Funny Craig's List add

[bonnieville]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/grd/1019447338.html

In case you didn't know.

 

[freemind]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/grd/1019447338.html

In case you didn't know.

The sellers in my part of the world, sell by rick, face cord, and truckload. I think the term "cord" is pig latin to them. :bang:

If someone is burning wood for heat, why would they want to screw with unexact amounts? I sell by the cord, unless asked to sell differently.

 

[bonnieville]

I only buy by the cord. Wouldn't deal with anybody who wants to sell by any other unit of measure. It would be like buying gas by the 2/3 quart and not gallon.

 

[mga]

face cords and full cords are the standard. if i was to buy any wood, it wouldn't be in any other term.

 

[bonnieville]

What, exactly, is a face cord?

 

[epicklein22]

128 cubic square feet and you are good to go. Doesn't matter how it is stacked.

I always measure before leaving. If I give them a little extra, good for them. If short (hasn't ever happened), I act like the terminator and tell them "I will be back".

 

[freemind]

What, exactly, is a face cord?

Whatever a seller want it to be really.

But, I suppose you could call it a third of a cord. Am I correct folks?

 

[Stein]

But, I suppose you could call it a third of a cord. Am I correct folks?

That's the way I understand it. 4'x8'x16" lengths.

 

[bonnieville]

A little too subject to interpretation to me.

 

[Ductape]

Yep...... here its only legal to sell in cords or fractions thereof. Selling a face cord or rick in NH is illegal.

 

[kevin j]

face cord is 4 x 8 ft by whatever length. generally assumed to be 16 but not really. could be a face cord of 20 inch, face cord of 24 inch, etc. a raditional term but not a legal nor standardized one.

Most of the CL ads here list 'oak at 125/cord' when they actually selling 4 x 8 x 16 inches for 125, i.e. 1/3 cord....... most buyers think a cord is that. and they still get shorted..... or sold 4x8 cris-cross stacked.

 

[George G]

Here's what New York says

http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/WM/WMwood.html

 

[sloth9669]

wrong

16'' x 4' high it would need to be 24' long to be 128

 

[freemind]

16'' x 4' high it would need to be 24' long to be 128

My stacks are 16" X 18' X 6'. Yeah, it is a smidge more than a cord.

 

[thejdman04]

Sounds like the guy is frustrated and been shorted more times than not.

 

[alderman]

Wood sales

I tend to throw in a little extra and everybody seems to be happy so far. A lot of what I cut is shorter than 16" so I make up for it by making longer ricks.