board feet in a log

[billfosburgh]

anyone have a log scale on here? just took down a tree that yielded 8 8ft logs. 2 are 3ft in diam. the rest about 2 ft. guy has a band mill wants $1 a board foot to saw them. im trying to estimate the feet so i can see about what it will cost me
thanks

[Admin]

A buck a bf sounds expensive. My guy charges .23 per bf or something like that. I'd shop around a bit. You could most likely find a log conversion chart online. You can find anything nowadays by googling it.

[northwoodstrapper]

The guy I use charges $50 per hour, and the saw never stops. He cuts a pot full of wood.

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Oct 16, 2013 18:41:49 GMT -5 Admin said:

A buck a bf sounds expensive. My guy charges .23 per bf or something like that. I'd shop around a bit. You could most likely find a log conversion chart online. You can find anything nowadays by googling it.

I have to agree with JC. That sounds a bit pricey.

[billfosburgh]

i kinda thought that might be high at a buck a ft. ill look around. i know of one other mill close so ill se what he charges.
ill google the conversion. i used to have a log scale years ago. maybe ill see if ebay has any

[loggerlloyd]

an eight foot log 24 inches in diameter has 200 bd ft in it. so your looking at 1600 hundred anyway.

[billfosburgh]

thanks. i did find a coversion chart & you are right on. 1600.00 is to much for me to have 8 logs sawn. gonna do some serious shopping around

[mrchicken]

Yeah that is too high.

Normal price is something like $75-150 trip/set up charge, then $xx per hour. Since yours is a small job of only 8 logs, the trip charge might be higher to make it worth loading up/setting up and trailering the mill to your place.

Local prices may vary.

[billfosburgh]

heck. im loading & hauling them to him. and he said blades were $50 that if he hit anything & ruined a blade it was $50 id have to pay
this guy is looking worse by the minuite

[Admin]

1600 for 8 logs is just plain ridiculous. I must be getting a good deal cause I never get hit with a setup charge. The last time he was here he sawed a big pile of logs for around 600 bucks.

[stickbowhntr]

Try www.woodweb.com lots good stuff like how many board feet how heavy etc calculators

[billfosburgh]

foung a guy close by with a conventional mill for .30 cents a board foot
thats more like it

[Admin]

WTG Bill. .30 is much better.