However as tables 2 3 and 5 illustrate using a fixed conversion factor requires making an accurate assumption about average log or tree diameter.
Ton of hardwood logs.
1 cord 128 ft3 x 4 x 4 x 8 85 ft3 solid wood 15ft3 air and 28ft3 of bark 1 tonne 1000 kilograms 1 1023 tons.
Hardwood logs or softwood logs.
Of imperial units x conversion factor metric units conversion factor imperial units.
Current one year ago ten years ago.
1 cunit 2 8317 m3.
Scragg mill operators have told me mixed hardwood small logs take about 6 7 tons for a thousand board foot.
Also called dumpy bags or bulk bags the most common size can hold about 0 7 cubic metres of logs which being less dense than sand or gravel will weigh considerably less than a ton.
Of course there are many more hardwood species.
These scale images show a 1 cubic metre pile of loose logs the same quantity of logs neatly stacked taking up 2 3 cubic metre and a builder s bag of loose logs containing 0 7 cubic metre of loose logs.
2q20 2q19 up dn 2q10 up dn pine sawtimber.
Actual prices may vary.
This is the mill price for those woods if you own land with timber and sell the.
Also if you are buying by the ton crooked logs will yield less.
For the purposes of firewood hardwoods are most commonly oak ash elm beech birch sycamore aspen cherry and alder.
The tms market news bulletin 2q2020.
Prices are based on an average calculated from a sample of timber buyers across the u s and only intended to provide an estimate of trends and current prices.
Prices shown are based on per ton stumpage price.
As the log size diameter goes up your percentage of waste slabs goes down.
1 cord 2 4070 m3.
Hardwood logs come from broadleaf woodland.
For convenience mills commonly settle on a fixed conversion factor when procuring logs for example from 8 9 tons mbf for hardwood and from 7 8 tons mbf for pine.
1 ton 200 lbs 0 9072 tonnes.
At present the average price for pulp wood is hovering around 25 00 per ton the average price of pine saw logs is around 30 00 per ton and the average price for hardwood saw logs is around 35 00 per ton.
Cord or hardwood pulpwood to pounds and tons.
22 74 24 56 1 82 29 41 6 67 mixed hardwood sawtimber.
30 65 30 82 0 17 23 43 7 22 source.
Approximate weight conversion for hardwood pulpwood from cord measure to weight measure thousand board feet of hardwood sawtimber to pounds and tons.