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Log measurement and scaling: volume, sorting rules and payment

Log measurement · Beginner

How logs are measured, converted and sorted, and how those rules turn into payment: Huber and Smalian volume, RVR rounding and allowances, Swedish bark functions and stacks, board-foot log rules, sorting classes, log cost per cubic metre of sawn timber and storage, with worked calculations.

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  1. 1. Why log measurement is a payment question 10 min
  2. 2. Measuring one log: mid-diameter, Huber and Smalian 11 min
  3. 3. Under bark, scanners and mill measurement: Sweden, Austria, Poland 11 min
  4. 4. Stacked wood and weight: from Rm to Fm and tonnes 10 min
  5. 5. Board-foot log rules in North America 10 min
  6. 6. Sorting rules: diameter, quality and form 11 min
  7. 7. From volume to money: price, recovery and contract clauses 11 min
  8. 8. Storage, traceability and a measurement routine 12 min

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