Hello Gentleman,
If we could stay on topic please.
Ken, I certainly appreciate your gesture and I might take you up on it if we still lived on Pangea.
I am trying to find you all thoughts on picking trees for timbers.
What I mean by this, regardless of species, is dimensional and characteristic thoughts.
I have inserted the diagram above for my question. Now we all know that trees don't grow like CAD programs!
Now, here is where I need your help.
I am guessing the first dimension you can gather from a tree is the Circumference.
From there you can use the algebra to find the biggest square.
But, the tree does not grow straight up and I think that experience probably rules here.
So, say you have a tree that is 63" in circumference; What do you all think is the biggest timber you can gather from it? If you were to figure it algebraically then it would be no more than 12 3/8" square. But a tree doesnt grow like that.
If you all were walking the woods and found a tree 63" in diameter, what would be the biggest boxed heart timber you think you could get out of it (no sapwood please).
Explain please.
Much thanks!
