plasticweld
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I found a market for pallet wood the price is per ton. I looked for a table that would break down the weight of lumber based on Scribner Scale. I can find Doyle conversions but I have not sold soft wood using Doyle. I did find this chart but the figures seem too high. Anyone with first hand experience with what a 1000 board feet of soft wood "pine, hemlock" weighs and what a 1000 board feet of oak weighs using International rule or Scribner works out to be. I need info info to offer the landowner a fair price per ton as this is how it would be sold. I can estimate the footage I have no real experience estimating tonage. After it is bought it will not matter this is just so I can be fair...Bob
These seem high to me base on other charts on the net I have found. "What say You" but they are the most complete. The last two figures under wood type, weight per thousand and weight per cord. The top two are for sawn lumber
Weights of Various Woods (pounds per 1000 board feet)
Species Lumber Lumber Logs Wood
¡¡ Green (Mbf) Air Dry 12 in. Green Cord
Ash, white
4,000
3,450
11,100
4,320
Aspen, (Popple)
3,500
2,250
10,800
3,780
Balsam
3,750
2,200
10,400
4,050
Basswood
3,400
2,150
9,500
3,690
Beech
4,600
3,650
12,700
4,950
Birch, yellow
4,850
3,600
13,200
5,220
Cedar, western, red
2,250
1,920
6,200
2,430
Cherry, black
3,850
2,920
10,500
4,140
Chestnut
4,600
2,500
12,600
4,950
Cottonwood
4,100
2,400
10,700
4,410
Cypress, southern
4,250
2,700
11,800
4,590
Elm, white
4,400
3,700
11,300
4,770
Elm, slippery
4,700
3,100
12,600
5,040
Fir, balsam
3,750
2,200
10,400
4,050
Fir, douglas
3,200
2,850
8,700
3,420
Gum, black
3,750
2,920
10,400
4,050
Gum, red (sweet)
4,200
2,850
10,600
4,500
Hackberry
4,200
3,100
11,300
4,500
Hemlock, eastern
4,100
2,350
11,200
4,410
Hickory
5,350
4,250
14,700
5,760
Locust, black
4,850
4,100
13,400
5,220
Maple, sugar
4,700
3,700
12,900
5,040
Maple red
4,200
3,200
11,900
4,500
Maple, silver
3,750
2,750
10,500
4,050
Oak, red
5,250
3,700
14,800
5,670
Oak, white
5,200
4,000
14,400
5,580
Pine, jack
4,200
2,500
11,500
4,500
Pine, loblolly
4,500
3,200
12,400
4,860
Pine, longleaf
4,250
3,400
11,100
4,590
Pine, Norway (red)
3,500
2,750
9,700
3,780
Pine, pitch
4,500
2,900
12,400
4,860
Pine, shortlleaf
4,250
3,200
10,400
4,590
Pine, slash
4,700
4,000
12,200
5,040
Pine, sugar
4,250
2,100
11,500
4,590
Pine, yellow (western)
3,750
2,350
11,300
4,050
Pine, white
2,920
2,250
9,000
3,150
Poplar, yellow (tulip)
3,200
2,350
8,800
3,420
Spruce, black
2,700
2,350
7,700
2,880
Sycamore
4,350
2,920
12,000
4,860
Walnut, black
4,840
3,250
11,900
5,220
These seem high to me base on other charts on the net I have found. "What say You" but they are the most complete. The last two figures under wood type, weight per thousand and weight per cord. The top two are for sawn lumber
Weights of Various Woods (pounds per 1000 board feet)
Species Lumber Lumber Logs Wood
¡¡ Green (Mbf) Air Dry 12 in. Green Cord
Ash, white
4,000
3,450
11,100
4,320
Aspen, (Popple)
3,500
2,250
10,800
3,780
Balsam
3,750
2,200
10,400
4,050
Basswood
3,400
2,150
9,500
3,690
Beech
4,600
3,650
12,700
4,950
Birch, yellow
4,850
3,600
13,200
5,220
Cedar, western, red
2,250
1,920
6,200
2,430
Cherry, black
3,850
2,920
10,500
4,140
Chestnut
4,600
2,500
12,600
4,950
Cottonwood
4,100
2,400
10,700
4,410
Cypress, southern
4,250
2,700
11,800
4,590
Elm, white
4,400
3,700
11,300
4,770
Elm, slippery
4,700
3,100
12,600
5,040
Fir, balsam
3,750
2,200
10,400
4,050
Fir, douglas
3,200
2,850
8,700
3,420
Gum, black
3,750
2,920
10,400
4,050
Gum, red (sweet)
4,200
2,850
10,600
4,500
Hackberry
4,200
3,100
11,300
4,500
Hemlock, eastern
4,100
2,350
11,200
4,410
Hickory
5,350
4,250
14,700
5,760
Locust, black
4,850
4,100
13,400
5,220
Maple, sugar
4,700
3,700
12,900
5,040
Maple red
4,200
3,200
11,900
4,500
Maple, silver
3,750
2,750
10,500
4,050
Oak, red
5,250
3,700
14,800
5,670
Oak, white
5,200
4,000
14,400
5,580
Pine, jack
4,200
2,500
11,500
4,500
Pine, loblolly
4,500
3,200
12,400
4,860
Pine, longleaf
4,250
3,400
11,100
4,590
Pine, Norway (red)
3,500
2,750
9,700
3,780
Pine, pitch
4,500
2,900
12,400
4,860
Pine, shortlleaf
4,250
3,200
10,400
4,590
Pine, slash
4,700
4,000
12,200
5,040
Pine, sugar
4,250
2,100
11,500
4,590
Pine, yellow (western)
3,750
2,350
11,300
4,050
Pine, white
2,920
2,250
9,000
3,150
Poplar, yellow (tulip)
3,200
2,350
8,800
3,420
Spruce, black
2,700
2,350
7,700
2,880
Sycamore
4,350
2,920
12,000
4,860
Walnut, black
4,840
3,250
11,900
5,220
