This is the results of the red oak I hauled plus the tree that threw the chain at me. It is roughly 3'x5'x6'. So what is a cord of wood again?
Right now you have roughly 90 cubic feet. Only roughly another 38 cubic feet to go for a cord though the way you have it stacked has a lot more air space than the typical cord. Just going by your measurements. Not that having more air space is a bad thing. More air means potentially quicker seasoning.
Some good progress there If you make about 55 more of those stacks you'll have as much as our fearless leader Scotty Overkill
Just remember Kimberly, a cord of wood is approx. 128sq ft. So measure your woodstack, multiply length x width x height, and divide by 128. That'll tell ya how many cord you have.... Nice looking stack job, keep at it! If you were closer, I'd load you up with some wood. Been cutting a pile of ash lately!!
I used to stack two or three rows tight together on a pallet like that, but now I prefer to just do very long single rows. If I do two rows side by side, I will leave a few feet between them. If you're looking for wood to dry more quickly ('specially oak) that seems to work well. It's pretty easy to calculate full cords with single-row stacking if your wood is 16" or so... if your stacks are 4' high, just divide the total length of your rows by 3 to convert from face-cord footage (at 16") to full cord footage (at 48"). My single-row stacks are spread out all over my property, but if I add the length up, making sure to tweak as needed to figure them at 4' high, it's easy to get my rough cord count. So if I have a total of 120' of single stacks, that would be 40' of tripled-up stacks, being 48" x 48". Take that 40' divided by 8'per cord would be five cords. (And for every 2'' over 16" I cut my wood, I could just figure about an extra 10%.)
Great job. Your plight for firewood is killing me. I thought some gentlemen would have got you well ahead by now. I do admire your persistence.
Yep. Stacked regular, those measurements would yield about 2/3 cord. Cross-stacked, closer to 1/2. Split that size, and cross-stacked, that wood should be pretty dry for 2017 if it's hot and dry next summer.
I wanted to build some permanent storage areas for the wood. The cross stacking allows me to go up higher in a small footprint and have the stack free standing.
Yes, the single-row method requires a good bit of open space. Just today I helped my brother lay down pallets (and split and stack) so he will have about 150 continuous feet of single stack along one edge of his field, in full sun, with the ability to put a second row on the back side of the pallets if he wants to. He's got about 60 acres to play with.
60 acres (~24 hectares) Wow.. That must be nice. I found another dead oak; I think it is a black oak by the bark; was going to take a photo but forgot to bring my camera. I still have some red oak and was hauling it down the hill to the staging area where I can load it on the tractor when I noticed the dead tree. It has a good lean on it which could be good or bad.
