DarkBlack
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Legitimate question. Should be a thread on it's own though? Don't want to diminish the 346 wonder saw
Legitimate question. Should be a thread on it's own though? Don't want to diminish the 346 wonder saw
Well, I've been cutting wood for awhile, and can usually guess pretty close just by looking at a tree, but the trouble is that I just go by looking and dont actually measure the DBH when done. All I know is that when looking at a tree, it dont look nearly as big until it is on the ground. And again, it all depends on just how many branches and how small you cut them to. (IE: woods tree or fencerow).
Since I mostly clear fencerows, and their are sizable branches down low, It usually takes a 20" tree to make a full cord. And remember, double the diameter, and the area (volume of wood) goes up by a factor of 4 just for the trunk.
So...A 20" tree will have about 4 times more wood than a 10" tree. And a 40" tree will have about 16 times more wood than that 10" tree.
We cleared a BIG ash tree that blew down in a fencerow. It yielded between 7 and 8 cord. It was 48" diameter So by that, a 24" tree would be 1.75-2 cord and a 12" tree would be ~1/2 cord.
Again, this isnt really science and their is no good way to do it. So this is just my observations.
No I was talking full cords. I think it is more of a regional thing, but around me, we dont deal in face-cord, rick, rack, or whatever.
Rarely do I even see that when people advertise firewood for sale.
So...@16" cut length, IMO, a ~20" tree would be about 3 face cord.