How many board feet in an average cord

[barbender]

Our trucks haul 16' red pine logs that are over 20" diameter to a mill all the time...those trucks haul 8' pine that is weigh scaled at Potlatch, typically 12 cords. Well guess how many board feet those 16' loads scale at the log mill? 5500-6000bf. Shocker I know. Mr. Birr I hope you are buying those 1000bf cords rather than selling, I'd hate see a new Sawyer buy his first load of 10 cords/10MBF logs from you. Perhaps if you are close enough I could have the boss send you a few of our 12MBF specials😁

[Gearbox]

Barbender That last load I brought you had 3000 board feet on a 12000 pound trailer .

[barbender]

Yep that's what I scaled it as- I don't want to short anyone, you know😁

[SwampDonkey]

You know, I have purchased 4' boards from a local supplier at much reduced $$/bf. I would think on fast tapered logs, one can cut those 4' boards off the big end from otherwise thick slabs, but in no way does that make up the other 500 bf. Nice to get all you can from a log though..... ermm...on volume and $$. ;D

[O.R.Birr]

Obviously people are not taking time to read the posts of myself and others who don't go along with the 2.2 cords per thousand theory.  By the way, I'm refering to grade A clear sawlogs.  A good logger can produce logs that make way more than board footage by making square cuts, cutting for best grade, and trimming the swell on the end to make them lay better.  It looks to me like there are alot of people with bad attitudes on this forum who just people to beleive what they want them to.  Myself and others on here just want an honest opinion.  I personally wouldn't beleive someone who states a number written in stone when it comes to working with wood.

[btulloh]

Have you sawed logs into lumber?  Have you produced a thousand bf from a cord of logs? I think our bad attitude might improve if you could demonstrate this for us. 

[btulloh]

You might find one of the threads on the best two stroke oil of interest. 

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=111849.0

[barbender]

I did read your posts, which seem to me theoretical and based on numbers, which do not add up anyways. I and others gave you real world examples of lumber being produced in the area of that 500bf/cord rule of thumb. You have given no examples at all, except how much air is in a 4x4x8 area. We are not sawing air. I would love to see your real world examples. Put up or shut up.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Why does anyone want to know how many board feet are in a cord?

[hacknchop]

There's good reasoning in having different units of measure for different products so when a tree is harvested it is then separated into logs ft or pulp and firewood cords.
Now some places buy product according to weight which is based on the average yield per ton. Nothing to argue about unless your buying or selling and using the wrong unit of measure be like ordering 1000 gallons of gravel can be figured out,but unless your filling a tank who cares. 

[Ricker]

The log scale rule could care less if they are grade A clear or #4, and it assumes the logs are straight or you get deductions for sweep.  Logs brought to the mill should have 6" of trim added to the length of a log, so if you can't cut square enough to stay in that, you ain't no logger.  A good sawyer uses toe boards to compensate for swell that isn't trimmed. We have tried to give you a honest opinion based on real world experience.  But it doesn't agree with your belief so our opinions must a conspiracy. I guess you should buy a log rule and a sawmill and believe your own eyes.

[Stephen1]

I am just going to follow along..... smiley_bull_stomp