Chord wood

[hammer n nails]

Hi i have been offerd some chord wood planks is it hard wood or soft wood i have never heard of it before what does it look like

 

[custard]

Hmm? Maybe it's "cord wood"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_(unit)

Here in Hampshire, in the New Forest, many people with "common rights" to the forest have the right of a certain numbers of cords of timber each year. The term "cord" is used quite widely in this area as a measurement of timber, you're not too far away in East Sussex so my guess is that's the explanation.

 

[Beau]

Not heard of Chord wood either. As well as the description custard gives ie a unit of volume the phrase cordwood is also used is to describe timber in the round particularly used in the firewood industry.

 

[custard]

Yes, I should have pointed out it's virtually always used in the context of firewood, one cord is a stack of timber 4'x8'x8', I get through just under a cord a year in my three wood burners.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

If someone offered me cord wood I'd expect it to be in pieces with bark still attached and too large to fit into a fireplace/stove i.e. one, or perhaps two, processing step short of "logs" for the fire. It'll probably be hardwood and probably already (partially) seasoned.

A bit like those in this picture (which would need further shortening and splitting to fit into most stoves) - i.e. suitable for making up a cord of firewood, but requiring more work:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... f_wood.jpg

Cheers, W2S

 

[Beau]

To me this is cordwood. I thought a cord of firewood was used more across the pond than here but interesting to hear it used in the New forest

 

[custard]

Scroll down to the bottom of this page and you'll see cords mentioned as a New Forest commoner's right

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-6a4kql

Going off at a tangent another New Forest commoner's right is "pannage", the right to graze pigs in the forest in the autumn, mainly in order to hoover up the fallen acorns which can poison the New Forest ponies if they eat too many. Some local butchers carry "pannage pork" just before Christmas, which is the meat from acorn fed pigs, and it tastes like angels dancing on your tongue!

 

[blackrodd]

I'm familiar with cords of wood as a quantity but it also seems to be timber used on endgrain as an infill
As in this link,--

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cordw ... Pvvfoss%3D

Regards Rodders

 

[woodfarmer]

Yes, I should have pointed out it's virtually always used in the context of firewood, one cord is a stack of timber 4'x8'x8', I get through just under a cord a year in my three wood burners.

Wow. Just loaded 20 Cu metres (steres) of the stuff for next winters use ( 2016) 3 cu metres = one cord.

More on its way