This year's find at the flea or fleece market east of here. It will be a wall ornament.
Flea Market Find
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Belly robber's stick. 
treeslayer2003
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plot stick?
Dam knit I been looking for one for years...
gomoto69
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Scaling ruler isn't it?
treeslayer2003
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i gotta know what it is please
It's a deadly weapon. People have stolen more money with those than Dillinger did with a gun.
gomoto69
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Looks like a scaling ruler used by the scaler to estimate board feet in a given log, i don't know exactly how it worked but they would measure butt diameter with it, and the numbers on the scale would be show the board feet per length, maybe measured butt and top diameter? Not sure.
treeslayer2003
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it some kind of scale stick then lol. what gets used there? doyle?
looks like it will stick in the ground why i thought plot stick..........i really should get one and learn to use it.
county guy showed me how to use a prism.......i don't have alot of use for that, i can come plenty close on that with a guesstimate.
looks like it will stick in the ground why i thought plot stick..........i really should get one and learn to use it.
county guy showed me how to use a prism.......i don't have alot of use for that, i can come plenty close on that with a guesstimate.
It is a simple scale stick. It measures diameters of the ends of the logs. It isn't like the Coconino stick. The Coconino ones had volumes listed on the edges. This one has a serious spud on the end. You would stab that into any spots looking suspicious to see if it was soft/rot. The really coordinated scalers
could also use the spud to open the Staple staple staple staple....staple load ticket and do it gracefully.
This one is only 4 feet long. The one I had at work was 6 feet. It was primarily a wall decoration but I did take it out one day when we had to scale logs in an area where fallers
were confused and fell the wrong trees.
I'm not sure which emoticon to use for scalers so I used. The scaling shack was the center of information. Our 6 ramp one is gone.
could also use the spud to open the Staple staple staple staple....staple load ticket and do it gracefully. This one is only 4 feet long. The one I had at work was 6 feet. It was primarily a wall decoration but I did take it out one day when we had to scale logs in an area where fallers
were confused and fell the wrong trees. I'm not sure which emoticon to use for scalers so I used
. The scaling shack was the center of information. Our 6 ramp one is gone.
Here's a great link.
http://www.ibsp.idaho.gov/IdahoLogScalingManual-2008 Edition (print).pdf
http://www.ibsp.idaho.gov/IdahoLogScalingManual-2008 Edition (print).pdf
DavdH
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It is a water stick, they are still in use and can be bought from forestry supply houses. When water scaling ya hook it on the log straight up and down and read the inches. It can't be very old cause the it is short, the sharp end should be about 3X longer it has jabbed many rocks, and stones and pavement. Every trucker has to play with it until they bleed..it is or should be super sharp.
Ahhhh, that explains the stoutness. Thanks...
Scribner Decimal C. Lately its been called a bureau scale? which is basically just robbing us even more.
At one place, we had the last of the Forest Service scalers. He'd phone up and complain when there were too many staples used on the load tickets. But he'd also let us know when the branding and painting wasn't done very well. I appreciated that.
Gypo Logger
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Scribners a good scale, Doyle beats up bad on smaller logs. Seems the International rule may be the fairest.
When in hardwood it's always Doyle.
I have a stick like that. It'sa BC Ten Times Cubic Scale Rule.
Made by Robert's Industries LTD. Vancouver B.C.
I'll take a pic, it will last longer.
treeslayer2003
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i sell every thing by doyle or weight conversion.........i like doyle better than weight.
Gypo Logger
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In some ways I like the Doyle too, except for that it beats up bad on smaller wood.
What I like is that you can figure out footage easy in your head.
Tip dia. in inches, minus 4, divided by 4, squared x length.
Therefore a log with a 20" tip and 10' long has 160 board ft.
