Guys that stack with T posts, got a question for you

I'm wondering what height post you use? I'm just wondering if the 5 or 6 ft ones wold bow too much compared to the 4 ft ones.

I'm looking for a more space efficient way to stack in the yard and I'm thinking stacks on runners with t posts at the ends may be the best way to do it

 

Get the 6 footer. There measured in total length. By the time you beat a 6footer in a foot its 5 foot. I use pallets or stringers under it. I try to stack 5 foot height but will go 6 if that stack feels stable.

In my new shed I am using cross stacks to not fool with all the posts and I am basically making a cube.

 

Why is your name big barf? What does that mean? Did you always get sick at parties in high school or something?

 

Thanks. The screenname is part of my last name. Nothing to do with vomit or anything like that

 

Your first name isn't "Ralph" is it?

 

Nope, Al

 

Ahem - well back to the subject... I'm too cheap. I got all my wood for free (or rather, it's included in the mortgage), so I just couldn't bring myself to spend any money just to stack it! So I spend the extra time to cross-stack the ends on pallets I've scrounged. I like the look anyway

 

I use the 6 footers and pound them in about 16". I keep an inward lean on it as I drive it in so it supports the pressure of the wood. Stringing wire across the top is probably the way to go but I just hate the look of it. I have to keep my stacks in my small residential yard so they are in full view all the time.

 

Man Shawn those cribbed stacks are a work of art!

 

Looks good shawn. I have 3 or 4 24' stacks out back right now that are cribbed on the ends and once in the middle. I enjoy stacking, but hate cribbing so Im willing to shell out to avoid it

Razo, good call on the lean

 

Those are NICE cross stacks!

 

Agree with using 6' posts and driving them deep. I too am get out of using them as my cribbing talents are getting (slowly) better.

 

No metal posts here, but I do use landscape timbers or small trees as posts.
I use 8 footers and set 'em almost 3' in the ground. Usually takes about 5 years before they rot at ground level and break.
My stacks are 5'.
Well, most of 'em are....I'm a little behind getting firewood this year.

 

I'm a "Cribster" in the making! Each year I try to do more of it, and slowly it's getting better. "It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better … "

 

When I see your posts I see this.... maybe you should use it for your avatar

 

Ill think about it Augie

Im good at making a cribbed end, it just takes too long. I like being able to stack without thinking about it

 

I use the six footers too.

 

I use 6 footers. I hit a rock with one Sunday and it had to be placed where it was so it sticks up and won't hold much weight. I cribbed that end so sometime soon I will be posting pics of my stack that crashed.. The ones that are driven in well haven't bowed at all. I try to angle them slightly into the stack for a little extra strength.

I'll take a pic tomorrow.

 

6 footers. They will bow a little, so drive them with a slight inward lean so they end up vertical. By the time you drive in a 4 footer deep enough to get some bite, you'll have less than 3 feet sticking out of the ground. A 5 footer might be OK, but you aren't going to regret having more post in the ground.