Measurements 1 (3/8/21)

Question 1

What are sections of a tree cut into sections 8 feet or more?

Answer 1

Logs

Question 2

Sections of a tree cut into sections less than 8 feet.

Answer 2

Sticks or Bolts

Question 3

A plank that measures 1 inch thick by 12 inches long by 12 inches wide.

Answer 3

Board Foot

Question 4

Southern Yellow pines average approximately how many cubic feet of solid wood per cord?

Answer 4

75

Question 5

What’s a 100 cubic feet of solid wood?

Answer 5

Cunit

Question 6

Defined as a stack of wood 4 foot by 4 foot by 8 foot and contains 128 cubic feet.

Answer 6

Cord

Question 7

The change in diameter of a standing tree form DBH to the top of the bole.

Answer 7

Taper

Question 8

The process of measuring a wood product to determine the volume.

Answer 8

Scaling

Question 9

The least accurate cubic volume formula.

Answer 9

Smellion’s

Question 10

The most accurate cubic volume formula.

Answer 10

Newton’s

Question 11

The ratio of the density of the material to the density of water.

Answer 11

Specific Gravity

Question 12

The cross sectional area in square feet of a single tree stem at DBH.

Answer 12

Basal Area

Question 13

The amount of wood equivalent to a solid cube that measures 12 in. by 12 in. by 12 in.

Answer 13

Cubic Foot

Question 14

This results when the log scale of logs going into a sawmill is greater than the lumber yield.

Answer 14

Underrun

Question 15

When the log scale of logs going into a sawmill is less than the lumber yield.

Answer 15

Overrun

Question 16

This rule was devised on the premise that sawing 1 in. thick boards with a 1/4 in. kerf from perfectly circular logs based on the diameter of the small end of the log and no taper taken into account, is considered to be intermediate in accuracy.

Answer 16

Scribner

Question 17

This rule greatly underestimates the volume of lumber that can be obtained from small logs it’s the most common rule in the south.

Answer 17

Doyle

Question 18

This rule assumes sawing 1 in. thick lumber with a 1/4 in. kerf allowing for 1/2 in. taper per each 4 feet.

Answer 18

International

Question 19

A table or formula showing estimated volumes usually in board feet for various log diameters and log lengths.

Answer 19

Log Rule

Question 20

Most mills that use weight scaling use their own _____.

Answer 20

Local Conversion Tables

Question 21

T or F: Loggers get paid based on weight scale prefer to allow the cut trees to season on the loading deck for a few weeks before hauling them to the mill.

Answer 21

False, the sooner you get it in the better because you will lose water weight.

Question 22

T or F: Slow growing trees tend to weigh more than fast growing trees of the same size of species.

Answer 22

True, they are more dense

Question 23

List 2 reasons that mills now use weight scaling instead of stick scaling.

Answer 23

1. Faster

2. Cheaper

Question 24

7.5 cords of pine is how many feet of solid wood.

Answer 24

7.5 * 75 =562.5

Question 25

Formula for basal area.

Answer 25

0.005454 * D^2