David Hoopes
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Hello All
How many wood rounds does it take to make a cord roughly.
How many wood rounds does it take to make a cord roughly.
Hello All
How many wood rounds does it take to make a cord roughly.
My rounds are 18 long does this helpDavid, Your question can't be answered without understanding the length of the rounds, and the diameter. Ultimately, a cord of firewood is 128 cubic feet. An often used reference is to consider a pile 16 feet long, by 4 feet high with each piece being 2 feet long, but of course, you might more likely be cutting your rounds closer to 18" long, in which case you'd have to make your stack longer, or higher.
Not reallyMy rounds are 18 long does this help
My rounds are 18 long does this help
This is true...for one round.…and split rounds always stack larger than unspilt. There will always be more air space in split and stacked wood than in an unspilt round. Want to test this? Tie a piece of line around an unspilt round. Measure the line. Split that same round and try to stack it and tie it up with the same length of line, or find a round round that will fit in a 5 gallon bucket. Split that round and try to put it back in the bucket. It won't fit.
Sorry but no. Prove easy yourself. grab a carrot a box top, cut rounds, put as many inas you can. Dump them and split each round in half or quarters or... No matter how you play with them, they will not all fit back in.This is true...for one round.
Stack 1/3 cord of rounds in a 1/3 cord rack.
Split and place in another 1/3 cord rack.
It will stack out short!
If it doesn't equal more than a cord after split/stack, you didn't have a cord on the trailer.When I take a dump trailer full of loose ‘rounds’ to a customer, I always cringe a little because I know once they split and stack it, it won’t equal a cord like I sold them. Split, a cord fits in my trailer (loose, 180cu-ft). In rounds, the full loose load is under a cord.
This many:Enough to make a pile containing 128 cu ft. After splitting and re-piling, you will have more than a cord.
That is why buying your wood bu tje cord in the round makes the best deal.
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