[Greenbuilding] Wood by the pound

[Kathy Cochran]

A cord being 4' deep, 4' high and 8' long only works if you are making 3
rows of 16" lengths (3 x 16" = 48").  My stove, a Morso 3610, can take up to
a 24" log, but 22 is easier to get into the stove, so I  instructed my wood
cutter to cut them 22" long.  So I did a calculation, that says: a cord is
128 cu. Feet.  In cubic inches that = 221,184.  So, if I have 2 rows of 22"
logs, that changes the dimensions of my stack a little bit. So, if I divide
221,184 by 44" (2 rows of 22" logs) by 48" I get 104.73" which is about 8.75
feet long, to get a full cord.    Or, it could be 8 ft long and 52.36" tall.
Of course the guy cutting my wood didn't get the math part of this at all.  

 

Cheers!  Kathy

 

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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Sacie
Lambertson
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 6:28 AM
To: greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Wood by the pound.

 

When it's icy out, the wind is blowing and you haven't convinced yourself of
the best system to order your wood (whether to take it from this stack or
that, leaving the wood under cover until later when it snows etc) measuring
sometimes takes a back seat.  I've already messed it up for this year, but
last, the only year I was pretty sure what was burned, it was of the full
cord sort, a mixture of split and not-split.

Obviously good to define the term 'cord'.  I didn't know different
measurements are used.  Sacie

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Doug Fields <dfields at ceas.coop> wrote:

Just wondering if everyone means the same thing by a "cord" of wood. 

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