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Hi All
Does anyone know how many cubic feet there are in an unstacked cord of split firewood. Thanks in advance for any help.

Is your question how many cubic feet of unstacked wood does it take to make a cord of stacked firewood?  I think I remember like 140 to 128.

Its going to vary with the size and length of the splits but I found 175 to be fairly close for my 16" wood. I always donated a few extra for insurance as I enjoyed splitting but stacking not so much lol

State of Maine defines a "thrown cord as 180 for 16" wood and 195 for 24" wood.


Title 10, §2302: Definitions (maine.gov) (https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/10/title10sec2302.html)

I agree, I think my volume change is more green to dry.  there have been some threads on it.  

Thrown Cord in General Board (forestryforum.com) (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=15481.msg220035#msg220035)

90% sure we go with 185 for a thrown cord of 16 or 18in wood. We load right off the conveyor, rake out the hump and ship it

My experience with loose wood on the Tacoma with cap (~3x4x6') has been slightly less than 2-1/4 pickup loads to the cord. Wood rounded up to the cap and right up to the glass door. I kept track of every load that left the woodlot last fall. 20 loads stacked out to 9 cords. That works out closely to within 160 cu feet loose thrown to one stacked full 128 cu ft cord. I used to think 180 cu feet loose stacked to a cord (~2.5 loads to a cord). If that were the case I would only have had 8 cords, which was not the case. I stack 7' high and by the time it dries I lose roughly 4" in height.

I use 180 cubic feet of loose thrown on 16". 

Thanks Men
Just got involved with a friend. We were approached to process the wood that was dumped from a tree service. Should work out well for us. Thanks again for the help