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Cubic Foot-Board Foot-Cord Equivalents

Approximate Equivalents of Forest Products

Cubic Feet Board Feet Cords Cubic Meters (steres)
1 6 0.0283
200 1,000 2 7.25
90 500 1 2.5
35 138 0.25 1

Weight per MBF Scribner Decimal C log rule by species

Species Average Weight per MBF(1) Range(1)
lbs. lbs.
Longleaf 15,500 14,215-18,130
Longleaf-Loblolly 15,000
Loblolly 14,900
Slash 15,100 12,964-16,336
Slash-Longleaf 15,100 13,136-16,364
Slash, pond, loblolly, longleaf 15,400 14,017-15,955
Shortleaf 14,700
Pond 13,770
Slash-Loblolly 14,900 14,097-16,090

1 Average and range values were derived from many weight sales, and they have been used for actual weight scaling in Southestern Georgia. Source: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1965. Selling sawtimber by the pound. Unpublished study.

Relation of Southern pine Sawlog Weights to scaled volume

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