Osage Orange Weight?

[Kirk_Allen]

I have an order of Osage to ship and am trying to estimate the weight.  I took one sample cant (11.02 bf) and came up with 5.88 lbs per BF.

Thus, an order of 435 bf would weigh 2,557.80.

This seems high.  I looked on the toolbox but Osage is not listed.  Anyone have any other information on what this stuff weighs green?  I know there are variables with moisture count but Im just looking for a ballpark number.

Is it OK to take a sample and assume the average weight for shipping purposes?

Thanks
Kirk

[Jeff]

I would say if you actually weighed a sample, you are coming closer then anything we ever do.  We just estimate 6 lbs a bf for dense hardwoods and 4 lbs for other for rough estimates.

[Curlywoods]

I honestly would have expected it weight more than that for a green dense wood like Osage (Bios d Arc for you Texans :-)).
  I would just round it up to 6 lbs a BF and go with that.

[isawlogs]

 ??? why would you texan be naming your wood in french  ???  * bois d'arc *..... is bow wood if translated.  Can you make bows with this wood ???

[Kirk_Allen]

Its the best wood in the world to make bows with.  Very popular with traditional archers.  

I made a sling-shot out of a "Y" branch this week for my nephew.  Its amazing how strong this stuff is.  

[Ron Wenrich]

My info says 62 lbs/cu ft green weight.  That comes out to about 5.2 lbs/bf.   12% wt is 56 lbs/cu ft or 4.7 lbs/bf

I would use your sample as a better basis.  A lot of variations between what a book says and what your wood says.

[SwampDonkey]

Kirk:

Ya can't beat an invitro weighed sample as you did. Varying degrees of moisture in the wood gives quite a range of weights.  :-/

[Kirk_Allen]

Thanks for all the input. I went with the sample weight, which I htink will be high since a good portion of the wood has bark on both sides.  The sample was a solid 32" cant.

Now I just have to weight for the check to clear and off it goes.

Thanks