Comments on: How Much Wood can a Wood Stack Stack?

By: WOL

WOL — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:26:44 +0000

@Dom — I felt “catastrophic destacking” better expressed the concept than “catastrophic stack failure.”

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:22:03 +0000

The wood is all stacked between walls, to keep it upright. It’s the falling forward onto the poor sod who went out to fetch the wood that is the problem … I’ve solved it by mostly sending the other half to do that job

By: Andy in Germany

Andy in Germany — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:15:55 +0000

There are ways to stack wood so it doesn’t fall over by putting sections in at ninety degrees to the rest: a bit like stone walls actually. I can send a picture if needed.

By: Dom

Dom — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:49:25 +0000

“Catastrophic destacking”! Love it Going to have to find a way to use that in day to day conversation.

By: WOL

WOL — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:09:46 +0000

Maybe you need to have some uprights to stack the logs between — Not sure what you’re stacking the wood on — but if it is ground, some pairs of stout poles to act as “dividers” driven in at intervals will help keep “catastrophic destacking” from occurring. If it is concrete, then you might could make a wood rack with the uprights nailed to a set of rails. The rails would keep the wood off the concrete and give some air circulation.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:13:05 +0000

I have less than fond memories of stacking half a ton of wood at a time at my parents old house. Regulation size wood makes things much easier. I know this because the first winter here we burned fence posts and they were a joy to stack.

By: welshcyclist

welshcyclist — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:28:22 +0000

When I was a lad, oh 40 odd years ago, I worked in an asbestos factory, during school summer holidays, my job, in a team of two, was to stack asbestos sheeting. We took pride in stacking neatly and straight. Now asbestos is a no go subject, and with good reason, many of the old boys, in their 40′s and 50′s back then, died from various cancers, including my dad. Sadly the link hadn’t been established then, so their families went without compensation. Sorry to be somewhat maudling. Anyway I have an interest, in everything “well stacked”, not PC, I know, as Leslie Phillips wouol say

“Well, hello….”

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:21:23 +0000

It wasn’t about air circulation, he was happy to have me stack the wood tightly for the house. It was more that if it was a little less tight them another cord could be made up from the same number of logs, and he wasn’t making much per cord…

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:08:14 +0000

Amaranthine – so far it’s never toppled, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time…
Kim – air circulation is important too. But there’s something very satisfying about making a really neatly packed stack of wood

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:33:58 +0000

I can remember years ago working on a farm in Norway, stacking cord wood for sale and being told I was staking it too neatly. The objection was that was putting more logs into each cord than was absolutely necessary…