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cabingal3
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 09:28
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i have been stacking cut firewood in between trees.
guess what?the wind blows the trees and the firewood falls out.
so how do u stack your firewood for winter???
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pizzadude
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 09:51
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Get yourself a wind turbine.
The wind will cease my friend.
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hattie
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 10:44
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I think most people who use wood for heat build a woodshed and store it there. It is also a good way to know if you have enough wood stored. Friends of mine had one and they always said that as long as the woodshed was full before winter, they'd be okay for heat.
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creeky
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 10:46 - Edited by: creeky
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pizzadude 
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 11:05
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thanks creeky...
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 12:05
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been stacking the chopped wood like this but they keep falling out even though i feel i packed them good.
dont like re-work.
kills my back!
ok.one whole stack fell clean out of the trees.all of them..grr.
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MJW
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 16:24
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I bought a bunch of T posts and laid them out in ricks. As we cut and stack throughout the year, we always know exactly how much we have on hand.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 17:52
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ok thanks so much MJW! that looks really good.Gary O mentioned this way but i did not know how it worked.
yeah.that looks really good.
thanks alot.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 19:09
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also find some old barn tin and put on top of your wood stacks and you will always have dry wood in winter.
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groingo
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2015 23:08
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Acouple seasons ago I found the ultimate solution to stacking wood.....I call it PROPANE!
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2015 04:50
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Hahahaha, pizzadude!!! Say it ain't so!
I've seen some fairly inexpensive racks with covers to keep out the elements available. Or is that inviting critters to take up residence?
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Kudzu
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2015 07:27
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Do not stack the wood high between the trees, keep it just above waist level and it will not fall.
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Malamute
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2015 20:00
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I use T posts about 12 or 15 feet apart. I use a couple treated 2x2's laid on the ground to keep the wood off the ground. I rip them from cull 2x stuff I get cheaply.
I've stacked some between fence posts (I have power poles for fence posts). It works OK even though the posts are only half the width of the wood stack, but I also turn several pieces of wood lengthways to the stack on the ends of the stack every foot or so going up. Keeps the wood from needing as much help staying in place.
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Don_P
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# Posted: 11 Jun 2015 08:10
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Another way is to stand up pallets on end and drive 2 T posts thru the slots to make an end wall. Lay down a few pallets on the ground, starting at that "bookend". Those get you off the ground and gets some airflow down there. Stand up another bookend pallet at the far end and drive 2 T posts thru those. Flop some scrap tin or a tarp on the top when full and nail or tie it down till winter.
I put in a fossil fuel heater some years ago and at the end of the first season the price had been so low I said I'd never cut firewood again. The price of fuel more than doubled by the next year and has never looked back. I like that unit for backup but I have no mercy on the woodpile if anyone mentions being chilly. Nothing beats nodding off beside something approaching the heat of the sun after a day outside in the winter.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 11 Jun 2015 10:17
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Quoting: Kudzu Do not stack the wood high between the trees, keep it just above waist level and it will not fall.
Kudzu! this is exactly the solution Gary O told me to do...after i posted this.this is exactly right.thank u...
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:39
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My wood storage project. In hindsight, it would have been easy to recycle an old wooden playset (often free locally on craigslist) as a frame for a firewood shed.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:42
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very nice SE Ohio...very good solution.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 12 Jun 2015 13:47
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Woodshed with roof and open sides or sides that can be closed / tarped. Depending on climate. Off the ground to discourage bottom rot is it sits a while. Wood oiled between trees like that can also damage the tree bark / tree. Eventually.
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moregon
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:49
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2015 17:05
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thanks so much everyone.u have given me alot of options.thank u.never knew there was so many different ways.
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LoonWhisperer
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# Posted: 22 Jun 2015 21:26
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Man, i need to get busy. You folks have got some serious inventory 
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Pookie129
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2015 10:32
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Quoting: LoonWhisperer Man, i need to get busy.
Ready to come by and pick up whenever you get finished
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Gary O
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 20:14 - Edited by: Gary O
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Update
I thought T posts was 'the' answer, and it is a good one.
However
Ran across this on google
http://www.instructables.com/id/No-tools-firewood-rack/
I think its p-r-e-t-t-y freaking ingenious.
Had a few cinder blocks and scrap wood.
Enough to make two racks...ricks...whatever.
Love the ease of design
Goin' to HD to get 42 more blocks, and some #2 2x4s.
I prefer using the weak side of the 2xs and framing the bottom.
May change back to this guy's design.
Anyway
Firewood w/be high and dry.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2015 21:51
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Cabi, when its all done, it should look like this:
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pash
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2015 00:14
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Ive been making round house style like this video a few years, i just eyeball the circle, and mine dont look this pretty, have had 1 or 2 fail, but i also stack on a hill, dries quicker, can put it anywhere, i will never go back to stacking in a line again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6PJMH_9ijg
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2015 11:05 - Edited by: DaveBell
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This pile never falls over.
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