WHAT IS A CORD OF FIREWOOD??? - #94
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2022
- In today's video, I'm addressing some confusion that happens quite a bit in the firewood business. Its coming up on that time of year, so I thought it might be a good topic for discussion, and education. Let me know what you think, and if you have ever had similar questions or circumstances.
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Another student at the Forestry College where I earned my Scalers license asked the Instructor what is a face cord? The Instructor sat down , waited for silence and said,, face cord is only a word invented by dishonest firewood sellers to make customers satisfied with less then they paid for. He suggested that would be a good exam question . This is by far the best video out of many l have seen about firewood, thanks.
We just bought our 4 cord for the winter. 2nd year I paid. I always cut it myself but ive gotten lazy. Thanks for the video.
Always good to get a good refresher of what a "cord" is. Thanks Brad.
Hello Brad I just found your channel I found it very informative. I heat my house with wood. I’m almost 82 years old and I still drop trees buck and split them up I burn mainly oak,maple, hickory and locust. But the problem is as I have gotten this old it just takes a lot out of me. I really did enjoy your video and I am looking forward to watching all your videos
Well welcome to the channel. Glad to have you here. There are lots of great people in this community and we all try to help each other. I think it’s awesome that your still doing the work! It’s always nice to do a job that you can see what your efforts resulted in. I hope you enjoy the channel and again, thanks for coming along
Great discussion video and appreciated your insight and knowledge on these topics! And thanks for sharing that recent firewood costumers request, that goes along way as you noted and I’ve also heard this from other firewood channels that I have seen about connecting with the client prior and making sure both parties have the discussions / understanding prior to showing up on delivery day! Goes a long way with customer service and I know just from watching your channel over the past few weeks that this is one of your strong points for sure with your business/ hobby :). Appreciate that chat Brad! Thanks again! Cheers! Andrew from NB :)
Great video! Sound like a reputable company. Thanks for explaining what a true cord is. So many people have no idea. I’ve had sellers try to sell me a cord that was actually alot less than even a face cord. 4’x4’x16-18”
Good video. There is a lot of confusion with people. I’ve sold firewood and I’ve bought it at times too. There are way too many sellers that either don’t know or don’t care what a full cord is. The next biggest topic of confusion caused by bad or unknowing sellers would be what exactly seasoned firewood is.
I have been doing exactly what you’re doing and I have been doing it for most of my life and you are so right, explaining first
I can honestly say, I learned a lot. Thanks for the info
as a homeowner and a recent buyer of firewood, I found this video most informative.
I'm a firewood seller and I have a 1ton dump the bed is 8ft long 7ft wide and sides are 3ft high I throw the wood in losely I did the math and I'm giving more wood to people
Very informative thanks for spelling it out 😊
Well done! Great video to share we your customers. Terry
You're absolutely right about the title bringing in new subscribers. I just found this video, and though I already knew most of the information, I'm now a subscriber!
Thanks Ryan and welcome!
Thank you! Very informative and well explained. This video should be required training for all new firewood sellers. Many people in my area try to claim a level truck bed as a full cord, and unfortunately also price it as that. Often it will even actually be a loosely thrown in, level truck bed, claimed as a full cord!
Awesome video ! Very true there is so many people that really have no idea what a cord is, I don't deliver much people just come pick it up, and they think they can put a cord on a half ton truck, until I tell them they probably won't get it all on in 2 trips, you really have to do just as you did so they understand, Great Job !
Excellent info. There’s so much confusion and misinformation on this topic. I too have heard people say that a full cord can fit in a pickup truck. I always say, “my truck is an F350 with an 8 foot bed. I can’t fit a cord in my truck.”
