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A full cord is a tightly stacked pile 4 ft high, 4 ft deep and 8 ft long: 128 cubic feet. A face cord is one row of a cord, so its size depends on the piece length.

Your answer

Full cords0.67
Face cords (4 × 8 ft rows)2
Volume85 cu ft

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How we worked it out

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  1. Cords = length × height × depth ÷ 128 cu ft.

Method and assumptions

The cord is the legal unit for firewood in most US states (128 cu ft of wood, bark and air, neatly stacked). “Face cord”, “rick” and “truckload” have no legal definition, so ask for the dimensions.

Questions

How many cords in a 16 × 4 ft stack of 16 in logs?

2/3 of a cord (0.67): two face cords.

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