Charles has a load of 14 logs, 10 feet long, having an average diameter of 32 inches at the small end. How many total board feet of usable lumber are in the logs? He used the Doyle log rule to calculate the board feet in a log.





Where: BF is the approximate board feet of usable lumber in a log.

d is the log’s small-end diameter, in.

l is the length of the log, ft.


6,860 bf

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