was curious, ideas of how many splits in a cord? let" say 16"-20" average, the type any guy on long island drops
the age old question...........how many splits in a cord?
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That's gonna' be a tough one. How big across are the splits? 3", 6"? I tried counting the splits in one of my stacks last year. Used a pencil to mark the ones counted. My wife came out to ask WTH I was doing, and I lost track. I quit after that. Sorry man, I tried. %-Pfm said:
Let's see: Assume a split is 4"x4"x16". That's 256 cu in per split (that seems high to me, can someone check my math?).
A cord is 128 cu ft, which is 12x12x12x128= 221,184 cu in per cord.
So, 221,184 / 256 = 864 splits per cord, more or less.
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A cord is 128 cu ft, which is 12x12x12x128= 221,184 cu in per cord.
So, 221,184 / 256 = 864 splits per cord, more or less.
Is there a prize?
What I've been wondering is how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
gzecc said:
No it does not. Good catch. So I guess the split count would go down a bit. What do you think, maybe 5-10%. I have no idea but I think there are some threads that have gone into that topic.
Before I read any other replies, I thought I'd prepare my engineer's estimate of the number of splits. Since I are an engineer, you can count of this being a precise yet conservative estimate, as long as an appropriate factor of safety is applied.
I assume a typical split is 4 inches by 5 inches, which is 20 inches square, or 20/144 = 0.1389 square feet. the face of a face cord is 4 ft by 8 ft or 32 square feet. If everything fit perfectly together, there would be 32/0.1389 = 230 splits in a face cord, and with 16 inch splits, there would be three face cords in a cord. That means there would be 691 splits in a cord (I am carrying decimals in my calculator, I know 3 x 230 = 690, not 691). However, I have read that a cord, which occupies 128 cubic feet of space, actually contains about 85 cubic feet of solid wood, on average. That means a cord is 80/128 = 62.5% wood, or about .0625 x 691 = 432 splits.
Now for the factor of safety: If you need a cord of wood to stay warm this winter, i'd be conservative and apply a factor of safety of about 2.5, so you should collect at least 1080 splits. If your porch can support a cord of wood, I'd apply the same 2.5 factor of safety in a different way, and load no more than 172 splits. So, a cord of wood is between 172 and 1080 splits, depending on who you ask.
I assume a typical split is 4 inches by 5 inches, which is 20 inches square, or 20/144 = 0.1389 square feet. the face of a face cord is 4 ft by 8 ft or 32 square feet. If everything fit perfectly together, there would be 32/0.1389 = 230 splits in a face cord, and with 16 inch splits, there would be three face cords in a cord. That means there would be 691 splits in a cord (I am carrying decimals in my calculator, I know 3 x 230 = 690, not 691). However, I have read that a cord, which occupies 128 cubic feet of space, actually contains about 85 cubic feet of solid wood, on average. That means a cord is 80/128 = 62.5% wood, or about .0625 x 691 = 432 splits.
Now for the factor of safety: If you need a cord of wood to stay warm this winter, i'd be conservative and apply a factor of safety of about 2.5, so you should collect at least 1080 splits. If your porch can support a cord of wood, I'd apply the same 2.5 factor of safety in a different way, and load no more than 172 splits. So, a cord of wood is between 172 and 1080 splits, depending on who you ask.
Wow!
In my opinion, if you're trying to determine cords by counting the number of splits... you're doing it wrong. haha!
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In my opinion, if you're trying to determine cords by counting the number of splits... you're doing it wrong. haha!
-SF
Wood Duck said:
i is also one (engineer) only with an aeroplain background
we figure everything with a safety factor of 6 (behind the cockpit)
so i would say to buy at least 2592 splits to make sure you are prepared
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