TAPPI T 268 OM

Abstract

A method is described (1, 2) for determining the weight of pulpwood per unit of volume (a standardracked cord). <br>The determination in this method refers to an ideally racked cord, which usually is not identical to commercially scaled wood, because: <br>There is always a change in apparent volume after sawing longer lengths into shorter lengths and repiling. <br>The voids along the sides and bottom of the cord as racked experimentally are partly filled in the ordinary scaled cord. <br>Shaking and jolting during shipment (if the scaling is done at the unloading terminal) normally cause the wood to settle more compactly. <br>This method will also provide data on the gross weight of wood in a cord; the average, maximum, and minimum diameters of bark-free logs; percentage bark by green weight and volume; average length of logs; moisture content; density; solid wood volume; and the total oven-dry weight of bark-free wood per cord.