Author Topic: What are the dimensions of a chord of wood? (Read 904 times)

Jester · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2004, 05:52:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Thank you.

Neighbor kid is selling some good oak/cedar

Don't burn Cedar Wood in your stove or fireplace. (Pine or any kind of conifer tree either for that matter). The cresote will build up and cause a chimney fire and you may end up living in a tent.

If you are going to burn wood - always burn any kind of Oak's. Watch Hickory as it get's REAL hot.

Jester
Fire Chief
St. Charles Vol. Fire Dept.

Sandman · « **Reply #16 on:** May 27, 2004, 05:52:46 PM »

I dunno... around here (in the middle of nowhere), a cord of almond or walnut goes for $220-250.

Horn · « **Reply #17 on:** May 27, 2004, 06:51:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Jester
Don't burn Cedar Wood in your stove or fireplace. (Pine or any kind of conifer tree either for that matter). The cresote will build up and cause a chimney fire and you may end up living in a tent.

This is true where you are, but out here in the stix where I live there is no hardwood. At all. I run between 3-4 pine cords thru my woodstove per winter. The West in general is this way.

The secret (if that's what you'd call it) to burning pine is to alternate loads of aspen. The aspen burns very hot and will alleviate the creosote build up. I'm also fastidious about cleaning the flue seasonally and if it's warm enough, once in the burning season too. Flue fires suck.

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capt. apathy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 27, 2004, 07:05:16 PM »

a full size truck will hold about 1/2 cord.

a full cord is just over 5'x5'x5', stacked loosely enough to allow a squirrel to pass through but tight enough to stop the cat chasing it.

added withthe edit, while I have no idea why it is, every time you restack a cord of wood it shrinks slightly. so don't worry much if it is slightly under sized by the time you get it (very slightly)

txmx · « **Reply #19 on:** May 27, 2004, 07:06:27 PM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy
[B stacked loosely enough to allow a squirrel to pass through but tight enough to stop the cat chasing it. [/B]

Now is that the technical term LOL.

Horn · « **Reply #20 on:** May 27, 2004, 07:38:03 PM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy

a full cord is just over 5'x5'x5', stacked loosely enough to allow a squirrel to pass through but tight enough to stop the cat chasing it.

Nope. 4x4x8. 128 cubic ft. Here's a site. If it's on the internet, it must be true!

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(I used to have a Honda--my plate was 4x4x8. An accord. yuk yuk.)

capt. apathy · « **Reply #21 on:** May 27, 2004, 07:43:30 PM »

4x4x8= 128
5x5x5= 125

not enough difference to argue about.

Lizking · « **Reply #22 on:** May 27, 2004, 08:33:11 PM »

Unless you happen to be the squirrel, looking for an edge...

Otto · « **Reply #23 on:** May 27, 2004, 09:42:24 PM »

Everybody who sells wood has a different idea about the size of a chord.

Just tell them to fill up your damn truck or you'll go someplace else.

Airhead · « **Reply #24 on:** May 27, 2004, 09:55:57 PM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy
4x4x8= 128
5x5x5= 125

not enough difference to argue about.

It is if you're in the firewood business and you're subject to the Bureau of Weights and Measures. A cord of wood is 4 ft. high by 8 ft. long by 4 ft. wide with the wide being three tiers of 16" wide each tier.

You try that shyster measuring trick in California and you'll get cited, fella.

MrBill · « **Reply #25 on:** May 27, 2004, 09:58:51 PM »

Mr Ripsnort Montana does not know what a cord of wood is??? I am truly disappointed ... Thought one would learn something from all that cut and pasting.

Oak or even better Ash ... Never burn high pitch anything in a fireplace ... you will live to regret it.

Oh what the heck

Roscoroo · « **Reply #26 on:** May 27, 2004, 10:15:12 PM »

Dont burn cedar

Hell generations worth of my family should all have burnt down houses then ... We burn over 16 cords per winter at dads house to heat it , and burn everything from cedar,fur,pine,apple,cherry, cottenwood (yukky stuff) and have never had a problem . (but then again the flue gets cleaned every year ) and we burned a few aluminum cans in it every month. I split all that stuff by hand til i was 15 and stole the bucket ram off the tractor and welded up a log splitter .

That undustrious log spitter pritty much paid for my 1st race car .

(a cord of wood is 4 x 4 x 8 split and tightly stacked )

Leslie · « **Reply #27 on:** May 27, 2004, 11:15:49 PM »

Does cedar make for good lighter wood? Around these parts we normally use "fat" pine to start pine logs first, to get a good bed of coals going before putting on hardwood (in the fireplace.)

Do you have pine starter up there Rip?

Hehe, one time I placed a large pine stump in the fireplace (was drunk). Once it got started, that thing sounded like a jet engine for a couple hours it seems. Went outside and 5' flames were blasting out the chimney. Looked way cool!!!

I was thinking, "Oh ****!" But I kept a close eye on it, and all ended well. The house didn't burn down. Never did that again. Couldn't have anyway, there was enough fat wood in that chunk to last 2 years.

That was a stupid thing to do, not only because of the fire hazard, but also because of the rarity of a piece of lighter knot that size. About 16" diameter and 26" long...musta weighed 100 pounds.

Les

Leslie · « **Reply #28 on:** May 27, 2004, 11:29:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
It is if you're in the firewood business and you're subject to the Bureau of Weights and Measures. A cord of wood is 4 ft. high by 8 ft. long by 4 ft. wide with the wide being three tiers of 16" wide each tier.

You try that shyster measuring trick in California and you'll get cited, fella.

Not to mention the extra work involved stacking wood that way. 4' high stacks are easier to stack than 5' stacks.

Les