When I was still working up north, I used to work for a good old boy. We had just finished doing several dead Sumac & Silver maple removals in the Pimlico section of East Baltimore (real high crime, ever see the HBO show The Wire?). We couldn't fit all the wood in the truck. Big Daddy Joe, stacks the pieces real nice and puts a firewood for sale sign next to it.
Next day, all the wood was gone, must have been 1/2 cord. Honest story.