my trailer load today was stacked 6ft wide by 8 ft long by 3 ft tall. Could someone smarter than me calculate what that equated to in cords if any?
Help a dumb guy out please!
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144 cubic feet. Just over a full cord.
LxWxH and there are 128 cubic feet in a full cord.
LxWxH and there are 128 cubic feet in a full cord.
Thanks appreciate that!
here's the formula. 6 feet/72"x 8 feet/96" x 3 feet/36". it's all done in inches. 72x96= 6912 x36= 248,832 cubic inches divided by 1,728.(cubic inches in a foot.) looks like 144 cubic feet. 1.125 cords of wood. hope this helps.
Ok.... You just reminded me of something my wife did recently. She converted feet to yards to sketch out a building design, only to have me have to convert it back to feet to actually lay it out. Why would you convert feet to inches only to have to convert it back to feet for the final number?
Also.. no disrespect intended and I'm not trying to be combative... Just seems like unnecessary steps. Unless you're a mathlete and geek out about that kind of stuff!
Also.. no disrespect intended and I'm not trying to be combative... Just seems like unnecessary steps. Unless you're a mathlete and geek out about that kind of stuff!
it's all about the numbers. the next thing will be if it adds up to a winning dollar versus an hourly time thing versus buying it from someone else as a bargain ? yes it's a cord plus. lol
LOL. always had know cubic feet of trailer space we were using when i packed stuff for a co. i worked for and all the boxes we used were measured in inches. or you can use this. http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/misc/cubic-feet-calculator.php
My question is if you are talking about wood that is to be delivered to customer or wood for your stove or something else. As was mentioned you have a healthy cord on your trailer. Is it split and neatly stacked or some what thrown with random sizes. It is very difficult to manage these things in California because most people that sell wood are doing their best to cheat and fraud customers. Such as throwing a pile of wood in their truck and stacking some wood on top indicating that the whole load is stacked. So when some body wants to buy wood what should be told to them. It does not matter what size of wood you have the volume is measured height times length times width equals how many cubic feet. 30'' equals 2 1/2' feet or 2.5 feet. There is not a need to convert to inches and then back to feet. For most part people can not calculate down to 1 inch in measurements. So a foot plus .25 or 1 foot plus 1/4 of a foot will give the necessary calculations. Thanks
I always stack it the country way. It's about 8' by about 4' by about 18" good enough lol each row better last a month that's what matters.
That only comes out to a bit more than 1/3 cord...48 cu ft
It also matters what species the wood is as to how long a row will last.
Yea it should be a face cord. That's how they sell it around here by the face cord. 70 to 125 each. I cut and stack 7 of them for each year and usually have some left over. This year there's still 2 out there.
I've found that with the wood furnace if it's not oak then it all heats the same.
I've found that with the wood furnace if it's not oak then it all heats the same.
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Everybody here is correct in the calculations, however, CaseyForrest questioned why it had to be converted to inches and then back into feet. No one here explained that very well. If your measurements are in feet and inches, then it is best to convert all 3 measurements to inches. Multiply all three together and then when you get the grand total, divide by 1728 because there are 1728 cubic inches in 1 cubic foot. Then your answer is back in cubic feet, 128 cubic feet equals 1 cord. However, if your measurements are all in feet like the original poster, 6' wide x 8'long x 3' high, just multiply the 3 numbers together to get the cubic feet. Then we know that there is 128 cubic feet in a cord.....if you divide 128 into the answer above (144) then you get 1.125 cord. Hope this makes sense and clears up any questions.
Henry and Wanda
Everybody here is correct in the calculations, however, CaseyForrest questioned why it had to be converted to inches and then back into feet. No one here explained that very well. If your measurements are in feet and inches, then it is best to convert all 3 measurements to inches. Multiply all three together and then when you get the grand total, divide by 1728 because there are 1728 cubic inches in 1 cubic foot. Then your answer is back in cubic feet, 128 cubic feet equals 1 cord. However, if your measurements are all in feet like the original poster, 6' wide x 8'long x 3' high, just multiply the 3 numbers together to get the cubic feet. Then we know that there is 128 cubic feet in a cord.....if you divide 128 into the answer above (144) then you get 1.125 cord. Hope this makes sense and clears up any questions.
Henry and Wanda
Simpler if the inches covert easily to decimal to leave all in feet, eg. 16" = 1.3' 18" = 1.5', etc. Just multiply and the answer is in cu ft.
And here we have the classic example of the advantages of the metric system!
That is unless you make a half @rsed attempted of adopting it like the UK did.
That is unless you make a half @rsed attempted of adopting it like the UK did.
