Firewood Volume

[fstedy]

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

[doc henderson]

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.

[stavebuyer]

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)

[doc henderson]

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

[doc henderson]

Thrown Cord in General Board (forestryforum.com)

[GRANITEstateMP]

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

[SwampDonkey]

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.

[barbender]

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

[fstedy]

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