or Sky Forks? Little inside joke for myself Had this idea kickin around in my head for a few years now. Never did anything with it. Decided it’s time to try it out. Now there’s many variations on how this could be done. I just used any lumber left in the barn,,,,which isn’t much. 2x8’s instead of 4’s or 6’s,,,I’m good with that. If I make more I can buy whatever,,,and use 3/4” plywood too. These were some quick down and dirtys I whipped up this morning. I aimed the gussets towards the pallet where originally I figured they’d be backwards. I mow around the stacks. Any projection is a PIA and no matter which way you aim the gussets there will be a projection. So with that in mind I figured these projections should at least have wood above them instead of air. Plus I get to steal a couple extra square feet off the pallet Good news is it works and works well.
Very clever & reusable. Beats pounding Tee posts into rocks, err roots, ummm the ground. Cribbing is great and all but it takes too much time to find the right pieces.
Yeah my sister bought some T-posts years ago. She tried them and they all fell over. I tried a couple last year. Even drove them inside the last board of the pallet to get a little extra support. It snapped the dang board the next day and I ended up cribbing the corner. Cribbing works,,,this is faster and easier. I’ll take it.
Good idea. If you are trying to keep the protrusion to a minimum for mowing, could you notch the first pallet board so the gussets could "nest" in there? If that weakens the board too much, then a piece of scrap wood wedged in underneath it fixes that...actually, a block on each end of the bottom board inside the pallet helps keep the upright from leaning out, which puts more stress on it. Pics of that self stacking dump truck never get old...it does such a nice job
There is a block of 2x6 under it. I’m not too worried about the outward lean. Air is free space, no taxes. Notching into the pallets is not a bad idea. At the same time I bought a weed whacker this year and maybe I should just get off my arse and use it LOL
Great idea Joe. FHC engineering at its finest. Ive screwed vertical 2 bys or 5/4 deck boards to the endof the palllets even gone as far as attaching a 2x4 to the pallets for extra beef for screwing to and with a top horizontal member with diagonal braces in most cases.
Good thinking! Looks nice and clean. I've done something similar but different. Turned pallet so solid wood was at the end and screwed 2x6 right into side of pallet. Then ran some wire from the top of 2x6 to the other end of stacks 2x6. There is a lot of outward leverage pressure on the top of the 2x6 and this helps hold it from spreading outward. This would relieve a lot of stress from gusset.
ahhh but the beauty is the loaded gusset does away with all the other support aides, nails, screws and wires. Years back I got tired of buying a new battery screw gun every couple years and went back to electric once it’s built you can move this anywhere you want and set up up in seconds with no tools. Essentially it’s a large crowbar that becomes wedged into the stack As pressure increases. Most of my stocking is done out of the dump truck from the end of the row. So I never have a long set of pallets set up. I go one pallet at a time racking back. Saves me a lot of walking back and forth or over the pallets. I had thought of a stretched wire or cable long ago when I my sisters t-poles were failing all over. Only would work if all the pallets are put down first. Try this method sometime. I was a little amazed myself at how stable it was. I normally wouldn’t, tho I have, stack a crib on just one side of the pallet and fill in too. I rocked this stack back and forth several times. It’s like a rock. But, like you said, it’s all in the gusset. It’s gotta be strong enough to take the pressure. Occurred to me last night I could have added another piece of 2x8 inside and at the same angle as the plywood for more strength. Next set I will.
Good idea for stacking. I used to use the pallet & t-post method. I would pit down one pallet at a time and stack it, then keep adding pallets As they filled up. I usually ran 12’, so 2 rows made 1 cord. After it was stacked, I would then put wire across the top to hold the posts upright. I would try to use #9 wire, but barbed wire got used a lot too. I would make a loop in one end, go down and back around the other post, put another loop in the end, then take a stick and twist the wires together to make it tight
Hahaha. Yeah this was Black Locust. Guess I wasn’t looking forward to cribbing it. That Ash can spoil a cribber
I realize the pic makes it look like it’s leaning quite a bit so I went this morn and snapped a pic at 90 degrees. Looking at this pic I could have done a better job as photographer Forefront is obviously unloaded. It’s the one behind.
