For those of you that deal in full cords only, if your wood length does not divide into an even cord(anything other than 48",24",16",12")how do you count, figure,or buy wood using only full cords? I use 16" wood so it's easy for me.
Here we use ricks(face cords),
Who delivers a cord or less of ready split firewood all ranked up on the back of the truck?
A common trick is to rank up one row at the back of the truck so that when you open the tailgate, it looks to be tightly stacked (128 cu ft/cord) but then bulk load (180 cu ft/cord) the rest in front of that. The buyer then assumes the entire load is 128 cu ft/cord.Of course creative stacking is another issue altogether...
The guy I get my log loads from delivers what he says are 20 cord loads. He hasn't been wrong yet after I get 'em all c/s/s
Most of the fifth wheel pulp trucks here carry 18 to 22 cord. My supplier delivers 12 cord on a straight truck and has a pup trailer that can carry 6 cord, for a total of 18 cord.What kind of a vehicle can deliver 20 full cords??
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This was the first 20 cord load. Half to me, half to my brother. I think I got the bigger half.
This guy probably could have picked up a dime off the driveway with that thing.
I bet he didn't cross any DOT scales 115,000 lbs?View attachment 64923
This was the first 20 cord load. Half to me, half to my brother. I think I got the bigger half.
This guy probably could have picked up a dime off the driveway with that thing.
I bet he didn't cross any DOT scales 115,000 lbs?
IMO, stick to face cords and let them do the math if they want. It's amazing to me how many sellers will load up two 4x8 rows of pieces considerably shorter than 24" and call it a "cord". Yeah, right... Buyers can envision a 4x8 foot pile of wood cut the length they want. They can't relate to a mass of 128 cubic feet. I've always found it much easier to just explain, if they ask, that a 16" face cord = 1/3 full cord, 24" - 1/2 cord, and 48" = one full cord. "Ohhhhh... now I get it!" Never had a complaint...