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Postby Cassie » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:42 pm

Hi

A rough guide please, how many conifers approx 8" diameter 35' high would be equivalant to 5 cubic metres?

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Postby RichardKing » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:25 am

doing a quick calculation in my head

Volume of cylinder = pi x r x r x h

3.142 x 0.1 x 0.1 x 10 (v aprox metres)

which equals about a third of a cubic metre per tree

which is about 15 trees ?


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Postby Twybill » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:22 am

I asked the same question some time ago and was given this very helpful link which will help you work it out very easily; http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/timbervolume.pdf/$FILE/timbervolume.pdf At a quick estimate it looks like about 14 trees.


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Postby Cassie » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:22 am

Thank you Richard


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Postby Cassie » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:24 am

Thank you Twybill very useful


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Postby HCR » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:08 pm

I'd say more than 14 trees to be honest, although that will depend on the form factor. The FC calculation is based on the diameter at the mid-point (if yours are 8" dbh, this will need to be reduced). Also, the total height of the tree is not normally used. Not sure if it's possible to post documents here but I made up a simple guide stand volume calculation that I'd be happy to share.


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Postby RichardKing » Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:20 am

I suspect that the tree diameters were measured at arm height & since they will taper upwards over a distance of 35 feet it is much more likely to be a lower volume per tree.


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Postby Cassie » Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:20 pm

Sorry for the late reply been away for a few days thank you for your comments HCR & Richard.

HCR if I give you my email address would you be able to forward your guide to me?

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Postby HCR » Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:06 pm

Cassie - not a problem, I'll send it over. I'm only in the country until Monday so if you miss me it will be mid May before I will be online again I'm afraid.


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Postby Cassie » Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:50 am

Hi HCR - email address is:- [email protected]

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