62 percent of pine lumbar is cut from 10-inch or smaller logs in the Central Piedmont of South Carolina

Abstract

Pine logs as small as 5 inches in diameter inside bark and trees 6 inches in diameter breast high are utilized for saw timber in the South Carolina Piedmont. More lumber is sawed from 8-inch logs than from any other size, while 12- and 14-inch trees provide nearly 50 percent of the board-foot volume cut. The bar graphs are based on measurements of 1,029 logs at 25 sawmills and 412 trees cut on 21 tracts.

Citation

Haines, William H.B. 1953. 62 percent of pine lumbar is cut from 10-inch or smaller logs in the Central Piedmont of South Carolina. USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Research Notes, No. 36