Great vid👍. Here in SW Missouri I deal with the same confusion. The most common term here for a 1/3 of a cord is a “rick”. Most people call and want to order wood by the truckload and then I have to clarify things. I have also noticed that the people who heat with wood and will buy a cord or more they know exactly what they want. It’s the customers who want a rick or 2 for a fire place or a backyard fire pit that aren’t sure. And several times I have showed up to deliver a rick or two and stack it the customers are surprised by how much extra wood is there, which after an explanation of volume means they were cheated in the past. Keep up the good work Brad😆
Great educational video.
Nice to meet you, Brad. I'm new to your channel and appreciate a honest person when it comes to firewood sales. My wife and I are both 67 and cut, split and stack our own firewood, a great team. We mostly get logs that I haul home on my 5x10' trailer, pulled behind my 2001 Grand Cherokee and some rounds from our local Fire Chief that's clearing a large area of his property that has a lot of dead Ash trees. Keeps us busy and in some sort of shape and beats paying those high utility bills. Again, great to meet you and discover a great channel.
Hello, and welcome to the channel. Glad you found it! Sounds like you and your wife work great together. Ash is awesome firewood and dries quickly. Its great exercise and mental therapy I think. Hope you to continue to enjoy and I wish you all the best.
Great video, very informative on the explanation of a true cord. Just showed a bunch of guys at work and were all very impressed.
Thanks buddy
Well done! Nothing like wood heat. Loved seeing all those neatly stacked rows. Cutting firewood is my planet fitness and forest management is my favorite hobby.
Thanks
Very good, thanks.
Thank you for the EXCELLENT presentation on what a cord of wood is. I have always thought it was a single row. Also size was confusing. This is my first year cutting wood and I just realized too that I need seasoned wood. Never burned wood before, but we are replacing an old stove, which was dangerous, by design, and having the chimney lined with steel. I'm a chick, age 68 and even looking at a wood splitter, Ariens 27 ton, 8 horse. Thanks for clarity and I subscribed. I am going to buy my seasoned wood from a guy everyone around here thinks is expensive, but I'll be able to determine that he knows what the heck he is doing and in the end, I will likely save my body and my house, but getting dryer, proper wood,
Excellent. Thanks
I learned early on (age 16 now 67) what a cord was. A lot of people in my area refer to 1/3 cord as a rick. Having hauled a rock I know it will fill a short box pick up. I wish more people would see this video. Great video by the way.
Thanks Allan. Appreciate it
Great job Brad with the clarity and explanation.
Thanks Mark
Well done again Brad a great show about firewood sizes it is confusing to the general publiv
Well done, your explanation was on the money. I have been cutting and splitting wood since I was 16 helping my Dad and Uncles at our hunting cabin in NYS. Then I was cutting it to heat my family home, about 4 years ago I had my hip replaced & 62 years young now it's not as easy to get fire wood anymore. So I started ordering some fire wood, it's very hard to find someone who knows what a cord of firewood is.
Thanks!
Great job Brad, in explaining a measured cord. 👍👍 There are a lot of people selling firewood on FB market place listing the amounts wrong! This should help many people!
I hope so. Thanks for watching
excellent information.
Thank you for information about the difference in all the cords of wood, I knew some but not all those different names. Great video!!
Thank you
great video.i like how clean the wood yard is kept
Thank you
I like your clear communication with your customers, God bless you and your family.😀
Thank you!
This is a good clear tutorial. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful
This is my first year getting an inventory together to season and hopefully start selling next year. Can't thank you enough for the video! You're on a roll. I've already used your video to make racks with pallets. Can get twice as much wood stacked for about 1/4 of the price (when comparing it to the metal racks I've bought on Amazon). I'm also going to build a bundle making frame soon from your other video I've taken notes on. You help out your viewers more than you know! Btw, congrats on the 5k subscribers! 🙂
Thanks so much. That’s what I love about this community. Helping people out is what I strive to do. Thanks for watching and letting me know. This keeps me going!
Yep , some are confused. A standard pickup truck, stacked evenly to the top of the bed is not a full cord.
Those different adjectives confuse people.
Good video.
Enjoyede it!
