Not Sure I Got a Full Cord

[firefan]

Maybe I'm too fastidious a first time firewood buyer. He shared with me how he measured and said he calculated his dump trailer to be a bit over 128 cubic feet. Then he says he checked it several times with a cord of wood that had been measured at 8' L x 4' H x 4' W and tossed it in the dump trailer to make sure it was correct. He says his measuring stick in the trailer that indicated the level of wood for a cord was moved by someone who borrowed his trailer and so that was the reason for my shortfall.

A good guy and hopefully the wood will burn well. Stacked, top covered with tarp and in a sunny breezy area in the yard.

 

[Poindexter]

I would guess he is probably newish as a wood seller as well. Since my arthritis got really bad about 18 months ago i have gotten pretty good at seeing a dumped pile of splits in my driveway and "knowing" if that pile will stack out to two cords or not.

My guess is your seller will pretty soon not need a measuring stick in his trailer if his customers are keeping him honest along the way.

 

[Rickb]

Thanks for all the replies. My moisture reading was not on a fresh split so maybe I'm getting wetter wood than I thought. Some of it was punky - not much (<2% of overall delivery). Mostly very dry sounding when you hit them together (like a bat hitting a ball and not a wet "thud"). The guy came back and measured my stacks (I wasn't home at the time otherwise I would have talked with him during measuring). He delivered and stacked additional wood that gets me closer to 3 cords but he's using a dump trailer and I think he's measuring 128 cubic feet by figuring out how full his trailer needs to be. Anyway, we'll see how it all burns. Feeling better but also feeling like I probably just need to scrounge my own wood to feel satisfied.

Just an FYI I have some oak that is 12-14% on the face with my moisture meter and 30% inside on a new split. You might want to split some and check it to make sure it will be usable for this winter.