Super simple wood rack.

[tsquini]

the stack that fell over is now leaning forward after Arthur came through. It has a tree/brush line behind it, so I figured best to bias it forward, didn't reckon in Arthur. I need more rack space anyway so I guess I'll move a few feet off the top.

We got some much needed rain and a little wind up here on the north shore. It looked like Boston and South felt more of the effects of Arthur.

 

[jimdrea]

View attachment 133950 I've been making these 10' long racks lately. I stack wood on them up to 5 1/2' and I have to shim them with whatever I have as I am on a slope. I no longer use the steel brackets you see in the picture as they cost around $14 per rack. If I use all treated 2x4's to build one they cost me $10 each. More than yours I know. Each one holds near two face cord.

I make mine exactly the same. Mine 8 feet by 5 1/2 . The wood costs ten dollars and the box of 3 1/2 wood screws cost 7 dollars. I have six of them curing for winter.

 

[rdust]

Been stacking on cinder blocks since the first stack I ever made. I crib the ends on all but a few stacks, I had some T posts from a garden that is no longer so I used those on some of the stacks.

 

[rdust]

Dug up a picture of my first stack when I started in 2009 besides for keeping a "face" cord around for the fireplace. Ends are terrible and it looks like I was splitting kindling! Makes a big difference when you're splitting for 4 years out or 6 months out. I started out stacking in 24' rows which is a cord, now I have some stacks that are 48' long.

 

[billb3]

7.5 inches of rain down here Buzzards Bay.
Not much for wind.
Any time I try stacking5 or 6 feet high I'm picking some up or knocking back a lean.
I stop at 4 feet now.
Wind/not so stable ground/drying wood/frost heave. Whatever.
I have two 36 foot long rows of pallets and had to start them just so to avoid trees and rocks sticking out of the ground.

 

[WiscWoody]

I've found on this extremely "location" and "personality" diversified web site,---we ain't all the same. Not the same soil, not the same wind, heat or rain. Not the same at declaring "that's good enough" when building something.---Ya'll know what I'm talking.---So I'm just going to say, four foot high and since I don't want to restack I'll probably cut some saplings and jam them into the ground, put them at a 45 degree angle against the stack. ---Sorry it didn't work well for you.

As you can see in my picture to the left my stacks are tall since I lack room for my three year supply. I need to start using 45 degree wood to help stabilize them not so much from the wind here but we've had a lot of rain this year and the ground has softened to a point where some of the racks are leaning and one at the end went down altogether and two next to that one lost some splits also.