Well i am a newbie and i learned a lot thank you for taking the time to explain things your yard is impressive very tidy and well organised.
Thanks so much and I’m glad it was helpful to you!
Thanks for all the information. It's 11:13 PM CST
Brad your true on your words . Back in my wood days we delivered 3 full cords in a tandem dump truck patch and round off to it. We cut into 2 lenght 12” for the cook house stove and 16” for heating stove . Your very true about a pick - up take a cord off wood . It’s can be done went dry , BUT BUT you got to put high sideboard on the pick - up . My wet yellow birch a full cord might take it 1 ton or 3500 . Good luck on your axle weight on the license road . Here there highway inspection will be on to you for weight on your truck from 3500 and up , plus weight license on your trailer . Here we pay for weight to haul onto your axle . We call it’s axle weight , so went we haul max axle weight we paid for it’s to haul . A lot put minus weight on trailer about its less money , but if the highway inspection weight your load it’s will cost you $$$ in weight over your permit . Back in the wood a big timber use to take 1 1/4 tons pick back out to the landing .it’s a load with no B s..t down off a mtns . Take cord and 1/4 at 8’x 4” long put a cable around the centre, pull it’s tight up behind the jack and drive it’s straight down a mtns . See if your nerve as steel in the mtns off Newfoundland ca. Brad your right A CORD in USA and CANADA are the SAME . 8’ long , 4 ‘ height and 4’ wide . How you want to cut its up , you can pick a # 12 “ , 16” , 24 “ and so on . Brad great video, if your buddy take 10 full cords , you will make a hole into the wood yard for sure . Be careful and god bless to you and the family .
Thanks for all the info. My son is about to embark on a firewood business and has priced out all of the equipment and the pay out including maintenance, storage, security, etc. Your videos are priceless!! Hope to see more. Thanks again!!
Appreciate that and best of luck to your son!
Tell him to buy everything with cash!
Thank you for the information
My pleasure
Good video. Very helpful. Thank you!
Appreciate that. Thanks for watching
Great that there are people like you (that know and tell the truth about what a full Cord of wood is) ..keep up the good work !!!
I appreciate that!
A face cord here in Tennessee is called a Rick or a third of a cord about 42-43 square feet
Yes. that is what is is in Southern Indiana- populated with Appalachia emigrants, of course. Alternative from what I can tell is “face cord”. Have no idea why people would refer to it as a cord.
Really good explanation Brad. A lot of people don’t have a clue about what a cord is. I can’t believe you need to have a permit to sell firewood. Just another revenue stream for the government, smh. I left upstate NY and moved south 42 years ago. I was glad to get away from a lot of that government control. Unfortunately I think it’s creeping towards NC.
Hey brad, great video that goes into detail around the confusion in the firewood world. Especially on the buyers side. Had some of those same experiences when customers were ordering. Good stuff and take care
Thanks buddy
Great video Brad. Very informative for everyone!!!
Thanks
Great info
Very informative Thank You, I've been getting ripped for years.
Gotta say you have the neatest wood yard👍🏻. I enjoy your videos. 🇺🇸👏🏻
Thanks Larry I appreciate it
Thanks for this video Brad. I almost didn't click on it because I know what a cord is, and I know what a face cord is. Of course, that was before I watched your video and found out I have been wrong for 20 years. I was sure that a face cord was 1/2 of a cord. So all these years I have been getting a cord delivered and thought the guys was being generous because after filling 2 face cord holders, I always had some extra. Ha Ha, joke was on me.
I am about to order firewood and have called around to get prices here in Northern New Jersey. You mention in your video that you like the chance to educate your customers and try not to embarrass them. I think I will have to make sure whoever I get the wood from is educated and will try not to embarrass them! You have a great style and I appreciate the content. Subscribed.
Thanks! I’m glad it helped and welcome to the channel. Hope you continue to enjoy and thanks for the comments!
Good info.
