Had a fellow pull up one evening with a load of wood on the smallest of 70’s style Japanese pickups. Off loaded the wood, looked at his buddy and stated; “I’m satisfied that’s a cord of wood.” Never asked me. Well, I can assure you, it takes one hell of a large pickup to haul a cord of wood. Those little Toyota pickups don’t measure up. He was a bit upset, when I stacked the wood, called him back and told him that this was not even close to a cord. He measured my rack and complained that it was a half inch too long at the top. (Not at the bottom). Still, I was able to make him make it right. Never called him back though and he never called me either.
Now I hear they sell wood by the rick, whatever that is. Might be a legal measurement, but I could care less, when I say I want a cord, I want a stack of wood, 4’x4’x8’, not some rick or what some fellow is self satisfied of what he think is a cord.