how much firewood

[bigchiz81]

Hi folks,

 

I am new to this and already looking for some help I have a beech tree that has come down in my back garden my cousin who is an engineer done some measuring and calculations and he has worked out it weighs around 12 tons now my question is how many builders bags (950cm x 950cm) would I get out the tree. I dont want to sell it I want to share it between myself my dad and my uncle we each burn around 6 bags each per winter. I have read you get 5 bags out 1 ton of wood is that correct ?

[Woodworks]

If the bags are that big it would close to half a tonne per bag green.

[bigchiz81]

Thanks for your reply appreciated. So what I read a out 5 bags out 1 ton of wood is that incorrect ? Apologies if my questions seem amatuer but I have really don't have any experience when it comes to firewood quantities I just buy it in and was hoping the fallen tree wojld save some money.

[SamWhiting12]

You should get about 2 bags per ton, so you should be looking at getting 24 from the tree.

[Woodworks]

Thanks for your reply appreciated. So what I read a out 5 bags out 1 ton of wood is that incorrect ? Apologies if my questions seem amatuer but I have really don't have any experience when it comes to firewood quantities I just buy it in and was hoping the fallen tree wojld save some money.

 

Standard builders bags are close to half the size of the bags you mentioned so that would be closer with you getting 4 per ton. There are various bag sizes available. Work on approximately 1/2 tonne per m3

 

Just checked some builders bags I have here. They are 0.8m x 0.8m x0.8 m so 0.512m3 per bag.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Woodworks

[bigchiz81]

My fault I meant 95cm not 950 getting mixed up between cm and mm apologies but thanks for your replys guys the tree should save us a good bit of cash

[Logsnstuff]

as I posted in another topic I use 90x90 bags .73m3 and filled with fresh beech they come in at 498kg only bothered to weigh 2 of them.