Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
The production form of harvested wood is the form in which it
is tendered for measurement. In the absence of a written agreement of the
parties, the state standard system of measurement for a given production form
shall be used. Where the parties make a written agreement, they may agree to
use any authorized system of measurement which is permitted by this section for
a given production form.
A.
Tree
length wood. Tree length wood means harvested trees that may have been
topped, limbed, or butted back.
1. State
standard - butt measure. Butt Measure is the state standard for the measurement
of tree length stems in all transactions involving payment for services, and in
all sales of wood where gross scale is the basis for payment. In the sale of
wood where net scale is the basis for payment, butt measure is not
permitted.
2. Other authorized
systems of measurement. Where agreed upon, the parties may use any of the
following authorized systems of measurement for tree length wood:
(a) Cubic measure;
(b) Butt scale: In the sale of wood, butt
scale is permitted. In the case of payment for services, the use of butt scale
is prohibited;
(c) Count;
and
(d) Weight scale.
B.
Log length
wood (sawlogs and individually measured boltwood). Log length wood means
stems or pieces of harvested trees that were topped, limbed, and bucked into
specified lengths.
1. State standard. The
state standard for the measurement of log length wood is log scale, using the
International 1/14 Inch Rule.
2.
Other authorized systems. Where agreed upon, the parties may also use any of
the following authorized systems of measurement for log length wood:
(a) Any of the following log rules: Bangor
Rule; Maine Rule (also called the Holland Rule); International 1/8 Inch
Rule:
(b) Cubic measure;
(c) Butt measure;
(d) Count scale, and
(e) Weight scale.
C.
Stacked wood.
Stacked wood means stems of pieces of harvested trees that were topped, limbed,
and bucked into uniform length, up to 9 feet long, and that were ranked and
well stowed, and which are measured as a stack and not individually.
1. State standard. The state standard for
stacked wood is stick cord scale and the quantity is represented in either
standard cords or face cords.
2.
Other authorized systems. Where agreed upon, the parties may also use weight
scale to measure stacked wood.
D.
Chipped wood. Chipped wood
means any portion of a harvested tree that is processed into chips, shavings,
or any other particulate form of wood.
1.
State standard. The standard state method for the measurement of chipped wood
is chip volume scale. The standard measurement unit is the chipcord, that is,
the volume of chipped material contained in 128 cubic feet, measured at the
time of the transaction.
2. Weight
Scale. Where agreed upon, the parties may use weight scale. Where they agree to
use weight scale, they may use oven-dried weight.
E.
Polewood. Polewood means long
segments of stems that were topped, limbed, and may have been butted back.
1. State standard. The state standard for the
measurement of polewood is linear measure.
2. Other authorized systems. Where agreed
upon, the parties may use any of the following authorized systems of
measurement for polewood:
(a) Count;
(b) Cubic measure;
(c) Butt measure; and
(d) Weight scale.
F.
Unstacked fuelwood-length
wood. Unstacked fuelwood-length wood means harvested trees that have
been topped, limbed, and bucked into uniform lengths averaging 12, 16, or 24
inches, which may have been split, and which are loose and not ranked and well
stowed.
1. State standard. The state standard
for the measurement of unstacked fuelwood-length wood is thrown cord
scale.
2. Other authorized systems.
Where agreed upon, the parties may also use either of the following methods of
measurement for unstacked fuelwood-length wood:
(a) Count; and
(b) Weight scale.
G.
Semi-tree length and
chunkwood. Semi-tree length and chunkwood means the remaining portions
of harvested trees that were required to be yarded tree-length and, in part,
bucked into other production forms. Semi-tree length and chunkwood includes
pieces of any length and size but does not include negligible wood. Negligible
wood means segments of trees that were not piled for further processing and the
disposition of which is disregarded by the person requiring the services.
1. State standard. Butt measure is the state
standard for the measurement of semi-tree length wood and chunkwood.
2. Other authorized systems, Where agreed
upon, the parties may use either of the following authorized systems of
measurement for semi-tree length wood and chunkwood:
(a) Count;
(b) Cubic measure;
(c) Weight scale.
