Re: Re: bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas

I agree Tricia, but then I am constantly amazed at the caliber of people in our circle here.  It's quite humbling.

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: pdickson
Sent: 10/17/2004 7:45:51 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas

Kitty,
I hope someday to meet you... you constantly amaze me at what you can and 
have done in your life.
Tricia
zone 6b
Ok
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas


> In 1985 I was out of work for awhile and that's what I did to make money.
> My husband wouldn't help me pay any of my bills or my half of the mortgage
> or or other shared bills, but he did let me cut wood on his property to
> sell.  I sold, delivered, stacked it by the pick-up truck load for, I 
> think
> $45.  It was a big old Ford pickup.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas
>
>
>> Gene,
>> I too agree that it depends on how it is going locally.  My husband said
> he
>> cut wood while he was in college for money and sold it as a pickup load
> was
>> a rick or a 1/2 of a cord.
>> I just thought that was interesting when I found it online.  Much more
>> information than I have even see before.
>> When we lived in Missouri we bought from a saw mill and it was cut pretty
>> small sometimes.  I think the price just depends on how much they can 
>> get.
>> It is hard work and does require a strong back.
>> Tricia
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 6:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bringing the yard inside/ oil & gas
>>
>>
>> > Hello Tricia,
>> >    There are exact measurements for all these terms, but then it comes
>> > down to what is going on locally. When I stack what is delivered I get 
>> > a
> 4
>> > foot high by 8 foot long stack at about 16 inches or so long. That is
>> > because I requested 16 inches in length to fit my stove opening. Before
> I
>> > got this stove about a year ago I used up to 2 feet in length. As it
> just
>> > so happens a full load in a pick up bed works out to about a face rick,
> so
>> > I get a pickup load from my regular deliver man. Sometimes that is a 
>> > bit
>> > over when stacked. Wood is split before delivery. Most of the wood that
>> > gets delivered is from the tops of trees that were cut for lumber, left
>> > laying on the forest floor. Now quite a bit is from hurricane damage in
>> > the area, but that wood is still too green for this year to burn.
>> > There is such a feeling of contentment that goes with having all the
> wood
>> > stacked out here ready for winter.
>> >    Gene E. Bush
>> > Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
>> > www.munchkinnursery.com
>> > genebush@munchkinnursery.com
>> > Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
>> >>I just looked up what is a cord of wood on woodburning.org and it says 
>> >>a
>> >> cord of wood is 4 feet deep by 4 feet high by 8 feet long.
>> >> A face cord of cordwood, split or unsplit and stacked should measure 4
>> >> feet
>> >> high by 8 feet long.
>> >> It has a neat little example that shows stacks of wood.
>> >> The first stack is a Full Cord. Logs 12 inches long.
>> >> 4 x 8 units 4 times.
>> >> Logs 16 inches long.
>> >> 4 x 8 units 3 times.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Logs 18 inches long.
>> >> 4 x 8 units 2.7 times
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Logs 20 inches long.
>> >> 4 x 8 units 2.4 times.
>> >> Logs 24 inches long.
>> >> 4 x 8 units 2 times.
>> >>      Face Cord.
>> >>      A face cord measures 4 feet x 8 feet regardless of the length of
> the
>> >> logs.
>> >> It also talks about what kind of wood burns the best.
>> >> Probably more than you want to know but I found it interesting.
>> >> Tricia
>> >
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