Loaded truck pics.

Nothing, I was just checking to see if anyone would catch that part. No way I could move that with one hand or arm. It’s heavy like American Hornbeam. The European Hornbeams are used in parking lot islands and they don’t survive. It’s the 2nd one I’ve grabbed this year. Just a novelty wood that may never make it to my stove.

 

Sounds like something i would try doing myself. Novelty woods are always fun.

 

Looks great, how does it burn compared to locust??

 

Starting to gather wood for 27/28 years. Ash and Sugar maple.

 

Looks great, how does it burn compared to locust??

 

I have not burned enough locust, or Hornbeam to form an opinion.

 

Maple fell in the storm a month or so ago. Blocked the lane, so the boy and I got it in the trailer. Definitely a 4wd lo kinda load for the four wheeler, but got everything in one load! Beautiful foggy morning

 

Taking down several dead and dying trees near our power lines that come through the woods to our house and over to one of the barns. Not a truck but my skidder on Fergie. This dead Sugar Maple trunk was 24' long and was 24" diameter at the stump end. It was about all old Fergie could handle to drag it over to the upper meadow to process.

 

Load of mostly ash going to a friends house.

 

Second smaller load. Finished off the two cords I promised. Probably another cord wanted.

 

Emptied one bay of shed (5.5 cords) one truckload at a time. It’s 1/3 plus of a cord this way. I sold each load and delivered it within a week. Selling wood this way seems very profitable.

I refuse to use the term “face cord” but that’s what easily fits into the f350 bed.

 

X2, not a fan of "face cord" or any other term, especially when someone will say they have "6 face cords". Just say 2 cords please, thank you,

 

How bout a rank. This is clears it up well.

 

A Rick is even more confusing…

 

This is a Rick, right?

 

It's my understanding a Rick is the same as a face cord, being a stack 4' high x 8' long, regardless of split length. Kind of a BS measurement since the length is the variable. If it was cut to 16" then that's 1/3 cord, but plenty of people cut 18" or even 14" (I cut some at 14" for north-south loading in my stove).

 

I agree, was just horsing around.

 

That's right. Here where I live we sell wood by the Rick. Always been like that. A Rick of dry wood 16 to 18 inches brings 65 to 85 dollars. So I guess its about the same money as a full cord. A lot of people around here only want a Rick.

 

That makes sense considering your shorter burning season and generally not dealing with extended frigid temperatures.