Please estimate how many cords and settle a debate at work
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PA Plumber
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With the new pics, I would say closer to 3 cord.
iowawoodcutter
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yep, the new pics make it look like much more.
KsWoodsMan
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Wait a while, it will grow as you split it.Yup--lots of rain--Good time to install a new handle on the sledge.
Best I can do at this point is to stack it on pallets in chunks. This would be a temporary measure only! (No splitter and this is 09-10's wood so...)
Local rules (my lot) Split, stacked, measured and divided by 128 is the only true measure. Also, if the bark is attached it counts. Burnable uglys are stacked and they count. We don't count chips or sawdust.
This pile is the heaviest, most time consuming 3/4 of a cord I've ever dealt with....
Nominal fee , don't let any of us get to you. Your wood , your stack , your property , your time and your rules. Judging from the looks of those 8 pallets next to the wood I'd say we might be a bit short on our estimates. Is it to late to go a bit more ? Did I reserve 3 cords ?
I guessed 1 3/4 cord, now I'm thinking I guessed on the low side.
That's OK If it makes anyone feel better I think I'm wrong too. One thing about guessing it a bit short. There will sure enough be that much wood in the stack and some to spare.
After seeing the progress made on the first set of logs who else is rethinking their best estimate.
cabinman
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make a move, ..
whats up p==k,....
whats up p==k,....
Wet1
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Rockland Farm
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I guess I will stick with my just shy of 2 cord estimate.Although it could be a bit more now that I see the new pics.Kinda fun to see the wide range of estimates from less than a cord to 3 cords +.Like one other fellow said,thats more than 2 fullsize pickup loads which is what it takes me to move a cord.Can't what to see the final outcome.I hope I don't have to eat to much crow.
logbutcher
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They are still out working on their own <1 cord pile.
Stihl @ < 1 real cord when cut and split. And the winner is _____ ? Hey look: take as many off angle shots as you like. It stihl will be < 1 cord. And what is it I win ?:monkey:
blackdiesel
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Well how long have you worked on this pile? It only takes an hour to cut and split a face cord. If theres less than a cord, 2-3 hours of work max. Like I said before the guy that hauled it in there in two 15 yard dumpsters (3x3x3x15=405 cu. ft.) wouldn't put 25-30 cu. ft. of wood it it and say that looks full to me I better go dump it. It make no differences how much is there, the one's that guessed < than a cord won't believe it, and the ones that said 2+ wouldn't believe that it's 1/2 cord. so the answer makes nonevermind. don't confuse me with the facts my minds made up...... P.S. my guess was 2+
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KsWoodsMan
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I will trust the OP's accuracy on the measurements and stacking. He didn't give his guess. There isn't much at risk for him since the wood is already in his yard. I am no more sure about the outcome than how many marbles in the gallon jar.
It might have been easier to guess how much if there was something in the picture that gave perspective to the size of the logs in the pile. A saw, cooler , wheel barrow, ATV or PU wouldnt have hurt. I have to admit this makes it pretty interesting. But it is just some wood, on a site, on the internet. The outcome won't change my life or build my own piles. You are now open to flame me for the last few comments, I deserve them.
For the most part this has been a fun thread to keep track of and check in on occasionally.
Marc
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We still need to see a stack of 16" logs that is 4' high and 24' long to reach a cord and just over 54' long to reach KsWoodsMan's original estimate. Where is that 54' long pile of stacked firewood? :monkey:
I'm sticking with my 2.1289 cords!
KsWoodsMan
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:chainsawguy: Anxious are we ? :hmm3grin2orange:
I am soooo looking forward to hearing Nana Nana Boo Boo ....
humph ! ( shrugs shoulders ) I'm more intersted in finding out the total. Not who is right or wrong. We have enough estimates in so far, someone is going to be within 6 digits of right.
Looks like we have a little more time incase there are some more estimate to get posted.
I just hope he doesn't add to the suspence by showing us the stack(s) a little at a time as they grow. So we can start whittling away everybody till it gets down to just a few people. I hate suspence. Maybe I shouldn't have given the Original Poster any ideas here.
No cords at all. By now it has rotted down to duff
Harry K
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Schultzz
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More than you think.
2 1/2 cords
2 1/2 cords
toddstreeservic
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:monkey:
Wet1
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No cords at all. By now it has rotted down to duff
Harry K
In all fairness, the people that placed a guess when only the first series of pictures were shown were at a big disadvantage compared to the folks who are just now placing a guess since these new pictures clearly give a lot more information. I'd say playing a "price is right" and taking the previous high bid of 2.25 cords and raising it slightly to 2.5+ cord would be a pretty safe bet at this point given the new pictures and bid history...
Anyone that still believes this is one cord or less certainly hasn't worked much wood!
logbutcher
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In all fairness, the people that placed a guess when only the first series of pictures were shown were at a big disadvantage compared to the folks who are just now placing a guess since these new pictures clearly give a lot more information. I'd say playing a "price is right" and taking the previous high bid of 2.25 cords and raising it slightly to 2.5+ cord would be a pretty safe bet at this point given the new pictures and bid history...
Anyone that still believes this is one cord or less certainly hasn't worked much wood!
Oh yes Wet One. We are not worthy.
As I lurk around the sayyyyy 6.567891234314.... cords cut, split, stacked, and harvested by this unworthy one for this winter's heating, I think how little wood I have worked. It has arrived by internet magic out of the great ether.
My W.A.D. and my C.A.D. are figments of avatar imagination.
What am I to do now that you have told the truth ?:yourock: :yourock:
The W.T. ( Wood Tease ) continues.
opcorn: Stihl < 1 cord...and that is the final answer.Similar threads
