log sizes once more

looks like I forgot to post the log sizes of trees 37-51, although I have already fowled up a little bit and have a couple of the same numbers listed twice, but here they are anyway

37 (37) 38 (39) 39 (61 RSPL) 40 (46.5) 41 (51) 42 (44) 43 (38) 44 (46)  45 (66 RSPL) 46 (57) 47 (47) 48 (50) 49 (53) 50 (39) 51 (48)

More tree sizes....again

Well after my initial disappointment of learning most of the trees I had marked for cutting were in fact too small, went on a renewed effort to scout the land deeper into the woods than I had hoped to have to do. Found a few more, mixed species but am afraid I will still come up well short and have to look at other means to getting the proper size logs in here for building.
So now for the new log sizes i found today. Also, just received my plans for my 30x30 today. Now just need to have a draftsman make a few modifications to it and get it to an engineer for his stamp and I can then hopefully get my building permit.

So log sizes.
52 (51.5) 53 (61) 54 (64) 55(52) 56 (56.5) 57 (52) 58 (70) 59 (55.5) 60 (62) 61 (60) 62 (57) 63 (49) 64 (50 65 (57).

With these added to the ones I have previously marked i can now at least get the foundation and a couple of courses started, but now the real hunt for off property logs begins

After class on 2-21-11

Well I finally took the class in Vegas and it was great.Learned a ton of things and it really filled in some blanks and the teachers, Steve and Ellsworth, did a wonderful job of getting us to understand what we needed to at least get started. Ordered the stock plans from them for a 30x30 which was the exact size I was hoping to build and they should be here in a few days.

So now the bad news, after learning more and looking back at the size of trees I had previously marked, it looks like the vast majority of them arent big enough in diameter to build with. Not saying i cant  build with them, but these small size trees i have on my land here will not have good thermal properties, which will lead to higher heating/cooling costs. This is a big problem and not sure what I need to do here. They gave some us some great resources in class for finding trees in national forests, but even if i can manage to get them for free as the class suggests, i still have the unexpected costs of getting them cut and hauled which will put a real strain on my budget now. This could conceivably bring my dream to a halt, but at the very least wont allow me to move as fast in getting started as i had hoped for. Gary (friend) was ready to bring his chainsaw and start cutting as soon as I gave him the go ahead, but now Ill have to put that on hold Im afraid

Tree sizes

So the tree sizes i have marked so far are as follows. I have given each tree a number and marked that number on the tree so I can know what sizes exactly I am dealing with as the time comes closer to cutting them down and try and keep as close to the same size for each log as I can as it makes it easier to build that way.
The measurement given is in inches (circumference) and for those you are not familiar with Pi as I had pretty much forgotten what it can be used for, to come up with the diameter of the log its circumference divined by Pi. I am looking to have at least a 10 inch diameter log on the small end for each

Log::
(1) 40           (8) 31.5     (15) 31     (22) 36
(2) 38.5        (9) 36       (16) 32      (23)34.5
(3) 36          (10) 34       (17)  38     (24) 35
(4) 39.5       (11) 34       (18) 34     (25) 37
(5)  40         (12) 39       (19) 35     (26) 35
(6) 31          (13 48        (20) 38
.(7) 44        (14) 36        (21) 34

Marking trees

Today was my 1st real action doing anything besides designing the floor plan for the cabin. I have so far spent probably 60-70 hours getting my plan just right for me with a nifty little 3D design program called Plan 3D. Its not free, but is only $30 for a years use so well worth it so far. Now that I think I have it just perfect I decided to do some actual work today and went and marked 25 trees for cutting. I think I will need about for the whole cabin. Its going to be pretty small to start out with, just 28x32 but since there is only myself and a big dog that should be plenty of room