Weight estimate

[Eman85]

Anyone have a good estimate what a round of fresh cut red oak 16" diam. 16" long would weigh?

 

[begreen]

A lot.

 

[brenndatomu]

~115 lbs if it was just cut from a live tree

 

[Eman85]

I was guessing over 100 but under 150. It's green and heavy!

 

[cahaak]

It's 1.8 cubic feet. Water density is 62.4 per cubic foot.

 

[DuaeGuttae]

My husband and I used to estimate the weight of some of our oak rounds that we’d move when we lived in Virginia, and I thought I recalled that we used 65 lb per cubic foot to do that. I went to check that number to see if I recalled correctly and found what appeared to be a nifty calculator. I had a little trouble trying to use it but did come up with 117.29 lb for your round. There’s a chart to the side which shows 63 lb per cubic foot for red oak.

Log Weight Calculator | Wood Weight Calculator

This log weight calculator will help you estimate the weight of a freshly cut tree using its "green" density and volume.

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[Eman85]

It's 1.8 cubic feet. Water density is 62.4 per cubic foot.

62.4 percent?

 

[brenndatomu]

62.4 percent?

lbs

 

[Eman85]

Well my guestimate was pretty accurate. I was judging by the damage I did to my body by handling these rounds.

 

[Mutineer]

I have five 32" long approx 9-12" diameter fresh cut off the stump red oak logs out on the saw horses for cutting in half and the biggest one was maybe 100 lbs at 11.5" avg diameter. So a 11.5" round would be in the 50 lb range. It was a slog to get them out there off the truck on the driveway so sorry, but no I won't pull them back over to the driveway to weigh them.
Doing the math, there is approximately twice as much wood in a 16" round versus a 11.5" so a 16" dia round would weigh 100 lbs if my arm scale estimate is correct. Cut down the oak in late November.