Price for logs.

[Jesper Jepsen]

423 bf in a cubic meter. so roughly 15 cents a bf. Not bad. course you have to log them.

The trees are cut and skid out to road and piled so a truck can easily take them with a crane, if you will you can get a permit to log yourself but that is not such big trees.

[clintnelms]

I've never bought logs and I'm still learning bf. So what do you all typically pay for one log total? Let's say a 10 foot pine log around 18 inches?

[WV Sawmiller]

Clint,

   Attached is a copy of an international 1/4" log scale which is handy to estimate bf amounts in a log. Most of us with thin kerf band mills routinely beat these estimates especially when the logs are clear and straight. There are other scales out there but this  is one of the more popular ones.

   Base don this your 10' log 18" diameter (if that is small end inside bark) should yield approximately 140 bf.

[paul case]

Different places are different so take into consideration location. I buy logs. Mostly oak with some hickory, sycamore, elm,  or cedar mixed in. (cedar and walnut are totally different on price depending on size and form) I pay $.35 for all under 16'' sed and for RO or WO over 16'' and 2 clear sides I pay $.50. So a log that is 10' and 16'' sed and at least 2 clear sides is worth $45, or if it isnt clear enough $31.50.

The sweet spot for me is sawing ties out of 12'' logs. They cost me $14 and make 8 stringers that pay $6.40 and a tie that pays $28.25. Three or 4 an hour makes the boss happy.
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[Brad_bb]

clintnelms, it's 122 BF by Doyle Scale.  Multiply that by the whatever the appropriate BF price is in your area or what you are willing to pay. 

[Florida boy]

Well it ends up the guy is easy going and gave me 5 pine ligs totaling about 450 bf. Says he's about to cut 5 or 2 good sized pines and several red oaks that I can have for free. His brother has been working for a tree service here in town (rural) and he's going to talk to him about logs. Hopefully more freebies.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Free is good! Congratulations of cultivating a source and saving these logs from the scrap heap or firewood pile. Keep up the good work.