Not free firewood....but close

[goeduck]

At the top of the page Amazon is selling 0.65 cu ft of Enviro-log for $19.99. The specs say it is 9.9 x 16 x 9.9 inches which is 0.91 cu ft. So they calculate 0.26 cu ft is air. Applying this same ratio to a 128 cu ft cord means you would only have 91 cu ft in it.

Look what you can sell your firewood for if you bundle it up nicely, spray some scent on it and sell it on Amazon.

I do not recall where I was going with this post :confused3:

 

[turnkey4099]

Why I never learned to "cook."

"Add a pinch of salt to a scoop of flour, mix, then add a dash of pepper."



Bruce

Yep, that's about it!!

 

[turnkey4099]

If a 1/3 of a cord is not defined measure how the heck is full cord defined?

It blows my mind we are having this discussion. I guess schools really are that bad in some areas. If you can't sell a 1/3 of a cord, then how can you sell 2 cords or 3?

I realize math is tough for some folks. But you could look at as 3 rows is cord, so take one and you have face cord.


48* 1/3 = 16 or 48/3= 16. If it is one whole section long, which would 24' then divide by 3 or multiple by 1/3. Use a calculator if you have to. Your phone has one.


Do you only buy milk by 1 gallon at a time? Gas by one gallon at a time? God forbid we buy beer by 12 or 6 pack. We need to outlaw fountain pop.

Buying a beverage with ice in the glass must drive you to tears.

You seem to be missing the importance of having a legal definition of measure vice someone's measure that is not defined legally.

 

[turnkey4099]

1/3 is a neabulous? Do you tell the guy want three one cords?

If a fraction is to much for you, you should go to night school. You can even fake it by simply googling it.

I don't understand how 1/3 is such a conversation. Some of you are not even from regions of the country we joke about.

1/3 is nebulous when it is 1/3 of an undefined amount. In the case of cords measure 1/3 is defined and everyone knows (or can find out) what it is.

As far as I can tell NO ONE has said a 1/3 of a cord ic not a legal measure or even one that is hard to figure.

 

[turnkey4099]

Do you think they cut firewood different lengths when the stack it for face cords or cords? If 48 *1/3 is 16. If they were to sell a cord at 4' deep, and did not stack the ends, touching each other they would have to cut them shorter than 16".

But I would think whether it is 3 rows deep, or one, they are probably cutting to around 16". Yes not using a micrometer.

No problem measuring the amount of wood in a rick with sloping ends, just measure across the center of the stack. That will be as close as measuring a rick with resaonably square ends. In my case, I have ricks with one end square and the other sloping. Same thing measure the ccenter line distance and multiply by height.

 

[turnkey4099]

How are you going to sell a cord of firewood when it痴 cut 20 inches?

Since 20 is 4" more than 16 and you multiply your regular 16" stack by 1.3, all you have to do is multiply by 1.6. Not rocket science.

 

[turnkey4099]

Exactly but that requires math.

Or, if I am selling I don't cut to ridiculous measures. Much simplifies life.

 

[turnkey4099]

Rick is selling a cord of wood. Is Ricks cord legal?

It is a measure that can be checked and go back to the dealer if it doesn't come up to a full cord. By a rick from a dealer and you can't. They'd laugh you out of the courthouse if you even tried to file a case.

 

[turnkey4099]

I think the point that some are trying to make is that they shouldn't have the right of recourse.

There is no recouse in law if you buy something by measure that is not legally defined. That becomes a case of "buyer beware" and "suck it up" if you get less than you thought you should.

 

[turnkey4099]

Well, I am out. Getting ready to get back to cutting a tree down in a day or two. Temps have come up into the 50s so what snow remains (about 6") should be gone by then. Ground apparently is not frozen as I have seen no sigh of run-off.