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[martyinmi]

Looks like I've got four fence-riders and one genius (BoilerHouse) so far

[MattyNH]

Matty, didn't know they had regs like that anywhere.  I've only met a few people here that had even heard of wood being measured in a cord.  Alll the ads here just say truck load, most don't even specify whether it's short bed or long, s-10 or full size

well if the ad or person says a "cord of wood"  it has to equal 128 cubic feet..State law in NH..If the guy selling it as a truck load or a s -10 pick up load..well pretty much up to the consumer ..because theres no measurement term in that truck load. All wood around here is generally sold as a cord..Some wood guys do sell 1/2, 1/4 cord..

[RSI]

OK RSI, you are out of my will!

Lol

Since face cord isn't a real measurement, you can call it anything you want.
You can use this link which agrees with you but if you look at the top the content has been disputed which is probably due to the face cord info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewood

[BoilerHouse]

This according to Webster's Dictionary

Face Cord
"A unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 X 8 feet with lengths of pieces from about 12 to 16 inches."

First known use of Face Cord
circa 1926

The plot thickens!

[Bull]

lol I agree with Willie but as stated there is no real winner.  I don't think either is wrong or right since it's not an accepted measurement

Around here a face cord or rick is an accepted measurement, it is (in my area) 4 x 8 by what ever length which is usually about 18 inches long.   

[Ridgekid]

Bull
Same here.

[martyinmi]

Sounds as though the proverbial scales are tipping slightly in my favor. After some thought, though, it appears to be a lose-lose situation for me anyway. If I win, I'll be running his cheap TSC oil through my saw. If I lose, I'll be giving him a gallon of my expensive Stihl oil. Thanks for all the reply's. Its raining here and I can't go outside and I AM BORED. This is taking my mind off not getting winter's '13-'14 wood stockpiled.

[jerkash]

I've always been told that a face cord is 4 x 8 x whatever the length of the wood is cut.

[Scott7m]

I think it's rather obvious a face cord is not nor should not be accepted as a unit of measure.  It would have to have a definite length not just 4 x 8 x whatever.  If that were the case someone could say they have a face cord that is 12" and another 24". 

If you ever watch "big bang theory". Its like Sheldon Cooper hassling the lady at the DMV that "car length" is not an accepted unit of measure. Lol

[mikenc]

The newest gimmick in NH is to get a four foot square pallet and stack it four feet high shrink wrapped. They call it a 1/2 cord. 2 pallets is a cord. Looks like a rip off to me. The measurements are right but it makes a cord look awfully small. Who wins the bet?  Whoever can prove they are right.

Just wondering how much do they sell it for?

[MattyNH]

Ill tell you what I own a '88 f-350 diesel 1 ton dump...My ton ton dump is freighted with wood to equal a cord of wood.. No way 2 pallets equal a cord of wood....a pallet isn't even a true 4 foot measurement..Few years back a buddy and I stacked a true 4x4x8 of unsplit fired wood threw it in the 1 ton.. fit it no problem...Dumped the wood back out..Split it..You'll be surprised..That truck was so filled up.. Ive been told back in the old days..  A cord was sold as unsplit..You get more wood being sold unsplit

[oldchenowth]

Grandpa taught me a face cord is 4'x8'x16".  That's the depth he could fit in his stove, so that was the law on our dirt road.

[martyinmi]

oldchenowth-
Your grandpa was a genius also! In our area that seems to be the rule(16"). Must be a mid-Michigan thing! Calling for 4"- 6" of the white stuff tonight. You got your wood out of the woods and in the shed already?

[oldchenowth]

Wood is all cozy in the shed.  Stocked 'er full, just hope it is enough for the entire year.  We got lucky, I had an inch and a half at the most.  I work in Lansing and they got at least 8".  Only about 20 miles from my house.  After 200 years of the motorized carriage, these idiots still can't figure out how to drive on the first snow

And I must agree with you, my Grandpa was a genius.  Old farmer seemed to know everything about everything.  Wish I knew a tiny fraction of what he knew.