Stacking on pallets

[firefighterjake]

Actually a reflection from my back diagonal neighbor's greenhouse. My stacks are 48" off the property edge.

Who do you think you're kidding Poindexter? I know North Pole is nearby . . . and who lives at the North Pole . . . Santa, right?

 

[BamaScroungr]

A typical pallet is 40" x 48". I cut my wood to 20" long and stack two rows so that the splits are parallel to the 48" side. That gives me 8" between rows. I stack 4' high and that gives me 44 cubic feet on every pallet, or about 1/3 of a full cord.

This is an excellent rule of thumb and easy to remember.




Since I took the pic I finished the second stack. So I'm guessing I have about one and 1/3 cords stacked across four pallets with a foot wide gap between stacks. Previous years, I just tightly triple stacked with no space between rows, so this should accelerated the seasoning process. Next, I'm going to start a single stack on my smaller pallets. Really appreciate this thread! I've learned a lot.