Wood stack...or not?!?!

Came outside this afternoon to find this...the whole stack tipped over!


Looked like this 2 weeks ago...


I guess I need lessons...

Ok, got to go, I've got work to do!

 

I see the problem....it's not split.

 

We only use it for bonfires so we never split any of it. Although my husband told me yesterday that one of our big old trees is rotted 3/4 of the way through and it needs to come down, probably next year before the thaw. Too muddy now and it's on the edge of the farmers field so can't do it in summer. Those will be big logs and will need to be split. Good thing my father in law is a veteran wood burner and owns a splitter!

 

First of all… I'll be willing to bet there isn't even one FHC member that hasn't looked at the same thing. Sucks. Just happens because the piles shift like crazy outside as things thaw out and the wood dries… and usually not so much how you stacked. Once I get my woodshed filled I'm going to do small stacks along a stonewall. I've seen guys on here put angled pcs pushing against the stacks on both sides of free standing piles. Good idea and I think I'll do it too. I don't like re-stackin much either… glad the little guys weren't near it when she went…

 

What scares me is that about a year and a half ago a 4 year old boy in the small town about 5 minutes away, died when the woodpile fell on him. His parents were unloading camping gear and he was riding his bike, it was a freak accident that it fell as he was riding past. Very sad...

After seeing this today I told my Husband that we need to run some posts in the ground or something. Could have been dangerous!

 

Could be the frost heave moved it with all this freezing and thawing.... Happens to everyone..

Or you could do what this guy does...

 

Thanks, now I know how to do it right!

 

Yep, just hire that guy.

 

Fixed it, put a nice hardwood 2x4 on the front edge to help them lean back. I think I earned a beer...bottom row was still frozen to the ground, nothing a good sledge couldn't break loose though!

 

Good deal. I thought it looked like there was a bit of a slope away from the building.
Love it when someone figures out what the problem is and fixes it.
My field stacks start a southward lean after the sun has hit 'em for a few months, so I begin by putting a slight lean in the opposite direction when stacking.
Works pretty gooder.
Have a beer for all of us.

 

I will do that, hope you like Bud Light, that's what I'm drinking tonight

 

Don't drink much anymore, so .........sounds like a plan.

 

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Much better! found this thread lurking on page 10

 

Been there done that. Do you worry about bugs (carpenter ants and termites) with wood next to the home and in contact with the ground?

 

Neither seem to be much of a risk around here.

 

Gotcha--I posted previously from a phone that does not show location. I guess the snow in the pic should have given it away. Oops! I will blame the fact that I hadn't drank my whole pot of coffee yet. Carry on-stupid hoosier here.

 

I burn a lot of fire pit fires, dry wood is important
For a good bon fire too, less smoke in your eyes .
Split wood dries & stacks better & burns better too, IMO
Also, off the ground, especially near the house , will reduce rotting & possible ants/termites & other bugs.

 

Away from the house would probably be better but the OCD in me cannot stand my yard looking messy...sad but true...nobody can see my little wood stack tucked behind my garage

 

Are you like my wife was when our kids were little ? … she'd walk behind em cleaning up the swath of debris as fast as they could make it…

 

Yes, I am terrible! I will drive myself crazy if I know there is a mess waiting for me. I really, really hate messy and unorganized!