cutting firewood

[squib]

just started cutting in oct. 09 i have not cut firewood for 10 years or more feels good to get back into it again & the great outdoors......

any ideas how much wood there might be. ??

pine & elm are the only l ones i can idenify, can anyone tell me how many other kinds of wood there is. ??

does it look like it is ready to burn, xcept for the pine./

herman

 

[Wood Duck]

Does each picture show a different pile of wood? I think there are more than a cord in the first pic, and more than two in each of the second and third pic, so that's five cords. Just a guess, that is. I see several types of wood in the piles, some Black Cherry (big rounds on the ground in the first pic), some Red Maple, I think, and the stuff iwth thick bark could be oak. I'd say you're well on your way to being years ahead.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Herman, good to hear you are back to burning wood. I can't tell by the pictures what you have there but can tell you that you can easily figure how much wood you have. A cord is 128 cu. in. That is, a stack 4' high, 4' deep and 8' long (so multiply 4 x 4 x 8). So just measure those 3, multiply and divide by 128 and you will know exactly what you have.

 

[squib]

Thanks guys. I took my splitter out wednesday & split a trailer load of pine. The trailer is nothing to look at but it`s paid for & it works. All the pix are of the same pile of wood, just different angles.

When i go back out i`ll merasure the pile & get a idea of how much wood there is.

Herman

 

[iskiatomic]

This might be a bit easier, since you can go by inches.


Firewood Cord Calculator

http://www.maine.gov/ag/firewood.html



KC

 

[ohio woodburner]

This might be a bit easier, since you can go by inches.


Firewood Cord Calculator

http://www.maine.gov/ag/firewood.html



KC

Man thats a pretty slick deal, esp for me since i'm not to picky on the size of my stacks. :red:

 

[ohio woodburner]

Herman did you buy your wood before or just start burning again?

 

[squib]

Ohio,

Never did buy any wood always cut it wherever i could find it & split it all with a maul. Now i`m back into citting & splitting again only this time with a new saw & log splitter.

Got a huskee 22 ton saturday at tractor supply, so far it is the berrys.

Herman

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Herman, you will like that splitter. Ours is basically the same splitter only in 20 ton and we've had it for several years, trouble free.

 

[raybonz]

Thanks guys. I took my splitter out wednesday & split a trailer load of pine. The trailer is nothing to look at but it`s paid for & it works. All the pix are of the same pile of wood, just different angles.

When i go back out i`ll merasure the pile & get a idea of how much wood there is.

Herman

Very nice splitter Herman and that trailer just needs some paint... It's not about show it's about go! I estimate 3-4 cords but I may be wrong as the others have said you need to measure to determine cordage correctly.. Looks like some decent ready to burn stuff in that pile.. Welcome back to burning I dropped it for a few years and came back when oil went to $4.00 per gallon and never looked back! I too enjoy being outdoors and the independent feeling burning gives me...

Ray

 

[ConiferJoe]

This might be a bit easier, since you can go by inches.


Firewood Cord Calculator

http://www.maine.gov/ag/firewood.html



KC

Nice to see my state actually spending my tax dollars on something useful.