Walked out this morning and found part of a stack on the ground. I have a ground hog that has taken up residence around my wood stacks. If I were to guess though I'd say gravity was to blame here. I spent a little while trying to straighten what didn't fall over this afternoon. I'll work on the rest tomorrow.
That's always a sad task. I had a bear tear down the side wall of a stack once. Can't imagine why, but that wall was bloody strong so I know it didn't fall over on its own.. Maybe she was mad that the lady up the road started locking up her dumpster.
The little whistle-pigs like to lounge and bask in the sun so maybe one or more tried catching some late Summer rays atop the stack and rearranged it for easier access to the lounge area.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Depends on how many splits in GrJfer 's stack!
New York state wildlife expert Richard Thomas found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. Thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds.
700lbs, wow! That would be a lot of splits. If that's the case then why aren't they called "dirtchucks"? Learned another new interesting fact on FHC.
Maybe a coyote or similar trying to get whatever might be nesting in between the stacks? My last dog taught me not to put my pallet stacks too close together. He’d get right in there searching for something. Climb to the top of stacks too. If a dog will do it for fun a predator will do it for food.
I find all things equal, the stack will start to lean to the outside because it dries faster, i.e. shrinks more on the outside splits and goes that direction. In all the years, I have never had a stack lean the other way.
The only stack I ever appreciated falling over was one that was set to be burned.....moved it to the house.
how much wood could a wood chuck chuck. if a wood chuck could chuck wood, a wood chuck could chuck all the wood that he could chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood,ma told me that back in 1980 on the farm, michigan and i never for got it.both dead now.
Shoot the woodchuck, restack the wood. That should take care of the issue, until you burn it in 21-22.
I've had woodchucks get under the stacks but none have fell because of them. In your case, it does not look like it is from the whistle pig but from drying out and leaning a bit too much. Fear not, it will still burn nicely. As for the woodchuck a trap will make short work of that or a shotgun or small rifle. One quick shot and they are done for.
Yes I am going with gravity, but I saw the ground hog on my stacks a few times. They appear to be a very alert animal. It always seems to see me before I see it. I will probably be setting up a trap soon.
