Doyle reading...

[Scraper]

Property in my area is auctioning off trees and gave a doyle reading of ~73,000.

My question is...what does this doyle reading refer to? Usable board feet?

Thanks!

 

[Treeman14]

Its one way to estimate the usable lumber in a stand.

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Doyle_scale_basics.html

 

[swampwhiteoak]

Historically the Doyle rule was used to determine actual expected board feet. Now mills are much more modern and usually average 20-30% over doyle depending on log size. That doesn't mean you are getting screwed. It is best to view all log rules as a means of the buyer determining value, not of actual usable board feet. There are many log rules, scribner, International (both 1/4 and 1/8 inch), cubic feet, cubic meters, ect. The doyle rule is the traditional measure in the east.

 

[Scraper]

Thanks for the responses guys!