Pic/ last of te wood for this year!

Lou from Wi.

Well-known Member
We will be finished with my daughters wood for the winter. Can't say I'm sorry. lol. Between that escapade, our lawn vacuum blew the pistom ring and seized and gouged the aluminum cylinder wall,always used good oil and was full,and changed regularly. Damm cheap B&S product. I was going to use the honing stone, but that would load up the stones so it wouldn't be worth spit. Gonna get one from H.Freight when they come on sale. Junk the aluminum one. Son is using leaf blowers for now. Murphy's law today. seems to be that way. Regards LOU.
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Shetland Sheepdog,
heres a picture of the one we built. Been going since 2001,30 ton splitter.Built it from pictures out of a magazine (northern tool) put a lot of wood thru it.
LOU
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That sure looks like a heavy built splitter. I'd imagine that would last a couple lifetimes. How many cords of wood do you split each year?
 
Rich Iowa,
Thanks for the compliment. Wood splitting varies from year to year. Some years we might split over 30 loggers cord, other years around 20 loggers cord. We never split less than 20 logger cords per year, and can sure tell it,but it beats swinging a maul and using wedges,plus a lot cheaper than oil.
 
If you are going to burn it this winter, it should have been split months ago. How often do you have to clean your chimney?
 
teddy52food,
We've been burning wood for 44 yrs,never had a chimney fire. Chimney is inspected by us every month,no creosote buildup. Also use creosote destroyer,no problems. Been burning wood like this every year for the last 44 years,we are definatly not inexperienced in wood burning as most are.We also clean the chimeny when we think it's necessary,and don't have to call the sweep to do it. When it's split and stacked it dries out sufficiently enough to have the moisture removed,it is under roof, and tarped on the front so air can circulate all winter.

It's nice that you asked,
LOU
 
I have been burning wood all my life too. We don't even use chimney sweep & very seldom clean a chimney, but we get the wood cut, split & stacked in the spring so it has all summer to dry. Been in this house for 25 years, heat it totally with wood & never had a chimney fire.
 
Shetland Sheepdog,
A loggers cord is the best measurement for firewood, it measures 4'X4'X8', always standard,no exceptions. Some people will try to sell fire wood by other terms, such as a rick, face cord, stove cord etc. These measurements will always be better for the seller than the person receiving the wood,as there are no firm measurements. Around these parts ask a person for just a plain "cord" of wood and it is almost certain you will be shorted.
LOU
 
Never heard it referred to as a loggers cord! Here it is a cord!
Here is the legal definition for the State of NH

New Hampshire state law defines a cord as 128 cubic feet. To measure a stacked pile of wood, measure the length in feet of the pile, multiply it by the height in feet of the pile and multiply that by the depth (or length of the individual pieces of wood) in inches. Divide the result by 12 and you will have the cubic foot measurement.

Also, of interest, the above is the only legal measurement for firewood in the state of NH, and the law did or does state "stacked closely and well"!
 
Wisconsin has no true legal definition of firewood selling descriptions yet, so most time people buy it by the terms I metioned earlier.


STATE Legal measurement methods Defined cord size Source Notes
Arkansas Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft AR Regs
Connecticut Cord, Fraction of a cord, Weight 128 cu ft CT Regs Seasoned defined as cut and air dried for 6 months.
Georgia Cord, Fraction of a cord, Cubic feet 128 cu ft GA Regs Species must be designated within +-10%
Illinois Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft IL Regs
Indiana Cord 128 cu ft IN Regs
Iowa Cord, Fraction of a cord, Cubic feet 128 cu ft IA Regs County and State of origin required on receipt or label
Maryland Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft MD Regs Specifically states wood to be stacked parallel (no crisscrossing)
Michigan Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft MI Regs
Minnesota Cord, Fraction of a cord, Cubic feet, Weight See note below MN Regs More
New Hampshire Cord 128 cu ft NH Regs
New Jersey Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft NJ Regs Specifically states wood to be stacked parallel (no crisscrossing)
New York Cord, Fraction of a cord, Face Cord (see note) 128 cu ft NY Reg All sales must give HxLxW measurements
Oregon Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft OR Regs Specifically states wood to be stacked parallel (no crisscrossing)
Pennsylvania Cord 128 cu ft PA regs
Washington Cord or fraction of a cord 128 cu ft WA Regs Specifically states wood to be stacked parallel (no crisscrossing)
Wisconsin No legal measurement defined, check local laws 128 cu ft WI Regs

Canada Cord, Fraction of a cord, Cubic feet 128 cu ft Can Reg
(federally regulated) Cubic meters, or fractions of

MN Note: "In all contracts for sale of wood the term "cord" shall mean 128 cubic feet of wood, bark, and air, if cut in four-foot lengths; and if the sale is of "sawed wood," a cord shall mean 110 cubic feet when ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown irregularly or loosely into a conveyance for delivery to the purchaser; and if the sale is of "sawed and split wood," a cord shall mean 120 cubic feet, when ranked, and 175 cubic feet when thrown irregularly and loosely into a conveyance for delivery. If a measurement is made by weight, the term "cord" or any other term used to describe freshly cut wood shall be based on 79 cubic feet of solid wood content per cord. The weight per cord may vary by species or species group. In case of any dispute when the parties have not otherwise agreed in writing to the weight per cord by species or species group, the weight most recently established by the commissioner of natural resources prevails."

The above is what I could find on definitions by state for cord description for fire wood.It's a shame people here don't go by the standard as I mentioned for firewood,(loggers cord, 4X4X8 = 128 cuft.) but they don't and quite a few people who try to buy firewood by any other means gets taken advantage of. So the only true way to buy wood here is by stating "loggers cord" as everyone local knows it measures 128 cu ft, so that tends to cut down on getting taken advantage of. Guess it's a term that most around our area knows for certain.
LOU
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