Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I dont experience it as any more work. We have really strong wind that changes here, so I like that it supports itself. (I do realize that a straight stack can do that too.) But when it comes to aesthetics, it does matter to my wife if you catch my drift.
Hey, that doesn't look like green Oak... Must be nice to have all that wind workin' for ya. I've gotta build a couple of Holzes...they are too cool!
For sure we've had many doubt about the middle rows. Even this year look what I stacked. The stack in back has 4 rows while the closer one has 3. No problem. Oh, they also all have some oak mixed in as I did not separate it.
Not necessarily doing it wrong at all. We've found that it definitely is a lot of extra work. I like to just stand there and move the wood into the stack without moving the feet if possible; just the arms. When I'm doing the bottom rows, I'm usually on my hands and knees. All in all, very little moving to stack the wood so it goes a bit faster.
Looks to me like you're just slackin' in that pic Dennis. However, I know better. All that wood didn't get split and stacked by itself.
I'll admit that my setup is far from perfected. I end up walking splits no matter what stack I do. I split by hand so I usually end up building as I split. Someday I'll figure it out in terms of what works best. It is good to have you guys around for inspiration.
Hey Milleo, Mrs Backwoods stays a long ways from the wood pile. I broke her of that many moons ago. She can't stack worth a hoot so I gave her the boot.
