Estimating cordwood

[Amber Gold]

I have pine cut to length and stacked and it will be for the 2012 maple season. Is there a way to estimate the volume of wood it will yield once split and stacked? I know it'll be more, just not sure if it's 50% more...75% more than unsplit wood. I have 2.5 rows that are 24"W, 20' long, and 4.5' tall.

Thanks.

[Cardigan99]

Josh, 90 cubic feet per cord of wood if there were no spaces between each log when you stacked it.

Or put another way, a cord of wood (128 cubic feet stacked) should displace 90 cubic feet of water. So I think the figure you're looking for is 128/90 = 1.422 increase in what you have now.

Todd

[Amber Gold]

Thanks Todd. I guess I'm sitting on about 5 chord of wood then. Not too bad.