See what my neighbor gave me

[Get Wood]

Was talking to my neighbor next door a few days ago and ask him what he was going to do with several large logs at the edge of his property. He has only lived there two years and said they were there when they bought the house and ask if I wanted them. Of course I said yes. It is about 150 yards from where I am starting my wood yard.

I cut a round off the end of one I thought it was pine took it home and it is cedar, sure smells good and splits easy. There are 14 logs 5 of them are 40 to 50 ft. And the rest are 20 to 30 ft.

 

[bogydave]

Awesome score!

 

[NortheastAl]

Nice to have those kinds of neighbors.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Take it all

 

[ScotO]

my favorite wood is wood I get paid to take......my second favorite wood is the stuff I get for free!!

Great score!

 

[Ralphie Boy]

good neighbors..... good!

 

[paul bunion]

Strange that someone once went through the effort and expense of felling and skidding those trees only to abandon them. But that is to your benefit.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Cool... How much finished wood do you think you will have when CSS?
Have fun

 

[Get Wood]

Cool... How much finished wood do you think you will have when CSS?
Have fun

I am new at figuring cords hopeing someone here might have an idea. The smallest dia. At top is 9 in. and the widest at base is 22 in. and around 400 ft.
Any idea how many cord?

 

[paul bunion]

I am new at figuring cords hopeing someone here might have an idea. The smallest dia. At top is 9 in. and the widest at base is 22 in. and around 400 ft.
Any idea how many cord?

You easily should have more than three cords. Depending on how tapered the logs are there could be over 4. If more than a few are thick for their full length you will quickly stack up the cords. A 20 foot log that is 18 inches at the top has a lot of wood in it.

Think of it this way for a rough estimate. If all of your logs are a foot in diameter for the entire length, and you cut them to 8 foot lengths and you stacked them 4 wide and 4 high you would have an approximate cord of wood from every 16 pieces. Your 400 linear feet of logs are going to give you fifty 8' lengths. 50/16 = 3.25 cords.

 

[Get Wood]

Thanks Paul t.hat will help me out in the future, I have a lot of wood to cut here.

 

[Get Wood]

I started this thread last year and last week I drug the logs from my next door neighbors place. I took som pics of them before I cut them up, and after I split them.

Would anyone want to guess how many 4x4x8 cord are in these two stacks? I should have them stacked this week if we don't get any heavy rains. The only prize for the right guess is bragging rights here on the forum.

 

[paul bunion]

I still go with my original estimate, over three stacked.

The smaller pile looks to be under a cord but the bigger one looks to be solidly more than two. Caveat, pictures of piles can be very deceiving.

 

[Jags]

2.5 total.

 

[PapaDave]

Take some time to turn some into kindling.
Great wood for that.
I need a neighbor like that.

 

[Paulywalnut]

There won't be any moths around your stacks.

 

[Get Wood]

Take some time to turn some into kindling.
Great wood for that.
I need a neighbor like that.

I split off a barrel full of thin ones just for that. I love the smell of cedar.

Rained yesterday and didn't get any stacked. It will proudly be the weekend before I get it stacked.

 

[Get Wood]

I finally got my wood stacked Tuesday and got some pics. My stacks are 48" high 36" wide and 175 " long that is 1.36 cord. I got two of these that is 2.72 cord and as you can see on the one pic it is only 89 " long so that is .69 cord with a total of 3.41 cord.
Haven't looked back through the post to see who is the closest. There was a couple guessed close to 3 cord.

 

[osagebow]

Great score! Nice looking stacks, I'd round that estimate to an even 3...


Cases for your neighbor.

 

[CenterTree]

Awesome!!