Figure your board feet.
Lumber and timbers on one side, logs on the other. We cut true dimension, so a 2x6 here is a full 2 by 6, and the math below works the same way we figure it at the mill.
The quote button carries your list over to the quote form so you don't have to type it twice. We can't cut under 8 feet on the mill, and anything over 20 feet long or 12 inches wide depends on the logs we have, so call or send it over and we'll tell you.
Doyle
The old standard, and the scale we use when we buy logs. It runs low on small logs and catches up on big ones.
Scribner
Common on timber sales and government scaling. On most logs it lands between the other two.
International ¼"
The closest of the three to what a modern mill actually saws out of a log, so it's the best guess at your lumber.
Measure the small end, inside the bark. Log scales are estimates: rot, sweep, metal and what you want cut all change the real number. Logs need to be at least 8 feet long for the mill, and anything over 32 feet or about 35 inches across, give us a call first.
A board foot is 12 by 12 by 1.
Thickness in inches, times width in inches, times length in feet, divided by 12. A 2x12 that's 12 feet long is 24 board feet. An 8x8 that's 10 feet long is about 53.
Big box lumber is sold by nominal size, so their 2x6 is really 1-1/2 by 5-1/2. Ours is cut true dimension, which means you get every bit of the wood you're counting.
| Size | Board feet per foot | 8 ft | 12 ft | 16 ft |
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Rather talk it through?
Grab 15 minutes on the phone, or come walk the yard and see the wood in person.