How Much Wood Does A Pick-Up Hold?

[jadm]

I got left with green wood last time I ordered wood and am looking for a new supplier.

Read on a thread here that a question to ask a supplier is how is the wood being delivered and if it is in a pick-up truck, how many loads make a cord.

My old supplier had a huge truck and it was reinforced with added height to the sides and held 3 cords loaded to the top.

So what I want to know is ' how much wood does a 'standard' pick-up hold' so that if I get someone who uses a pick-up I will know if he is being honest about how much wood he is delivering.

Never too early to start planning for next winter....

 

[kgrant]

What is a 'standard' pickup? 6' bed? 8' bed? Or one of those new trucks with an even shorter bed? Does it have sides above the bed?

A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet. 4' wide, 8' long, 4' high

Last year someone got me a cord of wood for xmas. The supplyer shows up in a truck, 8' bed no sides, wood just thrown in not stacked, just a hump of wood. When I called him on it he claimed it was a full cord, even had it in a "jig" before he put it in the truck. I told him he needed to measure his jig again. And on top of that it was punky wood. Oh well.

 

[jebatty]

Multiply the length x width x height and divide the result by 128 = number or portion of cords in the load. Assuming 4' x 8' x 2' = 64 / 128 = 1/2 cord.

 

[iceman]

check this out you will get all your answers
(broken link removed to http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/cord.htm)

 

[crazy_dan]

standard 8' bed is about 1/2 cord if it is tossed in. That is how I calculate mine when I bring it home is 2 loads to the cord. which gives me a fat cord because I toss as much as I can get to stay on the pickup.

 

[Jfk4th]

I can put 2 face cords in my 1998 GMC Full size, short bed truck. I have to however put some in the extended cab and in the passenger side seat. It is pretty high in the back so straps are recommended. I don't know if I will do that again, stressful drive home.....

 

[burntime]

I have a small pickup and if I have a very short distance I can get half a cord in it. But it better be a quick ride. A "hey there is woood on the way home" load is a face cord so it can be driven safely. I also have coil over shocks to take the load.

 

[iceman]

check out the link it has all the answers with pictures!!
(broken link removed to http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/cord.htm)

 

[jadm]

Thanks once again for the info.

Iceman - the link is great. I printed it out and stuck it in my wood file. Gives me something concrete to fall back on when I start calling around.

 

[grizzly2]

I have hauled lots of measured face cords of 16 inch long wood. I have always tossed it into the bed of my truck. A Ford F-150 with an 8 foot bed, mounded just slightly higher than the bed sides is two face cords, or 2/3 of a full cord. A Toyota small PU with 6 foot bed tossed in just level with the sides of the bed sides, all the way accross, is one face cord, or 1/3 of a full cord.

I also believe that is about all the 2 wheel drive 1/2 ton versions of those two trucks want to haul any real distance at 55 mph.

I have had two F-150s and seven Toyota small PU trucks and have hauled wood for 32 years.