Fill in.

Since my stove takes up to 20 inch splits, I don't stack 3 rows wide. Most of my splits are 14 to 20 inches max, because of the free wood I get. I don't mind the variety. When I stack I make sure the side that is visible is the good looking side. Then I fill in the middle with uglies or occasionally really short splits if it's oak or locust. Anyone else do this?

 

That’s what I do here. Toss the uglies/shorties and anything twisted that won’t stack well right in the middle where it won’t be seen. I too end up with a lot of variation in split length, which I’m okay with. It all burns.

 

I find when I fill between rows with shorts and uglies the rows are more stable and less likely to fall over.

 

I do the same

 

Yep.

 

Same.

 

I have in the past. Since most of my double row stacks are in the shade i mostly leave the gap in between for better airflow. I have separate bins for shorties and uglies go on stack top or weigh down the top cover.

 

I tend to keep uglies and unstackables separate. They usually get burned first. Either as campfire wood or in the woodstove when i fill the basement rack.
I try to stack to the ceiling so, i want only straight stuff to keep the stack from falling over.

 

Sure do.

 

Shorts and nuggets, and small ugly go in the middle, big uglies usually go to the stove in the shop where I work.

 

That's the way my father had us stack. We kept rows a foot apart to fill with misfits.

 

I do all my shorts and uglies in a separate pile and they are the first thing to get burned.

 

I used to do it that way, and if I ever stack outside of my shed, I'll probably do it again.

In my shed, I can get 5 rows of splits in each bay. I throw the shorts and semi uglies way on the top to fill the last bit in. With each row being 7-8' tall I can't use any uglies to stack on. The really ugly stuff is now for camp fires.

 

Same here, uglies go in between ranks or on top.