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Chapter 27 



Table 27-76 — Estimated weight of black tupelo logs with bark by length and diameter 

 inside bark, small end (Timson 1972)*'^'^ 



^W = 195.5815 - 7.8292D + 0.3826D2l. 



^Line encompasses weight based on 90 percent of the logs measured; values outside the dark line 

 are based on the remaining 10 percent of the field samples. 



^Study was conducted at six mills in Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia and included a total of 

 4,800 woods-run logs representing 15 commercially important Appalachian hardwood species. 



"^Add to or subtract from weight to obtain range interval. 



