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Guess weight of monster oak log

Started by Joey Grimes, May 13, 2018, 05:36:39 PM

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Joey Grimes

 a customer delivered a oak log to me it' is 57" in diameter at big end 12' long the hollow is 7' in then solid I know the weight because they have the loaded weight and the empty weight but I want to see what everyone else thinks weight is beacause I was shocked! 

 
94 woodmizer lt40 HD kabota 5200 ford 4000 94 international 4700 flatbed and lots of woodworking tools.

ladylake

Timberking B20  18000  hours +  Case75xt grapple + forks+8" snow bucket + dirt bucket   770 Oliver   Lots(too many) of chainsaws, Like the Echo saws and the Stihl and Husky     W5  Case loader   1  trailers  Wright sharpener     Suffolk  setter Volvo MCT125c skid loader

muggs

I will guess 5284 lbs.  Muggs 8)

Ljohnsaw

I could do it the Price Is Right way and guess 7501# but I'm thinking more like 8,500#.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

SawyerTed

It's awfully hot here (90+) to be thinking of such a log.  

My WAG is 9,400#.
Woodmizer LT50, WM BMS 250, WM BMT 250, Kubota MX5100, IH McCormick Farmall 140, Husqvarna 372XP, Husqvarna 455 Rancher

CCCLLC

Guessing that the hollow center is deceiving. #6950

scsmith42

I would put that log somewhere between 8,500 - 9,500 lbs
Peterson 10" WPF with 65' of track
Smith - Gallagher dedicated slabber
Tom's 3638D Baker band mill
and a mix of log handling heavy equipment.

tule peak timber

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Stihl 025, MS261 and MS362
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Kawasaki Mule 4010
1998 Dodge 3500 Flatbed

WDH

12,000 pounds.  Maybe 12,750 pounds.  If it is less than 11,000 pounds, I will buy you a coke. 
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kelLOGg

Cook's MP-32, 20HP, 20' (modified w/ power feed, up/down, loader/turner)
DH kiln, CatClaw setter and sharpener, tandem trailer, log arch, tractor, thumb tacks

GAB

Depending upon the moisture content and the species of oak:
Somewhere between 8,500# and 13,000#.
GAB
W-M LT40HDD34, SLR, JD 420, JD 950w/loader and Woods backhoe, V3507 Fransguard winch, Cordwood Saw, 18' flat bed trailer, and other toys.

POSTON WIDEHEAD

300.......I mean it does have a hole in it. DUH!!!!!

Blonde Goat
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

Chuck White

According to the "log weight" scale in the tool box, it's weight is: 13,396.32, but that's without figuring out the rotted part.

I would think the rotted part would have been around 300#, so 13,096.32 pounds!
~Chuck~  Cooks Cat Claw sharpener and single tooth setter.  2018 Chevy Silverado and 2021 Subaru Ascent.
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mike_belben

Praise The Lord

Joey Grimes

The log weight was 15,240 lbs!!!
94 woodmizer lt40 HD kabota 5200 ford 4000 94 international 4700 flatbed and lots of woodworking tools.

Busysawyer

What kind of equipment did you use to move that thing?
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile

mike_belben

Praise The Lord

Joey Grimes

We couldn't handel it we shoved it of trailer where it was going to be cut
94 woodmizer lt40 HD kabota 5200 ford 4000 94 international 4700 flatbed and lots of woodworking tools.

kelLOGg

That was going to be my 2nd guess ;) What's in the hole? concrete?
Cook's MP-32, 20HP, 20' (modified w/ power feed, up/down, loader/turner)
DH kiln, CatClaw setter and sharpener, tandem trailer, log arch, tractor, thumb tacks

SawyerTed

Woodmizer LT50, WM BMS 250, WM BMT 250, Kubota MX5100, IH McCormick Farmall 140, Husqvarna 372XP, Husqvarna 455 Rancher

CCCLLC

Are you sure you didn't have your foot resting on the scale?

POSTON WIDEHEAD

15,240? Wow !!!!!!!!
There's probably metal in it.
Someone must have laid a V-8 against it years ago and I don't mean Mater Juice.

materhead
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

mike_belben

Lol.. It swallowed the dozer it sprouted up under. 
Praise The Lord

Crusarius

next question is what mill is it going on? be nice to know how well some of these beds handle a log of that size.

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