cord to loose again!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Yep I do get 2 cube to a tonne

 

 

Mind you depends who the delivery driver is

 

Another example: 8m3 on the forwarder filled 10m3 stacking space exactly, which I think was equivilent to 12m3 loose. See pics on that other recent thread of mine re bsl logs.

 

1.5 again!

[Woodworks]

Sorry TCD but the crane scales in the picture don't lie as far as I am concerned. The IBCs liner is cut off at the 1000 litre mark so that's exactly one cubic meter and as you can see it's generously loaded.

Edited October 8, 2016 by Woodworks

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Sorry TCD but the crane scales in the picture don't lie as far as I am concerned.

 

Of course not, that's fine

 

Something somewhere in the mix isn't matching up, we just dont know what!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Nope. Have weighed IBC crates of fresh cut logs and they are sub 500 kg.

 

The scales read 506 kg including the crate and block of wood and this is last winters beech cut in the spring. So not as heavy as it can be but nothing like seasoned.

 

What was the m/c of the logs in that crate?

[gdh]

We recently cut a 25 ton artic load into around 26 1.8cube boxes to check our workings of a ton to a box. I'm not sure where the difference could come from unless there's a big difference in firewood length.

Perhaps it depends how much the load is settling, our boxes can shrink by quite a bit as their dried and moved around.

[Woodworks]

We recently cut a 25 ton artic load into around 26 1.8cube boxes to check our workings of a ton to a box. I'm not sure where the difference could come from unless there's a big difference in firewood length.

Perhaps it depends how much the load is settling, our boxes can shrink by quite a bit as their dried and moved around.

 

How much you split the logs down will make a difference as will length. I do break ours down so very few are wider than 4" and most near 3" square and all cut at 9" long. If you made a cube of kindling can't imagine it would weigh much at all.

[arboriculturist]

We recently cut a 25 ton artic load into around 26 1.8cube boxes to check our workings of a ton to a box. I'm not sure where the difference could come from unless there's a big difference in firewood length.

Perhaps it depends how much the load is settling, our boxes can shrink by quite a bit as their dried and moved around.

 

What species of timber was the load and did the lorry have onboard weighing?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

We recently cut a 25 ton artic load into around 26 1.8cube boxes to check our workings of a ton to a box. I'm not sure where the difference could come from unless there's a big difference in firewood length.

Perhaps it depends how much the load is settling, our boxes can shrink by quite a bit as their dried and moved around.

 

That's 46.8 loose cube!

 

What the hell am I doing wrong?!

[tomm156]

Still confused, I don't know the weight of the load only that it's 18m3, would 1.5 of loose split to 1m3 of cord be a better rate?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Still confused, I don't know the weight of the load only that it's 18m3, would 1.5 of loose split to 1m3 of cord be a better rate?

 

from that vol on an 8 wheeler, assuming it's green?

 

1.5 would be conservative estimate it seems; everyone else seems to be doing better