Can you fit a cord of firewood in a truck? Yes or No

After seeing a post on Facebook claiming you can not get a cord of firewood in a truck, I decided to answer this question with facts and measurements. A cord is the only legal measure by which to sell firewood in the state of Washington. You can do fractions of a cord. But truck load, rack, face cord are not legal measures to sell a cord. A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet, stacked parallel and reasonably tight. Most often example used for a cord is 4x4x8.

[SeattleThrower]

Next time I want to see a time lapse of a cord of wood on the ground being loaded into a truck.

[RetrieverTrainingAlone]

A cord of firewood typically weighs between 2000 - 3000 lbs depending on moisture content and species.
So need a 3/4 ton or 1-ton pickup to stay under maximum payload capacity.
Maximum payload capacity is printed on the sticker on the driver door frame.

[lindseymanuel]

Yes, it can! I do it almost every day!!

[chevysilver-ray-dough]

Not on a half ton, which is what most people own.

[georgeconaway]

However, it will weigh much more than should haul in a half ton pickup. ..

[ericmaxwell]

If you have a big enough bed and the right suspension of course you can get a cord of wood in a pick up truck.

[TheMikeTownsend]

Thanks for the video. I was planning on getting a cord of seasoned wood just so I'm not trying to mess around with next years piles. I have a "heavy half' 1500 Ram, which is much beefier than the normal 1500. It has 4 door full crew cab and an 8 foot bed, so it's set up underneath more like a 2500. I wanted to make sure I could get a cord in one trip and your video math helped me out. Thanks from upstate NY!

[Badeumus]

Your logic is sound, but your suspension after putting that cord in the back won’t!

[firefly]

Yes on a long bed truck with sideboards as high as cab with tailgate shut, we did it in Oregon all the time!

[bcubed]

It may fit, but you'll be over gross.

[jacobgomez]

I fit a cord in a shortbed! 05 f250 crew cab diesel, but takes almost 3.5 f.t high and rounded, damn people who post it can't fit don't sell firewood ir fall timber for a living

[DennisTatro]

You are stacking the wood in the truck. Most wood dealers don’t stack in their trucks. A half cord would not fit if the wood is just loaded in.

[brucebannerman]

Two small things, you didn't deduct for fenders when calling the box five feel wide, and a full cord puts you a lot over weight for a Ram,

[SkylerCosta]

Prove it! put it in the truck and then just so we are certain drop it off at my house, possibly repeat a few times! :) Good Video sir!

[RetrieverTrainingAlone]

You forgot to include the space the wheel wells occupy, so an 8 foot bed 5 feet wide would have to have at least 3.5 feet high stack because of the wheel wells...not your 3.2 feet that you state in the video.

[mattprice]

Is anyone else having a problem with this math? So there’s 221, 200 cubic inches per cord of wood. If I were to multiply 48in x 72 x 38 as you stated, my calculator says 131, 328. That’s nearly half of a cord?!

[vickyshubert]

I thought we were going to get to see you stack a cord of firewood in the truck.