Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
I was looking for a "thrown cord" volume on MN's Dept of commerce web site for another thread, and I got to reading the fine print. It turns out that those oddball Swedes, Irishmen, Finns and Germans over in MN have decided that 120 cu ft of split and stacked wood is a cord.
From this page: http://mn.gov/commerce/weights-and-measures/images/BuyingFirewood.pdf
Here's the quote, reference to MN statute given at the end:
What is a cord?
A cord has a specific legal definition in Minnesota:
• One cord is 128 cubic feet in four foot lengths.
• If the wood is sawed, a cord is 110 cubic feet when
ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown loosely into a
truck.
• If the wood is sawed and split, a cord is 120 cubic feet
when ranked, and 175 cubic feet when thrown loosely
into a truck. (Minnesota Statutes, Section 239.33)
So, by their definition, 128 ft³ (btw, hold down the ALT key and type 0179 on your number pad to get the ³ symbol, something else I learned today) of 4' logs, when cut and stacked will shrink to 110 ft³, then grow to 120 ft³ when split and restacked. Loose rounds are 160ft³, and loose splits are 175ft³ to make a cord.
WTF? If government can't even have a standard "standard", I'm giving up on straightening out wayward measurers. WI by the way, beleives in 128 ft³, "well ranked and stowed" - WI Statutes 98.02(2) Link here: Wisconsin Legislature: 98.02(2)
From this page: http://mn.gov/commerce/weights-and-measures/images/BuyingFirewood.pdf
Here's the quote, reference to MN statute given at the end:
What is a cord?
A cord has a specific legal definition in Minnesota:
• One cord is 128 cubic feet in four foot lengths.
• If the wood is sawed, a cord is 110 cubic feet when
ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown loosely into a
truck.
• If the wood is sawed and split, a cord is 120 cubic feet
when ranked, and 175 cubic feet when thrown loosely
into a truck. (Minnesota Statutes, Section 239.33)
So, by their definition, 128 ft³ (btw, hold down the ALT key and type 0179 on your number pad to get the ³ symbol, something else I learned today) of 4' logs, when cut and stacked will shrink to 110 ft³, then grow to 120 ft³ when split and restacked. Loose rounds are 160ft³, and loose splits are 175ft³ to make a cord.
WTF? If government can't even have a standard "standard", I'm giving up on straightening out wayward measurers. WI by the way, beleives in 128 ft³, "well ranked and stowed" - WI Statutes 98.02(2) Link here: Wisconsin Legislature: 98.02(2)
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