346 FOREST PRODUCTS 



Stacking is sometimes done in open crib fashion to facilitate season- 

 ing, which requires from one to two months, depending upon the weather, 

 size of individual sticks, method of piling, etc. 



When the individual sticks are more than 6 to 8 in. in diameter they 

 are commonly split in two. When over 10 to 12 in. in diameter they are 

 quartered. 



Gasoline engines equipped with a portable cut-off saw are commonly 

 employed to buck up limbs, tops and defective trees into cordwood. 

 About i\ cords per hour can be cut up by 2 men working with a 2 h.p. 



Photograph by U S Forest Service. 



FIG. 93. Two cut-up saws operated by electric motor, cutting 23 to 35 cords per day each. 

 The wood in lengths from 4 to 12 ft. is reduced to stove and fire-place sizes. Durham, 

 North Carolina. 



engine. This same equipment and crew will cut up 4-ft. cordwood into 

 i2-in. stove lengths at the rate of i to 2 cords per hour. 



Hauling includes loading of the cordwood on the wagon, hauling and 

 unloading at the yard or into a freight car. In the North it is usually 

 done on sleighs in the winter time. Otherwise the ordinary wagon haul 

 is employed for this purpose. 



The usual wagon load will take from i to i| cords. Up to i\ cords 

 or more may be taken on a sleigh. The cost depends upon the distance, 

 the load, condition and grade of the road, cost of labor and team, working 

 hours, and general efficiency. It is customarily considered that it does 

 not pay to market cordwood when the haul is longer than 6 miles unless 

 there is a favorable down-hill haul and the market demand offers suf- 



