Log Scaler
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Estimates marketable content of logs or pulpwood: Measures
dimensions of each log or entire loads of pulpwood, using scale
stick, tape measure, or otehr measuring device.
Determines total
board feet, cordage, or other wood unit, using conversion table.
Inspects logs or pulpwood for rot, knots, and ohter defects,
deducts estimated waste from total volume, and records results.
May identify logs of substandard or special grade for return to
shipper or transfer to other processes.
May weigh log trucks
before and afetr unloading, and record weight data and supplier.
May tend conveyor chain that moves logs to and from scaling
station. May be deisgnated according to work location as Deck
Scaler (saw.
& plan.); Landing Scaler (logging); Pond Scaler
(paper & pulp; saw.
& plan.); or item sacled as Pulpwood Scaler
(paper & pulp).
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Log Scaler
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