logs to planks

[Pumachug]

Does anyone know the logs-to-planks ratio? In other words, How many logs make how many plank skids? If I have only 1 dryer (4 slots) open, I'd like to know how many logs to process to fill that whole dryer (all 4 slots).

Thanks!

[hungerkralle]

i think it depends on the size of trees...

[cheatfox]

Originally posted by hungerkralle:

i think it depends on the size of trees...

this is the first thing. And the second is, you have a pallet with 100 planks, so you can dry 400 in one dryer. In all dryer's you can also load 3200 planks for two weeks.

[Tazmo]

You can only estimate because size does matter. Two logs per plank crate works for me. So to fill the dryer you need 64 logs. You can throw in a few extra logs to make sure you have enough then air dry any left over plank crates.