We bought firewood over the weekend. Scads of firewood. More than a trunkload. To be precise, we bought a cubic yard of firewood. We didn’t think it was that much. Less than half a cord, however much that is. But then the nursery guys brought over a bobcat-load of wood. This kind of bobcat:
Not this kind:
But can you imagine a trunkload of baby bobcats? Just this one makes my heart hurt. I want to take one home.
I still don’t know how much a cubic yard of firewood is because I don’t think those nursery guys were really measuring. They brought giant shovels full of firewood over to the car and started loading. And kept loading. And loading. We had to put half the backseat down to hold all of it. I think we’re set for the winter, even if we have two more giant snowstorms.
We got all the wood home and stacked on the deck. It looks like even MORE than was in the car. Maybe it multiplied. Firewood = rabbits. Baby firewood = kindling.
Dad
For info: A full cord is a large amount of wood. It measures 4 feet high by 4 feet wide by eight feet long (4′ x 4′ x 8′) and has a volume of 128 cubic feet. Since most firewood isn’t cut to 4 foot lengths, we often see a “face cord”, which is 8 feet long, 4 feet high and the width of the wood, usually about 16 inches (so, 1/3 of a cord.) Looks like you’ve got about 1/2 of a face cord.
tokenblogger
I would have both and then take my baby bobcat for a ride in my bobcat!
Zannah
Dad, you ARE a lumberjack! Thanks for the info.
Tokenblogger, I want pictures of that ride. 🙂
Curiosity
I’ll pass on the bobcat-load of firewood. He doesn’t look like he could carry much.
The cat himself, though, that I would take in a heartbeat! (which is good, since that is probably about how long I would have to try it before he ate me)
Zannah
He wouldn’t try to eat you until he got a little older. You might get a couple of months of cuteness out of the little guy. But you’d lose your cats.