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As old-growth goes in the Pacific northwest the butt logs were rife with defects and oftenculled. Second logs were more times clear of defects and knots, and commanded top price. third logs and up had more knots and were graded accordingly.

I remember that. And even being 2 inches short on trim still leaves the mill with 4 inches of trim to saw off. Boy they showed you.

Stud lengths are set in 8 foot multiples. Thus a 40 foot log would have five 8 foot multiples. Totally 40 feet, plus 1 foot of trim 41 feet. The bad thing about stud-lengths is, as the mill goes, a 40 foot log that is short by 1 inch of trim would be down-graded to a 32 foot log. Even...

You know it.

When it comes down to the worth of a log, true volume verses calculated volume, everyone in the chain is after a bigger piece of the action. From the forester to land owner, to the faller, to the logger, to the log trucker, to the log buyer, to the mill... all the way to retail. Everyone...

All trim specs are subject to change without notice. Between the Fed, State, Corporate and private timber holdings, and all the different mills, trim specs keep changing. I had dozens of different bucking cards. They change constantly.