I've had some confusion in my deliveries also. People order a cord, meaning 1/3 cord of a wood. Have a Safe Day
New subscriber today to your channel. Great information keep up the good work. Fixing to go back into your archives and watch the rest of the videos. Be safe my friend.
Welcome aboard!
Appreciate it man ima use this info to be smarter
Good explanation Brad.. I used both my truck and trailer as a full cord as if they wanted to look up how much they are getting they will have a better idea..
Congratulations on the 6 cord sale..😁👍
Thank you
6 cords going out will give u alot of free space for more maple ,ash, or cherry which dries very fast if u split it small
great information new into the fire wood business i am a owner of UPPER END landscape martha's vineyard i climb for alot of my jobs and do full removals ash, oak , etc thank you for showing me proper ways to sell my wood i am saving to buck up!!!!
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Great video Brad! I had an idea but definitely learned something today! Watch for the big yellow trucks & the air horn as I ride by! Lol I try to say hi when I see ya out there working!
Lol 👋🏻
Great info 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great video Brad, glad to subscribe.
Thank you and Welcome!
good job on explaining the difference lengths, in the suburbs of Levias Ky most suppliers have 12 16 and 24 in. the price for face cord is the same, a lot more labor in a 12 in verses 24 in. cords.
Very educational as are all of your videos, wished I lived closer as I would be one of your customers!👍👍🇺🇸
Thanks 👍
Thank you for the information. I'm new and am just starting to learn about how much wood helps to keep our home warm and how much we need to heat our home in the winter to offset the cost of gas.
Hello and welcome. Glad it was helpful!
Also by having wood staked in measured sections it takes the guess work out of knowing how much is being loaded. I have a truck that easily hold 1/3 thrown in loose. However , if i stack it tight and 2ft high i can get 60 cubic ft in my truck bed. Nice video brad.
New subscriber here. I have been searching for a channel like this for some time. Thank you.
Awesome. Welcome and thanks for being here!
Need to get busy cutting more wood so you can take care of all the past and new sales coming in. Good luck and have a great day be safe.
Thanks buddy you too
Hey Brad. Love your videos. I re subscribed as I was already a subscriber , who knows. Nice content as always.
Thanks for the sub!
Newbie tonight...Excellent video..thank you for posting.!
Welcome! Hope you enjoy. Great community here
Good to see it is a standard everywhere.
Excellent video👍 Hello from New Jersey.
Hey, thanks!
Great stuff top info. In the uk no one uses these measurements and we seem to cut to average of 10” logs.
Great explanation.
Thank you
New here to your channel and subscribed. Greetings from an old Wood Tick in North Michigan. I been cutting, splitting, stacking, burning my entire 67 years. I only cut for myself at 18" to 22". I have seen folks happy with receiving face chords as skinny as 8". I hope folks listen to what you are saying.
Thanks for the sub! Welcome and I hope you continue to enjoy!
Love your channel. Keep it up.
Appreciate it Ron
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video.Learned something today lol
Glad to hear it!
well . Iike this fella and this is a great video . i wood like add to the pick up truck deal ..... 8x5x3.2= 128.so if you sell firewood in a full size pick up build some sides and a head rack and stack it 3 ft high and mound it up being higher in the center which will give you you 3.2 in the equation . firewood and power saws saved me from myself. good job on this video
Wow buddy, so nice to see you here. I’ve learned so much from you not just about firewood but about living life. Thanks for commenting and hope you all had a great holiday!
Excellent thank you. I'm starting to cut firewood, hopefully make a business out of it. I have around 100 acres at my disposal. Alot of popal but all other kinds also.
Greetings from Dorset (UK). Thanks for clearing up the cord/face cord thing. Never see 'face cords' over here. Fuelwood is often sold by weight. Bet you see the potential problem. Supposed to be sold by volume (cubic metres). Recently we have had legislation passed to say that you can't sell firewood in quantities of less than 2 CuM at higher than 20% moisture. You have to be registered and accredited which costs money and time yearly and directly penalises small producers. I don't sell wood, but I do cut and prep for my own use. I get through about 4 tonnes a year- my only heating. Small house. I don't split. I fell and cut to 5' lengths. I'm cutting derelict hazel coppice and max. stem diameter is about 10". I cut into 11-12" lengths (stoves are smaller over here) and then just cut it into billets with a chainsaw in a brake.
