how much wood would this be

[ironspider]

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50 yard of logs. I texted the guy he said they are in 8' to 12' lengths. He'll come out east to me but that sounds like a lot of wood. Can someone give me some context on 50 yards of wood logs?

 

[fossil]

Well, if he's talking volume, 50 (cubic) yards would be somewhere around 10 cords. Lot of wood. Can you go take a look at it before committing? Rick

 

[ironspider]

yikes. first the logs dumped in the yard, the lady would love that, then firewood circling the property, she'll love that too. Maybe a little too much for me at one time.

 

[fossil]

It's kind of a crap shoot without seeing it...his yards and my yards might not be the same yards. It's an unusual metric for wood (but not for mulch). Worth a look, I'd say, but the way he describes it sounds like a boatload of wood, fer sure.

 

[ErikR]

This is a 50 cubic yard dump trailer......

 

[nrford]

The way I take that is he has a 50 yard(or 5-10 yard) dump trailers full.

 

[nrford]

This is a 50 cubic yard dump trailer......

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There you go! Thanks!

 

[ironspider]

This is a 50 cubic yard dump trailer......

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Yeah, that thing wouldn't fit down my road.

 

[JoeyD]

Yup, he is most likely talking about a 50 yard dump trailer. The amount delivered in a trailer like that will most likely vary quite a bit. I have loaded trailers like this, sometimes you are loading what it on site and sending the truck away and sometimes you are trying to stuff as much as you can because there is a large volume to get rid of. I'm guessing at minimum you would get 5 cords. Take notice how he advertises 50 yards of logs and 50 yards of wood chips. I would believe the wood chips part, those trailers get loaded to the brim most times. With 50 solid cubic yards of logs I would think the trailer would be over weight.