score 8 plastic pallets a year ago, and have incorporated into my stack rotation. I would very much like to find some more!
I just started moving my stacks off pallets onto racks few weeks ago to get a little better air flow and in doing so the bottoms were torn up and infested with termites . All of the wood on the new racks are sitting on PS wood and most of the side rails are PS wood. However I did use some 2x4's I had laying around on a few of the side rails on a few racks just to get going but will replace them in time as I shuffle the wood around.
I used pallets my first year stacking. I've since moved to PT 4x6's that they use on top of light poles. Pick em up by the truck full as needed from the local verizon yard.
I know its money...but...I'm very very happy with the 2 wood racks I bought from the FFA kids from Hancock ,MD...I couldn't have built them much cheaper by myself...... [
FFA is a good program still. One of the few left unmolested. You did a good deed. Plus they look nice with all the warmth stacked in!
I like your thinkin!.....each rack holds all but 3 cords....believe me....I found out by fillin them...
I've used pallets in the past, and don't like it, but until we decide on privacy fence, or 2 foot stub wall...this is all I'm doing. I've got enough material to build a 80 foot wood shed, but I told the wife that isn't happening until I get some final decisions on landscaping. I'll throw down three more pallets to the left of this stack then brace a little better. Four of these @ 2.5 cord each. And the rest across the road on my shop. I have 12 cord that will over winter in a big ugly heap unfortunately, but not moving wood piles until finally destination. Ill just cover these up with house wrap from work.
Those racks look pretty fine, bear! I'm thinking a woodshed or two are in order, with plans to cut my wood consumption in half or better. Trying to avoid sinking posts, and think I'd put mine on some old railroad ties I've got laying about. Any chance you'd want to share the measurements?
Sure....overall....12'6" wide.....48"s deep....8'6"s high at front....roughly 7' 6"s at rear...hope this helps.... Its all treated lumber....4x4 posts on ends n middle....2x6's on bottom.....front..middle n back....2x6's fro nt n back n sides on top with 2x4 runners for roof. I put 10) 4x8x16 cap blocks under neath evenly spaced to create more air flow. Tin is approximately 60"s front to back....
I just sacrifice the bottom layer. I usually try not to have it outside for more than two years and then the wood shed has concrete floor. I had some wood stacked outside on some hard pan clay soil and was pleasantly surprised to find the bottom layer really held up well enough to burn. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Pallets work fine, if you can keep them off the ground. We usually place 4x8x16 cap block on the ground, place 2 - 4x4's where notch of pallet will sit, screw pallets to 4x4 runners, and attach pallets on ends for sides. A couple 2x6 legs and 2x4 for roof support and done. We found some 3x5x20-22' from a machine shipping crate and made the double rack.
Thanks Spirit of Two Socks, I promised my daughter before we moved to this home I'd build her a tree house. I try and keep my promises, although it still needs a window and she wants it painted so I have some work to do. LOVE those racks bear 1998 that is my eventual goal to get at least one of those up in the yard somewhere.
I put my wooden pallets on blocks, bricks and cobblestones.. It gives the stacks more airflow underneath and helps me to level the pallets since I stack on sloped terrain. It also slows the process of pallet rotting. I think that top covering also reduces the amount of water infiltration through the stacks and into the ground under the pallets thus slowing the rotting process...
