billets to loose logs

[woody woodpecker]

Hi All does anyone know what quantity of loose logs cut to 8 " long that you will get from a cubic metre of billets , trying to determine if I can store more wood in the shed in billet bundles or cut into logs and stored in vented bags.

thanks chris

[Woodworks]

Depends how they're stored. We dry billets stacked up on pallets with the billet direction alternated between the rows to improve air circulation. It takes a fair bit more than a cube stacked like this to make a cube of logs but couldn't put an exact figure to it. Also depends how straight your billets are as a bit of bend over 1m billet creates a BIG air gap.

 

Ahh re read your post and you're storing in bundles. Don't think you going to save much space and you're going to make a fair bit of extra handling doing billets.

Edited May 18, 2015 by Woodworks

[rovers90]

You'll probably get ten different answers to this from ten different people but here's my two penneth!

 

I cut logs to 10inch length and reckon there is approx 340 logs in my 1.1 cubic metre loose pick up load. When stacked this is about 0.7 of a cubic metre. I would reckon you would get more cut logs stacked in the shed than stored loose in dumpy bags.

 

I hope this is of some use!

[big chris the log]

Hi All does anyone know what quantity of loose logs cut to 8 " long that you will get from a cubic metre of billets , trying to determine if I can store more wood in the shed in billet bundles or cut into logs and stored in vented bags.

thanks chris

 

Why put billets in the shed why not store outside with just the top covered then process into the bags dry and store them in the shed.

Depends on how big the billets are and how neatly stacked so as others have said probably 10 different answers from 10 different people,but a guess maybe just over a bag a metre.

Chris

[THE88MAN]

You'll probably get ten different answers to this from ten different people but here's my two penneth!

 

I cut logs to 10inch length and reckon there is approx 340 logs in my 1.1 cubic metre loose pick up load. When stacked this is about 0.7 of a cubic metre. I would reckon you would get more cut logs stacked in the shed than stored loose in dumpy bags.

 

I hope this is of some use!

 

This is about correct

[Mortimer Firewood]

Why put billets in the shed why not store outside with just the top covered then process into the bags dry and store them in the shed.

Depends on how big the billets are and how neatly stacked so as others have said probably 10 different answers from 10 different people,but a guess maybe just over a bag a metre.

Chris

 

I agree with cris billets need to be outside withe air flowing through them

 

I had two artic loads of beech so 52 ton this produced around 72 cube of billets and cut has produced around 70 bags so about the same

[Bespokefencing]

Hi Chris,

I had a customer ask for a cube of 8" logs instead of my usual 10".

I had a feeling 8" logs would have smaller voids when loose loaded and I would end up "doing myself."

I conducted an experiment to determine the effect that log length has on volume.

I took one cube of tight bundled billets, passed them over the saw bench and into a plywood "cube" box sat on top of a pallet, so that I could measure the final depth of cut logs in the box when I was finished.

Result - 900 mm depth = 0.9 m3 from 1m3 of billets. I had to add another 10% to level the box.(Humbug)

Lesson learned,33% more cutting and more handling for 10% less volume with 8" logs.

This customer collects in his Transit so it didn't hurt too much.

I have still to try the same experiment for 10", I hope to produce 1m3 from 0.9m3 of billets. (Anyway, that's what the French do with their steres!)

In future 8" customers will be paying a bit more.

Regards,

Callum.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Hi Chris,

I had a customer ask for a cube of 8" logs instead of my usual 10".

I had a feeling 8" logs would have smaller voids when loose loaded and I would end up "doing myself."

I conducted an experiment to determine the effect that log length has on volume.

I took one cube of tight bundled billets, passed them over the saw bench and into a plywood "cube" box sat on top of a pallet, so that I could measure the final depth of cut logs in the box when I was finished.

Result - 900 mm depth = 0.9 m3 from 1m3 of billets. I had to add another 10% to level the box.(Humbug)

Lesson learned,33% more cutting and more handling for 10% less volume with 8" logs.

This customer collects in his Transit so it didn't hurt too much.

I have still to try the same experiment for 10", I hope to produce 1m3 from 0.9m3 of billets. (Anyway, that's what the French do with their steres!)

In future 8" customers will be paying a bit more.

Regards,

Callum.

 

We have a few elderly clients that ordered 6 inch logs as they know they get more bang for there buck

[Mull]

Hi Chris,

I had a customer ask for a cube of 8" logs instead of my usual 10".

I had a feeling 8" logs would have smaller voids when loose loaded and I would end up "doing myself."

I conducted an experiment to determine the effect that log length has on volume.

I took one cube of tight bundled billets, passed them over the saw bench and into a plywood "cube" box sat on top of a pallet, so that I could measure the final depth of cut logs in the box when I was finished.

Result - 900 mm depth = 0.9 m3 from 1m3 of billets. I had to add another 10% to level the box.(Humbug)

Lesson learned,33% more cutting and more handling for 10% less volume with 8" logs.

This customer collects in his Transit so it didn't hurt too much.

I have still to try the same experiment for 10", I hope to produce 1m3 from 0.9m3 of billets. (Anyway, that's what the French do with their steres!)

In future 8" customers will be paying a bit more.

Regards,

Callum.

 

 

Every penny a prisoner Callum! Good man, smaller logs, more cutting, more labour= more money! Common sense👍

[gensetsteve]

I was even tighter when doing granny logs I even allowed for the extra waste on the cuts. Our processor had a 325 chain and every cut you lost 8 mm of log. More cuts = less log.