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Scotty, are you still doing the top-covered wood cube method?

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  1. VelvetFoot

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    Just wondering how's its working out? I have a 2013 cube, but I'm thinking of one for 2014?
     
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    Scotty's "cube" can be seen from the International Space Station.:D
     
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    Fortunately it's set on pilings that go down to bedrock.

    Nonetheless satellite and GPS measurements show that his neighborhood has sunk at least 2 meters relative to the surrounding countryside in the last several years due to the weight of his stacks.

    Scotty prefers that it be referred to not as "the cube" but as "AllSpark."
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    When Chuck Norris needs a workout, he tries to lift Scotty's cube.
     
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    When Chuck Norris needs a good workout, he splits for Scotty.
     
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    When Norris needs a good workout, he just tries to keep up with Scotty.
     
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  7. Scotty Overkill

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    You guys cracked me up......it ain't THAT big.....;)

    Velvetfoot, the "cube" has been working very well, especially now since I've gone to reclaimed rubber roofing for a top cover. As I've said many times before, having a lack of "space" for getting three years ahead (keep in mind I am burning two large stoves from late October to mid/late May), I am forced to do this method. And, I'm burning three and a half year locust, ash, maple and oak with no problems whatsoever. The keys to the big cubes is giving them more than enough time and KEEPING THEM TOP COVERED, not necessarily the entire time they exist, but more so at LEAST the summer before enough use them. I think I'll be top-covering mine from day one from now on. Not that they don't dry out, but more for the fact that the wood doesn't get NEARLY as dirty from leaves and debris that falls down through the stacks. That was my single biggest gripe this winter....The wood was very dirty, all from not being top-covered.

    Also, make SURE you have the wood up off of the ground. Eventually, I'll have my woodshed built and it will be a foot and a half off the ground, but until then, this year I'll be making sure the wood is a little higher than just a skid. YOU NEED that air flow UNDER the stack just as much as you need it around the stacks... Groundhogs and rabbits like to get under the low stacks and I had to "eradicate" several of them this past summer......:whistle::D
     
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  8. Got Wood?

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    No pics?? There is no cube...
     
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    I have no recent pics of my cube, I'll try and get a picture of it tomorrow. I'll tell ya one thing, it's buried in snow right now (around 14")!
     
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    The space under is definitely critical when stacking rows tight. Wet air is heavier, give it some space and it falls out of a cube like the morning dew. I run with pallets on metal stringers on 4x4 or 6x6s getting up to a foot under. It makes a difference. The pallets don't rot out either so something must be right.
     
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    I think I saw Scotty's cube on Star Trek. It had a bunch of Borg inside it.
     
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    My cube is on ground. Couldn't find source of pallets. Other places I stack are uneven. I've had good luck so far with stacking on ground. We'll see how it works with the cube.

    I stapled 6 mil black plastic after stacking and put some splits on it as well. Based on another experiment with 2 cords, I don't think the additional splits were needed.

    Here's a pic right after I finished stacking, sans top cover:
     

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    In our wetter climate, you would lose the bottom layer of wood up to about a foot high to rot and mold within the year. Campinspecter started stacking my mother's wood on pallets and it made an awesome difference. Her wood was under a shed roof but sitting on a gravel base. Even if you could run lengthwise stringers of boards or metal to create an air space under the "cube", it would make a big difference.
     
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    On your next "cube", I'd strongly consider getting it off the ground. As Woodwidow mentioned, if you cannot find pallets or skids, maybe get some PT timbers or even some locust saplings to use as stringers to stack on. It will make a world of difference.

    Nice looking cube of wood there, BTW!
     
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    Or one can simply use some of the wood as stringers. When the stack is gone, throw those used as stingers on top of another pile so they will dry. It works.
     
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    Exactly
     
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    Well, that explains why one of his corners fell over last year.
    In mother Russia, wood cube spoons you.:eek:
     
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    Wood Cube 2014 is 3+ cords so far.
     
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