'Thrown in tuckload' 'Heaping thrown in truckload' 'Level stacked truckload' 'Truck load' 'Tossed load' '6' load' '8' load' 'Thrown bed level' These are all descriptive terms found in wood sellers ads around me. Anyone got any idea at all what those terms translate into cords? lol Edit: A tandem axle dump truck is technically a truck right?
T.Jeff Veal might have some insight here. He sells stacked tight truck loads frequently as does buZZsaw BRAD
Only thing I can say is I generally think of an 8' bed stacked level is approx 1/2 cord. newspaper here in the ads say right at the top of firewood section that only cord or half is an acceptable measure of firewood.
I sell by the half cord load most of the time. My stacks are mostly in half cord increments. The stacks are either single 5x10' or double row 4x6' 16" split lengths. This amounts to a heaping load in my 8' bed F150 pictured. Its a crap shoot in volume with other sellers. Ive never had a complaint about being shorted. Most comment how the prior guy was ripping them off. Ive also loaded by the split count. Comes to 375-400 pieces. I have stacked in the bed before. Stacked neatly its a level load. Ive calculated the volume of my PU bed and its very close to a half cord.
This is kind where I'm at with it. I've always known that a cord will not fit on an 8' truckbed. I'm not saying it's never happened. In practical consideration no way does a pickup haul a cord of wood. Now then...truck beds lol The one I drive has a 5' bed, some of the same models have a 6' bed. I believe some domestic full size now offer a 6.5' bed. What I am really getting at is that I completely understand why there is law on the books concerning measure of volume of wood sales. What I am trying to do is to find an average price for a cord of wood amongst a sea of 'truck load' sellers. I have a little to sell. I believe I will try to market it as 1/4, 1/2 or Full cord. I would wager that the many trucks with a wimpy bed on the back like mine would be approximately 1/4 a cord. We don't do ricks or face cords at all where I am. Maybe down by Chillicothe where the paper mill is, but I have never heard or seen any reference to either volume of measure in my locality.
Make a 4 x 8' (face) cord rack and stack full??? Your short bed PU should be able to handle that amount. I have had success selling half cords where i take a picture of the stack with a tape measure in the picture to show the volume. Ive used a full sheet of plywood (4x8) too for scale.
It’s all nebulous inconsistencies substituting for what only a tightly stacked pile 4x4x8 can tell you.
I have a 6x10 trailer for hauling. My hillbilly math is just having issue figuring what the going rate on a cord around here is with all the non cord sales that are ambiguous at best. There are a couple full cord advertisements, but far more of the truckload ads.
And the term “pick up” varies widely. Compact pick up? Compact pick up with crew cab? Full size? Mid size? Long bed? Short bed? Full size with extra cab, crew cab, extended cab? Ford, Chevy/GMC, Dodge? Fleetside/stepside? There is no “standard” for “standard” pick up. On CL it could mean anything.
I had a guy call me over the weekend asking how much it would be to fill his friends triaxle. He seemed a bit put off when I asked the dimensions (he didn't know but then told me 16 yards for the volume.) Math isn't hard to do.
Here's a good one. 50 cents per split or 40 bucks for a pentagon of wood. At least you could do the math with a tape measure and do the cubic feet. Selling by the truck load, rick, rack, piece or pile is a deceptive practice or violation of method of sale law and illegal in most states. Not saying it doesn't happen. Selling by the stacked cubic foot or yard or on a certified scale is the "correct way to sell wood."
