Thanks for the lesson on face cords.
Sorry to ruffle your feathers. I'm aware of the 8x4x4 dimension. That makes sense, doesn't it, given that this is an "Arborist" web site?
As a rule of thumb, when someone says facecord, I figure approximately (approximately being the key word here) 1/3 of a full cord. 16" X 3 = 48" = 4 foot (Stumpy75 got that all on his own, without feeling the need to show me up in the process.) If someone cuts to a length longer than 16", then of course that fraction changes. You are 100% right that a cord is a more accurate measurement, and believe me, I promise to never ever ever ever use the term facecord on this website ever again. Sorry for not clarifying.
The job I saw advertised had a homeowner claiming 30 facecords out of a maple. I'm assuming he wasn't planning on cutting to 6" lengths either. I'd estimate that at 10 full cords. As for my locust, it almost filled a 10X5X5 rack. That's 250 cubic feet, or 1.953125 cords (sorry for not rounding, I wanted to be EXACT). And before anyone starts criticizing the dimensions of my rack (why not build your rack to the standard 8X4X4 cord dimension or some other 128 cubic foot variation, you might say), I had a good reason for that: just to throw all you guys a loop, it's my intention to change the universal cord measurement to 250 cubic feet from 128 cubic feet, just as soon as I can get 5 guys named Guido to agree, because that was the biggest damn wood rack I could build without interfering with my wife's rose garden.
Thanks for the responses. Nice pics PA plumber, I've been at this since last March and believe it or not STILL haven't got my hands on any oak yet.