Public Service Announcement Avoid Getting Burned When Buying Firewood How To Measure Firewood Firewood is sold by a measurement called a cord. A cord must equal 128 cubic feet. To be sure you have a cord, stack the wood neatly by placing the wood in a line or a row, with individual pieces touching and parallel to each other, making sure that the wood is compact and has as few gaps as possible. Then measure the stack. If the width times the height times the length equals 128 cubic feet, you have a cord of firewood. A cord, like other measurements such as a foot, a gallon, or a ton, is defined by law. A seller may not legitimately use terms such as truckload, face cord, rack or pile because these terms have no legally defined meaning and, therefore, you have no way of determining how much firewood you are actually receiving. If a seller uses such terms it should alert you to a possible problem. Wood can only be sold by the cord or by fractions of a cord. A rounded pickup box is not legal to sell in the State of Nebraska. This Information Can Be Located At: nda.nebraska.gov/publications/wam/firewood_facts.pdf
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:37:47 +0000