Looks great! I did pallets and cross stacked the ends this year. It worked well but because I hand split it was a real pain getting the ends sturdy. I'm going with pallets and tposts next year so stacking is easier.
On the crates I build, I set them on other sacrificial pallets. Most have lasted about three years or more that way. This one is for shorts and uglies the others are built more open to allow easier stacking.
Nice work Rowerwet. I just crib up the ends. Plant a little bit while splitting and save the nice big square splits that are consistent in size.
Quality build. I think Makita has sold 8 billion of that model impact driver. I see them everywhere including my garage.
Added another rack to the end of the last one yesterday, then split another half cord or so in the beautiful spring weather. This rack will be my sixth cord for next year, if I don't have to break into one to finish up the season .
My problem is that I get guys from my church and my kids to stack, and some refuse to learn, while others just can't quite get it. This makes it easy and painless
This is what I ended up doing, keeps it all off the ground and no tools or screws required. It’s practically free , for me anyway. Get 2x4 from work off freight trucks and the block company in town gives me cull blocks for a dollar or sometimes free. The wood pushing out when stacked ties it all together. Sketchy on uneven ground is only draw back I have had. I stack about 6’ ish.
I would expect a block to fail at some point , they aren't the strongest that way. My luck, the ice would get in and shatter the blocks
Never have had that problem but I suppose it could happen. Here in NE Oklahoma the spring storms are the biggest problem, they can scatter one pretty quick.
Here is a pic of both styles of my racks. You can see both the front and back of them depending on how they were on the tractor when I brought them over.
Enjoy it. He won't be around much longer as he will be out on his own. But hopefully now and then he'll come back and help Dad a bit.
I have guys in my church who come by when they are bored, and plenty of people asking for donations. I'll pay for work, or give food from the church pantry, I actually get some work out of some of them
Following in the cheap vein that this rack follows, I came up with the cheapest stack cover possible. We get deicing fluid for the aircraft I work on in IBC totes, and they don't want to pay to ship them back empty because of the hazmat shipping issue, so they give them away. I removed the internal tank
the tank is rectangular in shape, stand it on end Drill a hole in each corner of the end panel. Drill extra holes around the tank drain valve to make it easier to cut around it
Are you going to cut the tank in half from corner to corner for two triangular water shedding caps over the filled rack? I've got two in the backyard I plan on giving that treatment. They look like they work well for a few guys. Apparently not. Your photos must not have showed up when I was replying. Odd.
when you are ready to make your move north, you might be able to forget the worries of termites. I have never seen them and don't know of anyone bothered by them. We have black flies that will try to eat you up, but I not aware of termite issues.
I bet I could find use for a few of those metal cages for the garden! I haven't seen them around here, but then I don't get out much.