Why am I just finding this channel?! Shout out from college park maryland
Welcome! Glad you found us. Hope you enjoy
Thank you for sharing your information I’m new here 😊
Welcome!
I also always get the customer to understand what they are asking for. It really cuts down on miss understandings
Thanks for the video. I often heard the term 'cord of wood' and did ask once. The explanation I received was so many feet of 4" x 2" (Aussie talk; not 2 x 4 for you Yanks); I could never visualize that. Your explanation 8' x 4' x4' finally painted the picture for me - thanks again.
Glad it was helpful!
outstanding video brad... I myself got a lot from your presentation... congratulations on the big order, there ain't nothin' better than when a plan comes together... have a good rest of your day... oh what's in the glass today??? I'm still digging on this Wolcott, it's supposed to be real close to buffalo trace... enjoy life, you only live it once brother... peace...
Thanks buddy. Just water and Gatorade lately, but thirsty Thursday isn’t far away lol.
Dear Mr. Woodsman, just a bit interested because I live in a forest surrounded by trees and wood. So my fireplace can get it's tummy full anytime. Enjoy you video, Thank you very much, if no one else has ever mentioned it, have to tell ya. O.k. about the pickup load, I was always told that is a cord. Thanks again, now 40 + 40 = 80 so in my mind that is almost 2/3 of a cord, dear sir? but not half. because 80 + 40 more and your right about at 120 only 8 cubic feet shy of the Ag. Dept. required measure, just a comment. Still I subscribed and hope the little math fraction is not insulting, was not meant to be. Retired school teacher lady.
Welcome!
Nice Explanation, well Constructed, nicely Explained, A Cord of Wood Estimate around 220 660 pieces of wood,
Thank you
Good video🇺🇸
Thanks 👍
spot on! a tigyht stack full cord is 128 cubic ft minus rot and air space which is 90 cubic ft solid wood, a loose tossed cord is 180 cubic ft. Thanks
How much wood could a dump trailer dump if a dump trailer could dump wood?? Answer: 1.5 cord (loosely piled). Great video!! Very informative. Straightened me out that's for sure.
Thanks for the info. Turns out I'm a 4 cord per winter guy.
I've noticed in our area people selling "facecords" of wood which measure 4' x 8' x 12", which is 75% of a facecord. I've been sharing that information on my channel. A facecord of wood stacked loosely required approximately 60 cubic feet of space.
Good video. I burn wood full time...SW Nova Scotia. There's a few swindlers around, but most are honest
I’ve been cutting and stacking firewood since I was 12 yr old which is about 50years. I’ve on occasion purchased firewood and have made it absolutely clear that I wanted a full cord 4’x4’x8’, 128 cubic foot and had them show up with pickup with 2’ side boards lose stack and mounded and advised them that what the brought me was not a full cord, I paid for a full cord and I expected a full cord and to prove it I stacked it with their help and sure as shit it was barely 2/3 of a cord so it it proves that there are those who are taking advantage of most people and there are those selling firewood who don’t understand what a full cord is either.
The way i could remember 128 cubic feet was there was also 128 ounces in a gallon. That part itself didn't help much but a quart of beer is 32 ounces. That part is easy to remember. One quart is 1/4 gallon. 32x4=128.
Beautiful property ❤
Thank you
Thanks for the info! Unfortunately, I just realized that I got burned my first winter burning wood. Pun intended. I'm gathering wood myself now for the winter rather than pay $300 for damp wood in the city.
congrats on the order hope you can replace the wood that is sold to the customer quickly. YOU are going to be really busy