Originally Posted by JeffA
Originally Posted by wabigoon
They call it cribbing, old grain elevators were built that way.

You're only half right

Typical cribbing only requires every other board

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A crib will hold corn cobs. Grain? Not a chance. It will flow like fine sand. That will be empty in no time. It takes a strong solid wall to hold grain.

This is a grain elevator showing some of the x-bracing for strength

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