CUBIC FOOT WEIGHT SCALING OF ROCKY-MOUNTAIN AREA SAWTIMBER

Cubic-foot/weight scaling of short ponderosa pine and white spruce log s required less than half the number of truckloads to be both weighed and stick scaled as compared with the number required for Scribner boa rd-foot/weight scaling. Cubic-foot/weight scaling of long Engelmann sp ruce and white fir logs resulted in 19% fewer loads to be weighed and stick scaled as compared with the number required for Scribner board-f oot/weight scaling. The study showed that ratio weights need to be rec alculated depending upon changes in timber size and woods storage time .