History

The Puget Sound Log Scaling & Grading Bureau was formed in 1912 to serve the forest products industry of Washington. The purpose for creating the Bureau was to supply trained "scalers" to the industry which would provide independent measurement and quality assessment of logs. By utilizing independent scalers, the accuracy of the "scale" is unbiased and benefits all parties in a log sale/purchase transaction. As the need for our services developed in the 1970’s, the Bureau opened an office in Ketchikan, Alaska to better serve that state.

Management

The home office of the Bureau is located at 2720 South J Street in Tacoma, Washington and is managed by Tom Hedglin. The Alaska operations is located at 2030 Sealevel Drive in Ketchikan, Alaska and is under the management of Sam Cagley. To contact the Tacoma office by phone call (253) 383-1501 or e-mail to admin@psls.com

The Ketchikan office phone number is (907) 225-6340

Philosophy:

The Bureau continually provides training for the scalers to keep them abreast of the latest "Rules and practices". Additionally, all scalers are "Check Scaled" on a regular basis by supervisory staff to verify the accuracy and quality of the scale.

Our scalers are certified to scale according to Scribner, Northwest Cubic, Japanese Agricultural (JAS), US Forest Service Cubic and Cord scale rules and practices. All scalers are also certified to scale US Forest Service and state agency logs.

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and Grading Bureau
P.O. Box 11343,
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