FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK 
            OGDEN, UTAH

   FSH 2409.11 - NATIONAL FOREST
        LOG SCALING HANDBOOK

     Region 4 Supplement No. 17

      Effective March 29,1991

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   13a thru 13b          1     1
   72a                   0     1

Digest:

13a - Establishes criteria for 
classification of "dead" sawlogs.

72a - Clarifies procedures for 
deductions of twisting, heart 
checks, and pitch seams. 

GRAY F. REYNOLDS
Regional Forester

  NATIONAL FOREST SCALING HANDBOOK

33 - Defect Types and Deduction 
Procedures.

 Pitch Seam, Heart Check, Frost 
Cracks.

    5.  For clarification in 
application and standardization 
with neighboring Regions, Region 4 
scalers will make deductions for 
heart checks and pitch seams as 
follows:

      a.  Check with 0 degrees to 
      44 degrees twist will be 
      treated as straight checks 
      without consideration for 
      the twist.

      b.  If a twist is 45 degrees 
      to 89 degrees, use 1.5 times 
      the deduction for a straight 
      check.

      c. If the twist is 90 
      degrees, double the 
      deduction for a straight 
      check.











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