I have 11 acres of planted pines in charlton county ga on land i just purchased.
Acresoh hardwoods to get a ton.
As a logger and harvester of standing timber there are several factors to consider when determining the standing timber prices you will pay.
A log rule is a tabular system used in determining the net volumetric yield of a log.
A board foot is a wood plank that measures one inch by 12 inches by one inch.
Consequently the change in carbon density from converting forestland to cropland would be 85 27 metric tons of c hectare year of biomass plus 4 10 metric tons c hectare year of soil c minus 10 26 metric tons c hectare year from drained organic soils equaling a total loss of 99 62 metric tons c hectare year or 40 32 metric tons c acre.
You first need to determine the costs of harvesting your logs.
I am wanting to cut most of the trees so i can convert the land to pasture.
Mbf means thousand board feet.
Sawtimber that has a dbh of 18 is more valuable than 12 sawtimber for instance.
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Often the larger the sale the higher the price per unit of wood that can be offered.
This clear wood is only added after young trees self prune themselves by growing tall in a search for sunlight.
As logs get larger the per ton value of the trees increases.
Harvest type forest2market s transaction based data from actual timber sales throughout the us south over the last year 7 17 6 18 helps us answer the larger question.
The timber sale area is bounded by reedy creek forming the west boundary center line of state road ncsr 2007 forming the north boundary and lines described in deed book 8 j page 401 forming the south and east boundaries back to the creek west boundary.
Simply stated the larger diameter trees will yield more high grade lumber and veneer logs.
Therefore a delivered sawlog price of 40 ton is equal to.
A standard cord is a four foot by four foot by eight foot stack of wood.
This increase in grade on the larger trees is the result of having sufficient time to add clear knot free wood to their butt logs.
Hardwood 70 tons sale area property lines and boundary marking.
One cubic foot is equivalent to a 12 foot by 12 foot by 12 foot solid cube of.
Trees range from 4 9 in dia and 20 25 tall i know they would only be good for pulp wood but there s several plants near by including a chip plant down the road.
It can be more costly per unit of wood removed to cut only a few selected trees rather than cut most or all trees in the stand.
Interested in converting the delivered price ton to a price bf.
If a hardwood conversion of 9 tons mbf doyle is assumed then each ton has 111 board feet 1 000 board feet 9 tons mbf 111 bf.