The general knowledge of what a cord constitutes I'm finding is very poor. I recently went to pick up 1 cord of wood that a lady purchased locally and since she was moving, she needed to sell it. After measuring it, the 1 cord she bought was more like 3/4 of a cord at best. I let her know that she had been significantly shorted. I came across this 1/2 cord listing today in what looks like a Tacoma. I have to highly doubt this is a 1/2 cord. Thoughts?
Agreed, I’d be hesitant to call that even 1/3 cord. To the top of the bed tightly packed in my Colorado is about 1/3 cord.
I parked my Dakota next to a Tacoma at work the other day. My truck holds a 1/3 cord slightly over the bed rails. The bed of the Tacoma is noticeably smaller.
My 6x10 dump trailer holds half a cord tossed wood at 18” high. While that may be more along the lines of stacked it’s nowhere near half a cord.
I’d say the general public’s idea of 1/2 cord and 1 cord is based on what the sellers tell them. It works against me when I give 1/2 - 1 cord prices, because some other guy sold them a 4.5’ truck bed load as 1/2 cord.
My buddy brought me a load of locust today. His dodge is a short bed (6' 4" IIRC). It was stacked pretty tight and right to the top of the bed. The rack in my basement is 7.5' x 5' and wood is cut to 18".
PU load a face (1/3) cord at best. My 8' bed F150 will be mounded with a half cord (pictured) thrown in. Neatly stacked it would be level. Most wood buyers (and many sellers) are clueless as to how much wood an actual cord contains. They may know the numbers but to see how much it is in PU or loose thrown...forget it! I often get folks saying"wow thats a lot of wood, the other guy was shorting me" when i drop a half cord off. A face cord will stack out at 4'x8' (the size of a standard sheet of plywood) This with 16" splits.
