Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Thursday Trivia
Many are used to buying cords of wood. The usual way to measure a cord is by width, height, and depth, but pulpwood is usually bought by weight. (still called a cord) What is the weight of a hardwood cord and a softwood cord in the pulpwood world?
Obviously, there is a range for each one.
As an aside, Maryland has an interesting requirement for a stacked cord. What is it?
Maryland
I'm not sure of if this is the answer but having lived among the yuppies and environMENTALISTS around Frederick and Annapolis - Easton I can say that Maryland and Northern Virginia are real particular about insects. When you buy wood in Maryland you need a pedigree about where it's from, who sold it, how much is there etc., and a way to check back if something goes wrong. They check too. The fines are hefty for non-compliance but it prevents people from unloading felled trees from the back of a pickup or bringing stuff in barges up the Chesapeake with who knows what is in the lumber. You pay the better part of double, say, Pennsylvania for this care though.
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semi wag. 2200-2400 for softwood. 2800-3400 for hardwood.
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I remember when then went to scaling to weighing, must have been in the 60's. can't say that I remember the weight to a cord but I do know how to measure or scale one. Eight feet long four feet high and 4 feet deep. Stacked loose enough for a squirrel to go into and tight enough for a fox to be unable to follow.
Bill, who grew up near the Largest Pulpwood Storage Yard in the World! Just outside of International Falls Minnesota
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Hmmm. I'm looking at a CN pulpwood boxcar with a capacity of 5092 cubic feet and a load rating of 97 tons.
That works out to just over 38 pounds per cubic foot, or 4,877 pounds (2.4 tons) per cord.
;-) Close enough
Pulpwood purchases by weight are very common and weight per cord varies widely with species and geography. A hardwood pulpwood cord generally weighs between 5,400 pounds and 6,075 pounds. A pine pulpwood cord weighs between 4,700 pounds and 5,550 pounds. You really need to determine your local average weight by species when measuring cordwood.
The law that I was referring to says that it has to be tight enough that a chipmunk cannot get through it.