Timberrrrr

Not what I wanted to see when I walked out back. I knew that row I started on Sunday morning had some lean to it but I guess I didn't correct it enough.

 

Aww man!

 

I learn/re-learn how to stack every time I put up firewood.
The only ones that have fallen though, are when a post decides to give it up.
Bound to happen at some point.

 

Did you have a bone in that wood pile for your friend to pull out?
Love the dog picture. Looks like my Molly.

 

Bummer. I hate it when that happens.

 

Get a few 3ft ' sticks & put them in now & then to lock the 2 rows together.
I use a rope tied to the back of the shed, with a piece of plywood on the face of each row.
You can put a pice of plywood on the back of the back row & one on the face of each row you add
to help stabilize the rows too.
Make it a bit short & I wedge in a few splits to keep tension pulling the rows together.
Stacked 7' on the left side & over 8' on the right shed section.,

Link to my shed stacking with ropes & more pictures

 

Dang, sorry about that.

 

Great pics Dave!

 

You sure have mastered how to deal with challenges. Wood gathering, working it up, stacking, storage and access to your stove. Even worked out wood for the burn pit. Master gardener and a really good photographer. I really enjoy your tips and pics.

 

Great idea with the ropes dave! Unfortunately i've already got it stacked 3 rows deep to the roof so i wouldn't be able to get a rope to the back. But im gonna try jamming a few long sticks in like you mentioned with this row and the next. I usually never stack over 6ft so this is the highest i've ever stacked and im sure i'll have a few learning experiences

 

That's a good idea Dave. As the wood dries and shrinks, your plywood tie backs, move right along with it...
Not only will it hold a tall pile from falling, it might keep a heavy stack of wood from falling on little ones. I was thinking about that today while I was stacking. Makes the hair stand up.

 

No bones in the pile that i know of unless she snuck one in there for later on haha. I usually try to keep the dogs away from the stacks anyways. I sure don't wanna find of em buried under it. The pup in the pic is Millie

 

I've had several fall over, try different ideas until one works.
Sticks work but have had them still fall over during an earth quake.
Anything above 4' & up height, gotta use something for stability,

I keep on the G-kids to stay away from them. But ........
Grams would kill me if a stack fell & any of them got hurt.
OK for one to fall on me, but not the G--kids.

The rope & plywood has been holding up well. Earthquakes & all.

 

Instead of rope and plywood trick I lay some of my old rock climbing slings into my rows and nail them down to a piece of wood as I stacking. Not quite as adjustable at Dave's method but it gets the job done.

 

My thoughts too Dave. Our oldest grandson is "busy" and will no doubt be all over this place this summer. The stack I have in the right bay, at 2' off the ground to start, is gonna be 8' feet high! When our son was 5, he used to ride round and round in the basement on his tricycle. I had wood stacked to the ceiling and he'd go by it on every trip. Less than an hour after he'd been upstairs, we heard the front rack go... thought a bomb went off. Lot of weight... my wife had a few things to say about that... she didn't need to...

I was thinking about a cross arm to drop in between the posts as it's in a good location. The rope idea is a good one for many reasons. I like the idea next time as I get started, of tying long ropes off at the back, and as I get each rack up, slide a plywood pc over it, tie a knot, and leave the extra rope for the next racks all in line. Very easy too. Slick...

 

Happens to the best of us..... Looks like your other rows are stacked perfectly too..

Mine tip over more from one side settling in the dirt over time.

 

Yup, stacks tip over... it's that damm gravity again. How does that go... those that have and those that will.