Scaling vs Milling, How Much Wood Is Actually In My Logs?

I have always wondered about how many board feet are actually in a log. The conventional way is to scale the log to determine the amount of board footage the log has. This is how mills purchase logs from loggers. But is the scale of the logs actually the correct amount? In this video I scale a log and then mill it up for a customer and see how many board feet I actually recover. The results are surprising.

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[anthoneyking]

Great Vlog mate I really like your Vlogs as I watch your mining ones too the shaker table for me is the best really Clever stuff thank you

[sillywillie]

Awesome video! Fred crack's me up !

[rockman]

Hi Jason, Great to see you up in your woods again! All those boards were beautiful - almost cabinet grade! Does Fred do well selling the scrap as firewood? Take Care, Jim

[nombea]

IDK, but I bet this guy knows a lot about smelting precious metals too.

[ibnfevet]

Is that cheaper for the customer where you live. Im confised why someone would spend 2.00 board foot vs a big box store that would have dried board readily available for a little over 1.00 a board foot. I have loggin equipment and a small sawmill so im genuinely interested.

[pamtnman]

So I’m confused here. How much board footage was anticipated vs how much total was sawn up into usable lumber?