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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: H60 Hawk Pilot on October 18, 2010, 03:10:10 PM
I ran this Log through the different Scales (listed ^ above).
Log is 14.5 inches at the small end and 12 Ft. long.
Doyle = 83 b f
Scribner = 100 b f
Intl. = 110 b f
I'm thinking that the Doyle Scale is used to purchase logs and a little on the low side but work's better for all grades
of wood, bowed, etc. .
I tried the Scribner last night and was real close to the 100 B F. I graphed the 14.5 inch log on graph paper and got 98 board feet. I took in account for 3/16" blade cuts and it all worked out on graph paper.
Also, this was a perfect log... straight & good wood and all that.
My Question:
Use Doyle to buy wood, Use Scribner/ International Scale to scale nice logs for (expected) B F and make No mistake's when cutting ?
H P
H P
You figured that out pretty well. 8)
Keep in mind, that all the scales allow for deductions for sweep, crook, rot, checks, etc that limit the lumber produced from a log.
Some parts of the country will set one as a standard measure. Here it's Scribner Decimal C. Other places it's Doyle but that is best used for buying, not selling as you figured.