Just had to ask!

[NordicSplitter]

On one of my many bike rides around the neighborhood....what do I see? A fella 2 streets over de-limbing a pretty good size pine tree. Roughly 45ft tall and at least 2ft at the base. I just had to ask.....Make a long story short....He will de-limb the whole tree, take away all the branches and cut the whole tree to 18" lengths for me to pick up tomorrow after work. Now I know its pine but free is free, and besides this will be split and sitting for atleast 16 months plus I plan on using it for shoulder and stretch fires. The best part was, he thanked me!.....So here's the tough question...knowing the above dimensions of the tree.....how much do you guys think I will get?

 

[PapaDave]

Well, since I'm in the middle of cutting up a 23-24" dbh White Pine right now, I would guesstimate you'll end up with about 2 cord.
I'm looking at about 1.5, but we'll see when it's done. I'm including some large branches too.
The fact that he's doing all but the splitting is fantastic. White Pine is some sticky stuff.
I might try using a bit of this in the spring, otherwise it'll be used next Oct.

 

[Wood Duck]

Doin' the math in my head here, but if it is 2 ft diameter, that means one ft radius. Pi r^2 is the area of a circle, so 3.14 x 1 x 1 = 3.14 ft^2 in area. 3.14 x 45 ft long = 135 ft^3 in wood volume. A cord is around 85 ft^3 of solid wood, so you might have a cord and a half there. I haven't accounted for the fact that it is thinner at the top than at the bottom, but I'd still guess between a cord and 1.5 cord of pine. Nice scrounge!

 

[SolarAndWood]

2 ft tree is a cord tops.

 

[amateur cutter]

2 ft tree is a cord tops.

Agree, also a heck of a deal ready to split. Can't possibly go wrong for that. Nice scrounge! A C

 

[Got Wood]

2 ft tree is a cord tops.

+2

There are plenty of tables online showing the estimated amount of firewood using DBH (Diameter at breast hieght) as a gauge. 22" DBH = 1 cord.

 

[Woody Stover]

2 ft tree is a cord tops.

Yeah, I'd guess 3/4 cord.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Regardless of how much, that is a nice find close to home.