capetree
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Well at least he brought you wood to make up the short. The difference in his stacked mesurement to yours could be 10% +/- since a cord includes air space. So you could get a extra 12.8 cubic feet or be short.So a cord could be 115.2 cubic feet to 140.8. Also the loose measurement here in Ma. is 175 cubic feet (6.5 yards). To caculate measurement I had a construction master calculator now I have a measure master pro for my iphone. I do sell about 120+ cords of wood a year all stacked before delivered. Sometimes your in a hurry and wood is stacked very sloppy so you get more air than you should. We have gotten short complaints in the past and I always go back and measure there stack and make good if need be. Ive seen wood stacked with almost no air space (like a puzzle) which will be less than 128 cubic foot, with no air space I think is more like 90 cubic feet of actual wood. Ive even had a trucker show up at my yard with a 100yd trailer (15 cord full) trying to sell me 20 cords. I did nicely explain to him I would buy load and when he came with would measure trailer and if was less than 20 cord he would be heading back wiht the load. Needless to say Ive never seen him again.
Also around here all wood is suppost to be sold with a receipt that declairs company name, amount of wood, what type of wood. If they dont give a receipt that should be a red flag. You always can get a plate # of vehicle to help identify seller. Beware of fly by night sellers. After storms around here we get a lot of wood pirates. We call them this season firewood since they dont ever seem to get repeat customers.
Also around here all wood is suppost to be sold with a receipt that declairs company name, amount of wood, what type of wood. If they dont give a receipt that should be a red flag. You always can get a plate # of vehicle to help identify seller. Beware of fly by night sellers. After storms around here we get a lot of wood pirates. We call them this season firewood since they dont ever seem to get repeat customers.