CCF's?

[redprospector]

Anybody bid on US Forest Service timber sales?
I was looking at an invitation to bid on a sale. All of the volumes are in CCF's.
Ok, let me just go ahead and expose my ignorance...What is a CCF, and how many board feet are in a CCF? I've got the feeling this sale is a little bigger than I really want to tackle right now, but I'm not sure, and no one is at the FS to ask on Sunday. 

[Magicman]

CCF

[beenthere]

Hundreds of cubic feet

[redprospector]

Thanks guy's,
WDH did an very good job of explaining in detail.
I should have used the search function...but in all honesty, it never occurred to me. Duh!
I had the basic idea I guess, but the saw kerf loss didn't occur to me until I read it. As I suspected this sale is a little too big for me at this time. I really don't need a million board feet right now.  ;)

[ehp]

Come on Andy go for it , you can do it

[treeslayer2003]

this is all pulp or chip wood?

[redprospector]

Come on Andy go for it , you can do it

Haha. I know I could do it, but why?  :D
I figure that with the equipment I have, if I have all perfect days, no break downs, I could get it all off the mountain in a little over a year. But then it would take me 4 more years of perfect days to get it all milled. I'm not sure the logs would last that long.  :D

[redprospector]

this is all pulp or chip wood?

They quit sending out sample contracts unless you ask for one. But according to the 1 page letter (invitation to bid) that I got it's a mix of conifers, Douglas Fir, True Fir, Western White Pine, and a little bit of Ponderosa Pine. About 70% is supposed to be "saw logs" (12" DBH and over) and about 30% is pulp wood (9" to 11.9" DBH). Funny thing is, there isn't any pulp mills within 750 miles I bet.  :D That's ok though, there's no sawmills left around here either. The only mills around here are a bunch of us dummy's that refuse to find a new occupation. I don't think there is a circle saw among the whole bunch of us. We've all got portable band mills, just trying to keep the lifestyle we chose alive. And in the meantime the USDA Forest Service keeps putting out million board foot sales.  :D