Can you fit a full cord in a pickup box?

[BeatCJ]

You would have to stack the wood tight and high to fit a face cord let alone a real full cord in an 8' pickup bed.

Define Face Cord. As I cut wood, a face cord would be just over a foot deep in the bed of my truck. 128 cubic feet to a cord, 4x4x8. 1/3 of that with 16" wood, 43 cubic feet. 5 feet wide, 8' long, 1 foot 2 inches deep. Easy stacking. I used to use a Toyota as my wood hauler, it was perfect for a "Face Cord".

 

[2PPacker]

A face cord is a stack 16' long x 4' tall, 18" - 20" long splits. There is no way to fit that much wood in a long bed without side rails.

 

[woodchuck357]

A face cord is a stack 16' long x 4' tall, 18" - 20" long splits. There is no way to fit that much wood in a long bed without side rails.

Wrong, according to nearly all who use face cord to measure wood, face cord and rick are interchangeable to most. 4 x 8 feet by 16 inches for the face cord.

 

[2PPacker]

Wrong, according to nearly all who use face cord to measure wood, face cord and rick are interchangeable to most. 4 x 8 feet by 16 inches for the face cord.

I am wrong on the terminology of "face cord", but around here firewood is sold by the 8' x 4' stack and is called a half cord, a 16' x 4' is called a full cord.

 

[2PPacker]

I guess there are obviously several different definitions of face cord and rick.
http://www.firewood-for-life.com/rick-of-firewood.html

 

[zogger]

I guess there are obviously several different definitions of face cord and rick.
http://www.firewood-for-life.com/rick-of-firewood.html

Yep! That's why just on the forum here we like to use the actual definition of a cord when talking measurements. Locally, no one cares, rick/rank/face/bush cord, stack,craigslist "load".... but here, if we can stay on the same page it makes the discussions easier.

Two loads of oak I did this weekend in the chevy 1/2 ton were roughly 1/3rd cord easy apiece. I had room plus suspension leftover.

Now in my ratsun truck, those would have been wicked full loads heaped up high..wouldn't have done it. Quarter cord..maybe.

 

[zogger]

So which axle is this? I just looked at the diff, 14 bolt.

 

[CTYank]

So which axle is this? I just looked at the diff, 14 bolt.

Sure looks like a semi-floating- no hub protruding. And, it's missing a lug nut. Are those cracks in the wheel web?

 

[tla100]

So which axle is this? I just looked at the diff, 14 bolt.

Not free floating, regular used on 1/2 tons. Free floating axles have bolts and hub that protrude thru the middle of the rim,similar to the front axle "hub", only the look...like this

 

[tla100]

 

[zogger]

Sure looks like a semi-floating- no hub protruding. And, it's missing a lug nut. Are those cracks in the wheel web?

Yes, I know I need to get some more nuts. Those crack looking things are just weeds.

 

[zogger]

Thanks! Thought maybe I had the real heavy duty one, guess it is a moderate to light. The springs are fairly decent and it has dual shocks already though.

 

[tla100]

Not sure when they started putting full free float axles on trucks. Sometimes they called them a "heavy half" and used 6-8 lugs instead of 5.

 

[Red97]

So which axle is this? I just looked at the diff, 14 bolt.

That is a gm 9.5" ring gear semi float rear axle Plenty stout under normal driving. It dosent have the weight capacity of a 14bolt full float 73-00 gm were 10.5" ring gear

 

[Red97]

Not sure when they started putting full free float axles on trucks. Sometimes they called them a "heavy half" and used 6-8 lugs instead of 5.

Gm used the 14bolt 6 lug was used in the 88-98 truck's Light duty 3/4 ton

Actually gm made a 5 lug 14 bolt semi float for the 454ss pickup 89-91 If it came with a th400 trans they had 3.73 gears and the 4l80 trans got 4:10's

 

[Red97]

A Sterling in a Chevy? Holy cats, heads will spin.

Chevy tuff with ford stuff. Actually the dana 60 is a ford model too. matched set out of a 86 f350

 

[cantoo]

2PPacker, I think you might still be wrong. Earlier you said the splits were 18- 20" long. If that is correct then a stack of them 4' high and 16' long still wouldn't be a 1/2 cord. Still short the 4-6" of length on each split which is approx 16 to 25% short. Now if the splits were 24" long you would be correct.

 

[tla100]

Old man had a '69 Chevy C10 that had 6 bolt rims, but our '76 had 5. I am not chevy guy.....Mopar man at heart.

 

[066blaster]

It could be done. If you run the stacks the opposite way of the picture. 4 stacks 8 foot long 3 foot high. Plus a little extra for the wheel wells. You would need a 2x 10 rack. It would be heavy and your splits would have to be 16 inches or a little less to get em in there. 16 inches is standard around me if you cut them longer your just giving them extra.

 

[066blaster]

You gotta dually so no worries about wheel wells.