How much firewood is in a tree?

Agreed, the main stem should be fairly straightforward to calculate cord content. The limbs and branches are extra.

Took down a nice pin oak last year, got a couple face cords just from the little stuff, say 1.5" to 3". If ya don't mind playing pick up sticks in the woods, those little rounds add up. We use 'em to keep a fire going when it gets too hot in the room. They're fine for small fires.

I've used the volume of a conical frustum to get fairly close for the trunk:

http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/geometry-solids/conicalfrustum.php

My quick answer is "all of it." I got 4+ cords of c/s/s from one white pine tree.

drewberry24 said:

Hey Fred, yeah there are tons of rounds and branches on this thing. More and more I keep seeing people on this forum who are close by. Where 'bouts in Delaware are you?

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In Hartly, west of Dover. This be Amish country.

drewberry24 said:

Yes Mellow! All that is left to do is split. We've managed to come out alive. Thanks for the offer to help! Please let me know if you ever need a hand, and I will do the same.

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Beautiful! Remember... lift with your legs!

I just stacked the rounds from an ash tree I had taken down. It was double trunked and about 80' tall. The rounds from the main tree, excluding limbs, measured out to be 1.5 cords. I'm figuring the limbs will be about half a cord so that will give me 2 cords out of the tree. I think the key is that it was double-trunked about 8' up.

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dewey said:

I've used the volume of a conical frustum to get fairly close for the trunk:
http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/geometry-solids/conicalfrustum.php

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Very neat. And I love the word frustum!