Let set overnight then rinse well. Don't be a victim of high wood prices and wood shortages, as I was last winter. Start shopping now to get the most for your money. Buying wood is not always a simple matter. Either you buy your wood from a dealer that you trust implicitly or you must become an educated consumer either by choice or by trial and error.
Wood is sold by standard units of measurement.
A full cord will weigh about 3,000 pounds when dry or over two tons when wet. A face cord is always less than a full cord and should be priced less. If you have doubts about its real volume, stack the wood before you pay. It is reasonable to expect small variations in the size of wood piles. Remember that usually a dealer measures and stacks the wood in the forest, and once it is cut, split, and restacked, it may pack into slightly less volume.