So I've finally finished my first stack. It's doubled up but I had too,No room so I've got 1.5 cord (4 ft high And two 24 foot rows) and you'll notice I worked from left to right as the splits got larger as I got more tired. I didn't notice this at the time. I'm about halfway through or maybe a little more on next years load. Check the 2nd pic and let me know if you think there is a cord laying there (by the splitter)
No second pic?? You may want to shore up the right end or you will be restacking when the wood settles a bit. The left end is perfectly tilted "in" just the way I like it. Lots of BTU's there - feels good to just walk around it all summer - I do all the time!
Nicely done! Should be easy to toe in that right side. I'm going to guess a little over half cord in the pile there. But I never guess right when the wood is in front of me, so take that with a giant grain of salt.
1/2 maybe a little more but it is so hard to tell when you can walk all the way around a pile - not to mention a 2D pic. Looks great
Nothing wrong with that, much better than my first effort, glad theres no pics of mine, I would shore up the right side or you'll end up what I did the first year and spend a lot of time restacking.
Not bad at all. I agree with the other guys, get that right side shored up a little better. Before you know it, you'll have over 25 cord back there. My stack started out like your's a while back........now it is HUGE!
Did I misunderstand or didn't you say the first pic is 2 stacks @ 24'x4'? Wouldn't each of those be 1 cord? You're doing gooder than you thought. The r/h side really needs some help, or you'll find it all on the ground soon. I can't tell how much is in the 2nd pic.
Looks good, especially the first stack. The second pic is how I stacked when I was a kid! I agree with the comment about looking at them in the summer, I like to just admire the stacks while they're drying. Probably a bit obsessive, but there's plenty of worse habits I could have.
Stack looks awesome. If your just gettin started, then hold on tight.... It's only gonna become more obsessive.
Thats what I thought 2 rows 4' high, 24' long = 2 cords Good job That happens to me also, The splits get larger as I get more tired but ya need different sizes any way
Presuming the splits are at least 16" long, a cord would be one stack of those , 4 ft. high x 24'. Or, a stack 4' high x 4' deep x 8' long.
What do you cut at? Your forgetting width?? 24 long x 4 tall x 1.5' wide (16"? If you cut at 16". If you cut at 18"-24" then you have close to 2.5). 24 x 4 x 1.5 gets you a full cord You have 2 on your hands. Keep gettin it.
Uh, Dex, 1.5 would be 18". 16" is 1.3333....... Not trying to nitpick, but this starts changing things dramatically one you get a bunch of wood involved. But, yeah CHeath, what do you cut at?
It's cubic feet, not square feet, so 24 feet long by 4 feet high by the length of the splits. If 16 inches long, then 24 x 4 x 1.33= 128 = 1 cord. A cord assumes at least 80 cubic feet of actual solid wood, in an volume of 128 cubic feet. Some of your wood is stacked with quite a bit of air space, so you may be a bit short of a cord, but you are awfully close to a cord in each row, for a total of 2 cords stacked. By the time you add a pallet on the end and shore up that incorrectly leaning end, you'll certainly be at a full cord.
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Yea I started thinking, 4 foot high 4 foot deep and 8 foot long is a cord so I have a little less than 3 cord there if my cuts are 36" (18" in each stack) sweet.
Posted By CHeath,
Mar 17, 2013 at 4:02 PM
Posted By CHeath,
Mar 17, 2013 at 4:02 PM
