Picture request... looking for a nice photo of a stacked and measured cord of wood

Hi Folks,

As per the title, I'm looking for a picture of measured cord of firewood, neatly stacked, that I could use on my website. If anyone has such a photo of their own stacks and wouldn't mind sharing I'd be grateful. I've found lots and lots of random sized stacks but want to have a good photo for size comparison as an aid to new folks getting into their first winter.

Here in the UK we don't tend to use "cords" and firewood is sold in all sorts of random measures which makes it difficult for people buying to know how much to get.

Cheers

Mike

Thanks guys - all really helpful!

Albert, I've used a couple of your first photos on this page. Compressing them doesn't do them justice I'm afraid, but my webhost won't let me upload files larger than 100kb.

Here is the link:
http://www.woodstovewizard.com/firewood-cord.html

Sav - those pics look great too. I could well find a home for those elsewhere if you are happy.

Fossil - part of the trouble over here is that we don't have a standard measure. You buy a "load" but it is almost pot luck as to whether you get 1/3rd of a cord in a pickup, a cubic meter dropped in a bag, or an oversized pile dumped off the back of a tipping lorry. I think we just aren't setup that way - most wood burners here are city folks who buy a load of wood as and when they need it, irrespective of whether it is seasoned or not. It was an uphill battle to get my own family ahead on wood, and my dad still keep trying to tell me that green wood is "nice and dry".

I actually did a moisture test on a piece he brought in the other day. Stuck it in the oven for 24 hours... worked out it must have been around 45% moisture content, probably more as it was still losing weight when I stopped. Really frustrating at times.

Cheers again
(And any more pictures that people are happy to share would be great!)

Mike

Thanks Tim,

I might just do that again if there is anything specific I need :D There are copyright issues with just using pictures without getting explicit permission from the person who took the photo though, it can be a major headache for website owners if they get this wrong (plus it isn't fair on those whose photo it is!)

Cheers

Mike

Brewmonster said:

Hi Mike,
I enjoyed perusing your website. Good to get the British perspective on woodburning.
I thought you might want to know that one of your pictures of black locust (the first) is misidentified. That appears to be Albizzia julibrissin, often called mimosa (though not a true mimosa) or silktree.

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Good spot Brewmonster!

Again, the troubles of sourcing photos. I paid for a license to use that one and the photographer had identified it as black locust. I'll see if I can find another one.

Mike

schlot - everything is metric over here, so I guess most people would expect to buy by the cubic meter. Trouble is a lot of wood is sold by the "load" (ie what ever fits in the back of the truck) and there doesn't seem to be an expectation of a specific volume. I suspect if there was sufficient consumer pressure this might change. Also, most wood burners here I would guess live in towns (we have really high population density compared to you) with small outdoor space. I think many people would be terrified by the idea of just a single cord being dumped on their doorsteps!

Backwoods Savage - I just updated one of my old pages and used one of your lovely pictures.
http://www.woodstovewizard.com/how-to-stack-firewood.html
Thanks again, and if anyone else has any they want to share I'm happy to take them