Guessing board feet in a log?
A guy called me to come and look at a cherry tree he'd cut down a couple years ago because he wants me to give him a nominal fee for the tree parts.
(the same guy who has the coffeewood tree that is humongous!)
I thought it was a waste of time but he has 4 12' pieces that at the most are about 36" diameter near the base and about 30" diameter all the length of the other 3 pieces.
A online board calculator tells me i can get between 900-1200 board feet per 12' section, so just as a log what would be a cheap price i could offer per log?
Keep in mind that i have to pay for a guy to bandsaw it for me and another person to kiln dry it for me (kiln drying costs around $350.00 for a month or so of kiln time) not sure what the bandsaw guy will cost.
What would you pay for a 36" wide 1-2" thick piece of Cherry that was 10-12' long? (assuming i would want to sell some to help defer the costs)
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