How much would it weigh?

[Fisherman]

Hello everybody. A chap called in a couple of days ago with a trailer full of oak that had been standing dead for some years. A lot of the sap wood had started to fall away. He reckoned he had got about 7 cubic metres on there. It was logged up into various lengths but not split. Now I usually buy wood by the artic load and so pay by the tonne. How much do you think 7 cubic metres of oak would weigh?

[Albedo]

As it's seasoned I reckon about 3 tonnes, based on about 400kg per cube.

 

That's just my tuppence...don't quote me on it:001_smile:

Edited December 21, 2012 by Albedo

[BigNick]

in my book oak at 15% moisture is 736kg m3

[Albedo]

in my book oak at 15% moisture is 736kg m3

 

I nearly edited to this effect as I'm thinking of split wood, but I couldn't work it out for chord.

 

Bids need to be higher than mine:001_smile:

[Daniël Bos]

It'll not likely be dry though, however long it has been standing dead for.

Oak has that peculiar habit of not really drying at all unless its split.

[kev7937]

It'll not likely be dry though, however long it has been standing dead for.

Oak has that peculiar habit of not really drying at all unless its split.

 

Yep

 

I had a large standing dead oak, sapwood you could pick off but the heartwood still ringing wet.

 

 

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[Fisherman]

Thanks for your replies. I thought there was about 3.5 tonne in the trailer. Possibly more but not much. I've got about 50 tonne of oak stacked in crates made out of pallets, each one a bit more than a cube and the tractor picks them up easier than the 600kg bags of fertilizer. ( not very scientific I know ).