Bd ft ? in a stickered pile

[Ironwood]

If you are storing them for some time, I would encourage some gaps along the length (side) of the boards to promote better air circulation. So given that each layer might be on a 48" stick, but the yield per layer might be 42" wide.  I stick ALOT of lumber and keep it drying outside, out of the elements.


 Ironwood

[jimparamedic]

Most hard wood lumber is sold by the 1/4"  Lumber can be funny some times it pay best by the hour and some times by the board foot and believe it or not some times the running foot   For my rough est. I look at the size of cant I will get from the log  such as if the log will make a cant that is 12"x12"x96" and about a 10 persent + loss = 80 bdft I like to figure low to make up for other unforseen losses   

[woodmills1]

lumber is calculated based on 1/4" increments from one inch up so 1 3/8 is at 1 1/4

however if a customer asked for 1 3/8 I would use that for figuring, it is not done on the open market however.

[Big Timber]

Why is everyone talking inches?  NHLA uses standard lengths.  What I do, per stack- measure each bd width, add your widths, do this for 4 layers, div and get your average-  step back and look at your lengths, get an average length.  Ok, you know your thickness, cause you sawed the lumber your self or you told the sawyer how thick you wanted the logs cut.  Now do the simple math, your av length X your av width from 3 or 4 layers X thickness divided by 12.  There you go, easy as 1 2 3!

[moonhill]

width in feet length in feet estimate makes it easy


sorry I missed the 2 piles but feet by feet is easy

I tally al my own cut by the board

I tally all my customer cut wood by the board



when and if someone says how much for that stack I will estimate based on feet

3 foot wide 12 foot long 12 layers


DO THE MATH

At times I get into a rut and can't think beyond it.  This is the way to estimate, which I will now use frequently.  But if you need accurate board feet counts you need to figure the width in inches and divide by 12 for board feet.  That is if you have measured the length in feet as well.  If the length is measured in inches you have to divide by 144 to reach the board feet count. 

Just a little more fog for the thread.

Tim