Buckets of Water
Oak typically ways around 6 lbs per board foot.
So, if you have a truckload of 10000 board feet, you have 60000 lbs (30 tons) of lumber.
Now, this measurement of water is saying that the moisture content of the oak lumber is green and around 65% moisture content.
In order to be sold the wood must be dried to around 7% moisture content. In other words 3 to 4 lbs per board foot.
If you dried the lumber down to 4 lbs per board foot, you’re taking 20000 lbs of weight out of the truck load or 10 TONS!!!!!!!!
That’s a few buckets of water.
