How do you guys make people happy by the cord?
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forestryworks
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Art Vandelay
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Loggers sell heavy wood with plenty of moisture, even the stuff sitting the yard for a few months if it doesnt go directly to a mill. firewood should be dried to shave off moisture weight. so whats the incentive for people to sell dry wood if they're selling it by the ton?
selling firewood by weight just doesn't work. volume is the only way to sell it, which is why in CT and many other states (legally) you can only sell it by the cord or fraction there of.
face cords, rick's, pick up loads, wheelbarrow fulls, arm loads, piles, just leads to finger pointing when people get a short load because their idea of how much wood they ordered is totally different.
banshee67
Poulan Wild Thang
id love to sell it by the ton! lol
forestryworks
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sorry to jump on ya... I thought you were one of "those guys" selling by the rick/pile/truck load. i'm just always amazed at how many people selling firewood should have no business selling firewood.
Mechanic
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I cut all my wood 18" long, which causes problems if you want to stack 3 x 16" long to get the 4 ft. width. My solution is to run a stack down each side with the 18" long wood as usual, which leaves a space about a 12" space in the middle, which I fill with wood laid long-ways. So far, I've not had anyone complain, as long as the middle is filled up.
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TMFARM 2009
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what i would do if you feel this way is to ask the customer and explain to the that you have cut the wood as advertised at 24" length so you will oblige them with 20" wood but they also get all the 4" chunks as well....lol:newbie: or just do as every body is tellin ya and give a little extra... or just do the math...or just dont sell it.. someone else will....:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
BaldSawRunner
ArboristSite Operative
20" Firewood = 1.66'
Stack of firewood = 8' long
Height of firewood stack = 4.85' high.
1.66 * 4.85 * 8 * 2 = 128.816.
That's pretty dang close.
Stack of firewood = 8' long
Height of firewood stack = 4.85' high.
1.66 * 4.85 * 8 * 2 = 128.816.
That's pretty dang close.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Like you can fit a cord in your thingy.
Which thingy would that be dis thingy or dat thingy
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yup me too unsplit lmfao
banshee67
Poulan Wild Thang
i charge $200 for my thingy, $120 for a half of it
discount if they bring a friend to help me unload
discount if they bring a friend to help me unload
Moss Man
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In the time it took me to read this mumbo jumbo, I could have cut split and delivered a real cord of wood.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
600 for dis thingy somewhat full lol
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Or 200 for dat thingy full to the brim
RAF
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explain how to "neatly stack" 20 inch pieces into a 4 foot cube and i'll do it. thats exactly what i'm asking
Try any one of these stacks 128 cu ft rounded up to the nearest inch.
- 40" x 4' x 9'-8"
- 40" x 4'-10" x 8'
- 60" x 4' x 6'-5"
- 60" x 3'-3" x 8'
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
jimbojango
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The results
I talked to the HUSBAND on the phone. He measured some wood he'd bought "years ago" and said it was 18 inches long. I told him that what was sitting in my front yard ready to go was 4' x 20" x16 feet. Told him it was 225 delivered and if he wanted more i'd just add more dollars. He was happy with the dimensions of the stack and wanted to know if i took cash, checks, or beer money. I'm meeting him tommorow at noon way the hell out in the middle of no where and he's THRILLED to be getting hardwood oak. So i guess i did ALL the worrying for nothing, he understood exactly how much labor it took to cut the same amount of pieces, not the same amount of volume. So, thanks for the advice but the "here's the dimensions" seemed to work out this time maybe we'll see what happens when i get a hard ass, he'll probably get 24" wood or get told find it elsewhere in the god forsaken land called western KS
I talked to the HUSBAND on the phone. He measured some wood he'd bought "years ago" and said it was 18 inches long. I told him that what was sitting in my front yard ready to go was 4' x 20" x16 feet. Told him it was 225 delivered and if he wanted more i'd just add more dollars. He was happy with the dimensions of the stack and wanted to know if i took cash, checks, or beer money. I'm meeting him tommorow at noon way the hell out in the middle of no where and he's THRILLED to be getting hardwood oak. So i guess i did ALL the worrying for nothing, he understood exactly how much labor it took to cut the same amount of pieces, not the same amount of volume. So, thanks for the advice but the "here's the dimensions" seemed to work out this time
maybe we'll see what happens when i get a hard ass, he'll probably get 24" wood or get told find it elsewhere in the god forsaken land called western KS
J.W Younger
ass kissing impaired
And i could have burned one.
