Stop the presses! This is a disaster!
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I ain't mak'n no bad or snide comments, like age or eye sight issues.
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Dennis , it took a real man to post that pic after some of the remarks.
I hope the stress has passed, & as of this post, you are relaxed & in good health.
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A tough blow for all of us here. To happen to "The Master", means it could happen to any of us.
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Dennis , it took a real man to post that pic after some of the remarks.
I hope the stress has passed, & as of this post, you are relaxed & in good health.
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A tough blow for all of us here. To happen to "The Master", means it could happen to any of us.
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And here it was just a few weeks ago that I admitted that I had a stack finally fall over after all these years. And take out the four cord behind it.
It is "Chinese Old Farts Wood Stacks Finally Fall Over New Years". :coolsmirk: The Year of the Thud.
It is "Chinese Old Farts Wood Stacks Finally Fall Over New Years". :coolsmirk: The Year of the Thud.
rdust said:
rdust how dare you! I will remain in denial and pray that this thread soon falls into the abyss. I do not believe this actually happened. As far as I'm concerned that picture was posted by one of the new guys, and Dennis just gave him some sound advice of how to stack it without using anything but brawn, brains, and 100 years of woodburning experience. Cribbing I believe is the proper term.
Dennis, that looks like a two-row blowout, and the third row look shaky now. Crib leaning one way, stack leaning the other. But I've learned to take appearances in pics with a grain of salt...camera angle can distort the reality.
Look for termite damage to the bottom splits. ;-)
I've been stacking on half-width pallets so far, but I've had to straighten a couple stacks that were bowing out in spots. Luckily, everything is single-row so I can get at both sides. But I don't trust these pallets now. I have some half-width concrete block, which I will lay on their sides. I don't think they'll be subject to any settling to speak of. And today I got about twenty 7 ft. half-round fence posts that my ex-farmer buddy had left over from old pasture fence, and was going to pitch because they had some rot in spots. I figure I've got enough posts to stack three cord or so, with blocks left over. I'll be looking to pick up some salvaged landscape timbers or the like. I think I'm gonna like this system. Should be plenty stable, and lots of air underneath the stacks.
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Bart, I seem to remember you saying that you had a stack fall, but don't recall that it took out four cords. Did you post any pics? I don't rubber-neck at an auto wreck, but I think seeing pics of four cords on the ground would be...sobering.
Look for termite damage to the bottom splits. ;-)
I've been stacking on half-width pallets so far, but I've had to straighten a couple stacks that were bowing out in spots. Luckily, everything is single-row so I can get at both sides. But I don't trust these pallets now. I have some half-width concrete block, which I will lay on their sides. I don't think they'll be subject to any settling to speak of. And today I got about twenty 7 ft. half-round fence posts that my ex-farmer buddy had left over from old pasture fence, and was going to pitch because they had some rot in spots. I figure I've got enough posts to stack three cord or so, with blocks left over. I'll be looking to pick up some salvaged landscape timbers or the like. I think I'm gonna like this system. Should be plenty stable, and lots of air underneath the stacks.
That thought occured to me. I think Dennis had several pallet rows together; What if the blowout had started at one end and proceeded, domino-style.BrotherBart said:
hh: Bart, I seem to remember you saying that you had a stack fall, but don't recall that it took out four cords. Did you post any pics? I don't rubber-neck at an auto wreck, but I think seeing pics of four cords on the ground would be...sobering.
I doubt that Dennis' wood thuds...probably sounds more like a strike at the bowling alley.
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Ok that does it I am taking that statue of Dennis off my altar
He has been reduced to mere mortal status
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Ray
He has been reduced to mere mortal status :ahhh:
Ray
Hey fellas, when I first saw that the thing had tipped over I just stood still for a minute. Then I started to laugh and immediately knew I just had to take a picture of it to post on hearth.com. I laughed all the way to the house and my wife thought I was losing it for sure.
I thank one and all for the comments and the fact that I got even more laughs out of this. However, I'll still leave the t-posts to others and stack the old fashioned way again. When I get around to moving that wood it will go straight into the barn. Maybe I'll do it soon in case we get a wet period and I have the space ready for stacking there too.
btw, probably everyone on hearth.com has seen this picture but I wanted to post it to show which stack fell. Looking at the picture, it is the second stack and on the far end. I also admit that I did get a bit sloppy on that stack as the very end did have a slight tilt to it. My wife pointed it out to me several times but I just told her it would hold. Well, chaulk one up for the ornery one....
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I thank one and all for the comments and the fact that I got even more laughs out of this. However, I'll still leave the t-posts to others and stack the old fashioned way again. When I get around to moving that wood it will go straight into the barn. Maybe I'll do it soon in case we get a wet period and I have the space ready for stacking there too.
btw, probably everyone on hearth.com has seen this picture but I wanted to post it to show which stack fell. Looking at the picture, it is the second stack and on the far end. I also admit that I did get a bit sloppy on that stack as the very end did have a slight tilt to it. My wife pointed it out to me several times but I just told her it would hold. Well, chaulk one up for the ornery one....
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Dennis, you disagreed with a redhead???? You should have known better! She's probably been kicking it every time she's walked past it. Can't say as I blame her. Let this be a lesson to you...
?? You should have known better! She's probably been kicking it every time she's walked past it. Can't say as I blame her. Let this be a lesson to you...
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ewdudley said:
I'd be taking the loader bucket and puttin the edge about where those stabilizer boards are and givin her a slight bunt inward. That generally solves the issue in my shed.
(I don my uber cool ray ban sunglasses and ... ) Ok Dennis, I need you to look at this wand thingy here in my hand ok? Bright Flash! Ok so what happened here was a figment of your imagination, you simply confused a bad dream with reality.....
nah! he ain't human...not yet, anyway! he still has to ride a normal bicycle and split wood horizontally...THEN we'll see about changing his status!
After careful thought and consideration, I've concluded that this stack toppled because it is too dry. Hose it down and it should restack itself overnight. Let this be a lesson, kids, to the risk of being 17 years ahead on your wood supply.
Could this be a sign that the end of the world is near? lol I've been pushing on some of my leaning stacks lately. It's been pretty dry around here the last month or so, the wood is shrinking and settling fast.
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