Log Length Hardwood Value

1 a hardwood log grading handbook adam taylor university of tennessee a good understanding of log valuation will help landowners loggers log buyers and saw millers agree on the fair value for a load of logs.

Log length hardwood value. Hardwood pallet logs maximum diameter on butt end 18. Cut with an estimated lumber value of 133. Log length influence on bucking values andlog length influence on bucking values and revenue improvement buckinggp p g patterns optimal value with log allocation constraint and. If cut at an unlikely 14 2 3 feet in length 3 feet of defective material plus 11 feet and 8 inches of clear.

L measured log length feet the relevance of the sweep defect in hardwood sawlogs is the potential for sweep to reduce lumber yield when straight sawing. Standard deductions taken for sweep rot etc. 1 250 would be read as 250 1000 bf or 25 bf poplar. Refer to pb 1772 a hardwood log grading handbook taylor 2009 for more detailed explanations of log valuation.

The effect of log sweep on lumber yield depends on log small end. The chart with log prices should be read as price per 1000 bf. Table 1 prices by species paid for delivered veneer logs mbf doyle scale and price ratio for. Hardwood logs not meeting specs are paid at 80 m or culled aspen basswood.

The next log is then likely to be 16 inches dib and cut at 16 feet or shorter. Length deduction method used when defects result in lumber shorter than log length it should be used when the deduction for squared defect exceeds the scale of the log length such defects may include sweep fire scar. Some in the timber industry have 2. Forests requiring log length bucking.

In other words if you add a decimal in front that would be price per board foot. Minimum diameter 10 maximum. Quality and tree log value.