In timber country, the measurement is so many inches DBH- "diameter breast high". At that level, you have gotten away from the natural spreading toward the roots, and it gives a better indication of the actual size. All log scaling is done using the dbh measurement.
We had a huge cottonwood in the neighborhood when I was a kid- 6 or 7 feet in diameter, over 200 feet high. The landowner and a buddy of his were drinking one afternoon, and started figuring how many board feet of lumber were in it, and how rich there were going to be if they sold it. So they somehow cut it down, without killing themselves or flattening his house. Then found out there was no market for cottonwood, and besides, no mill could handle a log that size. He cut some from the upper end for wood, but cottonwood is lousy firewood, so most of it ended up laying around 'til it rotted. Another dream concocted in an alcoholic haze that couldn't withstand sober reflection.
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