Which is more?

[turnkey4099]

When I have been guesstimating my wood this year, I sometimes measure the trunk before bucking and get a cord % that way. I know later on that will be "more" in the stacks. Doesn't mean much cutting for yourself, just something to do. I have not yet immediately split and stacked a "known log cord" to see how much more I get. I should, would be interesting.I've always used a rule of thumb 10% - never measured it though.

Another fun one to do for one of you guys with some quality video capapbility, who has a fresh green stack sometime is time lapse video it, say a few seconds a day from the exact place and same time of day (close enough lighting) with a tripod or something like that. Spray paint the ends of a few at random. It would be interesting to watch the stack as it moves around a little while it seasons. Would make a nice five minute youtube vid.

Yes, I am easily amused

I'm cheating right now! Hit some two year old small hickory rounds into the stove..ya some uglies but was walking by the stack this afternoon and went WHY NOT?? It's my wood, I can burn it!

Yes stacks shkring, work, settle, etc and apparently never quit doing it. I have one pile in the middleof the pasture that has been there (Black Locust, no rot) for over 5 years. One end blew out last year. the opposite end looks like it will do it sometime this winter. That wood has been cured as dry as it can air dry for at least 4 years. Mother nature sure does like to use gravity to level things off .

Harry K

 

[turnkey4099]

I suppose, if you are using strictly stove-size rounds to start with. We split a lot more 24" to 48" rounds than we do 10" or less. The splits take up a lot less space than the rounds they are split from.

Sorry but you are wrong. You could test it on your wood pile or just take a couple tapered carrots, cut rounds off them, fill a boxtop as tight as you can, dump them out, cut in half or quarters and then try to put them back in the box top - can't be done.

Harry K

 

[turnkey4099]

But the concept is still the same. If you have bigger rounds, that means there is more space between the rounds which means you could put smaller rounds or splits into those spaces.

And that would just make the final split pile even bigger although you will be veryi surprised at how small you need to make a piece to fit into those seemingly gaping holes.

Harry K

 

[memory]

That's correct. At each stage in proceesing from full log to bucked and split the pile will grow bigger but contain the same amount of wood = allowing for loss of chips/sawdust/bark of course.

Bottom line. You cannot stack a split round into a smaller space than it occupies unsplit.

There is sticky on the subject at the top of the 'firewood' page. Gives that test plus several others that anyone can do while watching the evening news.

Harry K

Which sticky would that be?

 

[Mac88]

You can't win a pissing match when the opposition uses a fire hose. "To resist is futile. You will be assimilated".

 

[turnkey4099]

Which sticky would that be?

How to measure wood (what is a cord) - currently #3 from the top.

Harry K

 

[El Quachito]

Never sold wood that wasn't split. Something to consider for sure.

I find it hard to imagine that rounds stack that much tighter, given that a "round" has no corners, thats four spots you can see daylight around one round if surrounded by other rounds.

I don't claim to be right, just sayin'.

 

[memory]

Never sold wood that wasn't split. Something to consider for sure.

I find it hard to imagine that rounds stack that much tighter, given that a "round" has no corners, thats four spots you can see daylight around one round if surrounded by other rounds.

I don't claim to be right, just sayin'.

I always thought the same way but after reading Culcherry's thread on this topic, I think differently. And where you see daylight, you can also put some smaller pieces in there.

The problem with loading rounds is most people do not have the man power or equipment to load the bigger rounds. With rounds, you can stack them like a pyramid, you can't do that with splits very well.

 

[turnkey4099]

Never sold wood that wasn't split. Something to consider for sure.

I find it hard to imagine that rounds stack that much tighter, given that a "round" has no corners, thats four spots you can see daylight around one round if surrounded by other rounds.

I don't claim to be right, just sayin'.

You can test it out and prove it yourself. Just try one of those experiments in that thread or go to the trouble of building a miniature rack withlogs like was done in it.

No need to wonder about it, the "carrot" test takes very little time.

Harry K

 

[El Quachito]

I'll read some more and conduct a test.

Good conversation.