Alberta Scaling Manual

The Alberta Scaling Manual provides the standards of measurement to be used in the determination of the quantity and quality of timber harvested in the province of Alberta. In addition, the manual provides information pertaining to the compilation and reporting of harvest data as well the use of non-standard scale methods used to estimate volumes of decked and stacked timber.

This manual is authorized under section 99 of the Timber Management Regulation A/R 60/73, pursuant to section 5 of the Forests Act (Province of Alberta).

The manual is presented as a series of Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files, which may be viewed or downloaded. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the documents and may be obtained free of charge here. Select the desired section link below.

Documentation of Scale Manual Changes - May 2006

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction179 KB
  2. Scaling Standards 773KB
  3. Standard Method of Log Scaling
    1. Smalian Scale 3.5MB
    2. Cube Scale 301KB
    3. Micro Log Scale Program 1MB
  4. Mass Scaling 560KB
  5. Special Application for Tree Length Scale 1.8MB
  6. Timber Production and Revenue System 391KB
  7. Timber Exchanges 98KB
  8. Crown Dues Modifiers 107KB
  9. Remote Chipping 215KB
  10. Scaling Decked or Stacked Timber 2.4MB
  11. Appendices 1.8MB
  12. Tree Length Scale Tables 679 KB