Interested to see how high people stack their wood without issue. I find freestanding stacks seem to do best when no higher than 5'. Once over that they seem to be much more likely to topple. If against a wall or support, I find 7' seems to be good, as i can't reach much higher and it gets cumbersome.
There's a ton of variables in there. Single vs multi row stacks. Stability of the ground. Whether or not they are reinforced. Length, shape and uniformity of splits. Whether or not exposure to sun and wind is even on both sides. My "free standing" stacks are about 5' high as well but they are reinforced with 1" to 2" sticks that span the width of the two row stack about 1/3 of the way up every 2' or so. Also I tie in the ends with the 1/2" wide plastic straps that they put around cardboard boxes for reinforcement. Since I started doing those two things, I haven't lost a stack.. Knock on wood.
I stop at 54" and stack 3 or more rows together. Here's a picture taken while I was stacking. I stand 5'10"
I stack to 5' but that is more for measurement than worrying about stability (the stacks measure at 1 1/4 cords at 5'). I double stack them (freestanding) and have no issues with high winds, snow load, critters jumping on them, etc. The first pic shows stacks at 5'. The second pic shows only 4' stacks (one cord apiece) however those freestanding stacks have been there over a year and the only instability is a bit of leaning due to shrinkage (they were top covered with tarps over the winter).
on my front porch it gets to about 11 to 13 ft tall my mud room 11 to 12 1 room in my garage it goes by roof angle so 8 to 10 and a half ft or so inside my actual garage about 5 ft 4inches
I hope this porch has some awfully big footings and one beefy frame. Even at 40 psf for the cordwood which is not heavy wood, 12 feet of it is 480 psf. I'm amazed the porch is still standing. Is it a concrete floor?
I stack until I sense a bit of wobble potential. About 5ft, free standing. I count it as 4ft, to approximate 3 8ft racks per cord. I cut to 16in. Then there's some shrinkage. For the first year, I keep a close eye on it, tapping things back in line, if needed.
I use the ironton brackets with 2x4’s. 10’ long with 4’ ends. Been using them for several years and learned through trial and too much re stacking that 6’ works for me. I have had some massive walls collapse and that sucks *ss. Precious time taken away from cutting and splitting. I’m kinda slow and stubborn, so I have re stacked the same wall several times before lernin ma lesson. I still have some over 6
I go 4' on my full cord stacks. My half cord racks are about 5'x10' inside stacked with 16" long splits single tiered. Ive gone taller between trees and sometimes they fall over. For nuglies i make bins. I have a black locust stack thats 4'x16'x6' tall holding three cords. a Beefy Rack for my Black Locust Stack.
