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  1. wendell Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 29, 2008
    2,026 posts
    Madison, WI
    I just finished splitting my 2010 wood and it is now in 3 big piles around my house, ready to get stacked this weekend. Since Geometry was many, many years ago.I'm wondering if there is a way to estimate how much wood is in a pile. For instance, if the base has a diameter of 10 feet and the pile is 5 feet tall, how many cords will that be. I know the slope of the pile will vary but I would guesstimate it at around 50 degrees.

    Any math whizzes out there?
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  2. daveswoodhauler Minister of Fire

    joined: May 20, 2008
    1,827 posts
    Massachusetts
    Take a picture....post it for us, and then we can guess.
    Then, you can give a free round to the closest guesser.
  3. Adios Pantalones Minister of Fire

    Use the volume of a cone. 1/3 pi r^2 h
    r= radius
    h= height

    so in this case v= 1/3 (3.14) (5 sqared) * 5 = 1/3 *3.14 *25 *5

    Divide by 128 to find cord

    That will prolly be a conservative estimate- most piles are rounded a bit
  4. Wet1 Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 27, 2008
    2,528 posts
    USA
    W/o crunching numbers or seeing a picture, it sounds like it's about 1.25 to 1.5 cords.
  5. lexybird Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 9, 2008
    493 posts
    northwestern PA.
    sounds about right i just stacked today with about those same dimensions and got around 1.5 cords
  6. Heem New Member

    joined: Dec 13, 2008
    174 posts
    Connecticut
    i estimate that you have 3 piles of wood.
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