Never tried one Andy8850 Nice to look at if done right, but proven not to dry wood any faster. One advantage is less ground space needed for more wood storage. Haven for mice,snakes, bees and other critters from what ive been informed on FHC.
I just looked it up...like a beehive shape. Seems like a good,idea if u have open space but not so much if u have a woodshed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
That makes sense, I thought if it as a giant mouse and chipmunk dorm, but it does look like a ton of wood can be stored in a relatively small foot print
I use them almost exclusively. Just throw four pallets down and go to work. I estimate I get between 2- 2.5 cords on each one. I usually top cover them with a small tarp. I have found that they are very stable and work well if you have uneven ground. I doubt they dry anything fast you though. My neighbors and wife also think they look cool, which is a benefit when you're stacking wood all over the place.
Advantages 1. Aesthetics 2. You can pile somewhat higher than rectangular piles, although most round stacks have poles put randomly/strategically across the diameter and one can do this with rectangular stacks as well to get stacks higher and aiding in stability. 3. The wood in the middle is just tossed in so you're actually stacking a lot less. 4. Round stacks may survive intact better on un-level ground. 5. Higher stacks may poke out of the Alpine snow for longer periods in the Winter, warming in the sun and seasoning and with a tarp for a roof the wood in the center should stay a lot dryer helping to compensate for filtered wind. The wood should season better in the Winter as opposed to a long single row of stacked wood constantly wettened by wind driven rain and snow.
I think I’ll start one this weekend since this Wolfe ridge can produce a huge amount of wood in little time
I'm currently working on my three year plan. One modified holzhausen for each winter. Each modified holzhausen will measure 10.5 wide x 14 long x ~6 high. I cut 20" long. I figured my modified holzhausen holds 6 cord. If I stacked the "conventional" way, I would probably have 2 or three rows of pallets each spaced a few feet apart. This spacing of the rows apart, for me, would create a larger footprint of my wood storage area ( but would facilitate faster drying). A disadvantage, for me, was trying to keep the holzhausen covered while pulling wood from it during the winter. One reason I would like to go to an open wood shed with conventional stacking.
the footprint of the mound takes up less space than a standard pile of wood the same size as ive been told on FHC. Never made a holzhausen myself though.
We prefer to use the "Andover Holzhausen". A square stack that is 4'x4'x24'. Melissa calls it a Super Cord.
I used pallets to stack my modified holzhausen on. I was worried about skunks (or groundhogs) making a home underneath. I severely dislike skunks. So I stapled hardware cloth along the exposed open ends of the pallets to help prevent those types of animals getting underneath.
I guess this is my Connecticut version of that coreboy83 Its close to 24'. Will be all red oak. Pic was from three weeks ago and it has filled up more
good idea PA Dutch . Ill take ground hogs over skunks myself! Never had an issue with large critters in my stacks luckily. Although lots of cavities under them.
I was rounding the corners of my modified holzhausens but decided to buck the corners of my next one. Rounding the corners of my modified holzhausen was somewhat of a pain to keep the wood sloping inward. I haven't added the hardware cloth to the bottom of this one yet (darn skunks).
Sorry, not trying to be argumentative but still not following. Maybe I am having a dumb-azz attack. If the footprint takes up LESS space how can you store MORE wood? For example, a 5 foot by 5 foot cube has more volume than a 5 foot diameter cylinder. The cylinder will fit inside the cube of equal dimensions. Cube:5x5x5=125 cubic feet. Cylinder: 5x2.5x2.5x3.14(pi) = approx 98 cubic feet. A holzhousen of the same diameter as width of a square stack stores a lot LESS wood. Or am I missing something? Am I not using the right math formula? (Area of a circle: 3.14(pi) x radius squared and x height for a cylinder)
