New Brunswick Forest Products Commission
Accepted Conversion Factors (to m3)
Date: May 31, 2016
Board: Northumberland County Forest Products Marketing Board
Year: 2016-17
Multiply By:
Unit of
Mass Conversion Straight
Species Group
Product
Measure Summer Winter Conversion
Logs & Veneer
GMT
1.2830 1.2000
(NB Rule) MFBM
6.1000
(Bangor Rule) MFBM
5.5000
(Bangor Rule -PR)* MFBM
4.6300
TON
1.1639 1.0886
Pulpwood
GMT
1.2030 1.0600
4 foot m3(st)
0.6641
8 foot m3(st)
0.5836
4 foot cord
2.4071
8 foot cord
2.1153
TON
1.0913 0.9616
Spruce/Fir/Jack Pine Studwood
GMT
1.2660 1.1450
8 foot m3(st)
0.6328
*ARBEC Tonne-Cord
9 foot m3(st)
0.6203
Summer: 1.76
10 foot m3(st)
0.6099
Winter:2.01
8 foot cord
2.2936
9 foot cord
2.2483
10 foot cord
2.2106
TON
1.1485 1.0387
Treelength
GMT
1.2590 1.1510
TON
1.1421 1.0442
Full-Tree Chips
GMT
1.3572 1.3572
ODMT
2.5133 2.5133
TON
1.2312 1.2312
Logs
GMT
1.7094 1.4184
TON
1.5507 1.2868
Studwood
GMT
1.7094 1.4184
TON
1.5507 1.2868
Cedar
m3(st)
0.5625
cord
2.0388
Treelength
GMT
1.2821 1.0638
TON
1.1631 0.9651
Logs
GMT
1.0776 1.0384
TON
0.9776 0.9420
MFBM
6.1000
Hemlock
Treelength
GMT
1.0776 1.0384
TON
0.9776 0.9420
Logs
GMT
1.1050 1.0695
Tamarack (Larch)
TON
MFBM
Tamarack (Larch)
Treelength
GMT
TON
Logs
GMT
TON
MFBM
Pulpwood
GMT
TON
m3(st)
cord
White Pine
GMT
*Arbec Tonne - Cord Studwood
TON
Summer: 1.89
m3(st)
Winter: 1.96
cord
Treelength
GMT
TON
Logs
GMT
TON
MFBM
Pulpwood
GMT
TON
m3(st)
cord
Red Pine
Studwood
GMT
TON
m3(st)
cord
Treelength
GMT
TON
Logs
GMT
TON
MFBM
Veneer MFBM
Pulpwood
GMT
TON
Mixed Hardwood
m3(st)
cord
*Arbec Tonne-Cord
Treelength
GMT
Summer: 1.81
TON
Winter: 2.02
Full-Tree Chips
GMT
ODMT
TON
Logs
GMT
TON
MFBM
Poplar
1.0024 0.9702
6.1000
1.1050
1.0024
1.1173
1.0136
1.0695
0.9702
1.0811
0.9808
5.6000
1.1173 1.0811
1.0136 0.9808
0.5836
2.1153
1.1173 1.0811
1.0136 0.9808
0.6328
2.2936
1.1173
1.0136
1.0718
0.9723
1.0811
0.9808
1.0428
0.9460
6.1000
1.0718 1.0428
0.9723 0.9460
0.5836
2.1153
1.0718 1.0428
0.9723 0.9460
0.6328
2.2936
1.0718
0.9723
1.0160
0.9217
1.0428
0.9460
0.9090
0.8246
5.6000
5.3000
1.0160 0.9090
0.9217 0.8246
0.5078
1.8406
1.0160
0.9217
1.1154
1.7991
1.0119
1.1370
1.0315
0.9090
0.8246
1.1154
1.7991
1.0119
1.0160
0.9217
5.6000
Poplar
*Arbec Tonne-Cord
Summer: 1.94
Winter: 2.17
Veneer MFBM
Pulpwood
GMT
TON
m3(st)
cord
Treelength
GMT
TON
Full-Tree Chips
GMT
ODMT
TON
5.3000
1.1370 1.0160
1.0315 0.9217
0.6094
2.2088
1.1370
1.0315
1.3787
2.5532
1.2508
GMT = "Green Metric Tonne"
TON = "Imperial Ton (2,000 pounds)"
MFBM = "Thousand Board Feet
m3(st) = "Cubic Meter Stacked"
ODMT = "Oven-Dried Metric Tonne"
BANGOR RULE - PR = "For Plaster Rock Mill Only"
1.0160
0.9217
1.3787
2.5532
1.2508