I was overcharged on some purchased wood and have become very sensitive to what a cord on pallets looks like. A cord is a LOT of wood if you're honest about it.
That's how I stack mine ( I just do 4 feet high though) and 2.9 cord ( 28x5x2.6) is what it looks like to me, too. I wish the boards on my skids ran the long way like those. (maybe not if they are as prone to breaking as mine ) Not bad at all for a morning's work. Not much time spent shooting the breeze. I looked at some conveyor belt (rubber) for a top cover but it was very oxidized and it left black anywhere I touched it.
I use a 4' driveway marker for making a uniform height. Just set it on top of the pallet, balanced against the stack, and stack wood to to the top and then another 4-5" as it will shrink by the time it is seasoned. I throw all the "uglies" on top of the stack as freebies to the customers as a bonus. The uglies don't stack anyway.
Those pallets are turned sideways, so without gaps, that would mean only 23 ft. 4 in., if they're all standard.
Any one in northern Minnesota, I can hook you up. Got chit-tons of it at the mine we have to pay to get rid of.
I stack on 4'x40" pallets, initially stack to 5' + 5-6" to allow for shrinkage. Fill the full pallet (2-3 rows depending on split length, putting shorties and uglies in the middle). I figure then it is 1/2 cord per pallet. (.52 cord actually)
Folks, perhaps it is time to stop trying to "prove" Greg wrong. Let us look at the good he has done and believe his measurements.
Hey all, thanks for the measurement chat! I am moving on to the next job and may call future piles "large piles of wood". Have a good weekend! I am hiking 34 miles on the AT along skyline drive VA this weekend with some of my wood cutting buddies Gorgeous leaves and perfect hiking weather, though hard to walk past hundreds of cords of storm damaged hardwoods! And I do mean hundreds of cords!
I hear ya. Like going up into the BWCA and seeing the millions of cords laying on the ground rotting because of our friggin government...
Good job, Greg. You and your sons are a fine tuned machine to get that much done. I'm sure she appreciated the extra's too!
Greg, that sounds like a great weekend! We've driven skyllne drive 4 times now and absolutely love it. I would like to ride my bike all the way through Shenandoah NP and the Blue Ridge Parkway. That would be a beautiful ride but the legs best be in good shape for all the climbing!
Got in 12.5 m yesterday, only 10.5 today It was 34 degrees and maybe 15 mph winds Kept changing between sleet and rain. On ridge tops fog was so thick you could not see more than 20 yards in any direction But I like being in all varieties of elements. Last couple of years we have always seen at least on bear, but not this year But part of our group did see a pure whie albino deer
