3416 Chapter 27 



Table 27-80 — Average weight of 8 -foot- long mixed oak logs from the Missouri Ozarks 

 and average weight of lumber and residues they produce (Massengale 1971)''^-^''^ 



Log 

 diameter 

 (inches) 



Average weight per log of: 



8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



^Average log weights were determined from a 20-log sample for each diamter class. 

 ^Average moisture content of the bark was 48.7 percent (ovendry basis). 

 ^Average moisture content of the sawdust was 69.9 percent (ovendry basis). 

 "^Values are rounded. 



