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Does anyone know if its possible to hire a harvesting head suitable for a 6ton track digger here in NI. If thats not suitable/possible is there anyone that hires timber harvesters ie a track digger with head. I have a machine operator available to drive it. Its not a big job, about 10000 norway spruce only 18-20 years old. They range from 6-12" and most contain 20-25ft of firewood.

 

Two of us felled and stripped 100 of them today but were wondering would a harvester be cost effective. I dont have much money!!

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Does anyone know if its possible to hire a harvesting head suitable for a 6ton track digger here in NI. If thats not suitable/possible is there anyone that hires timber harvesters ie a track digger with head. I have a machine operator available to drive it. Its not a big job, about 10000 norway spruce only 18-20 years old. They range from 6-12" and most contain 20-25ft of firewood.

 

Two of us felled and stripped 100 of them today but were wondering would a harvester be cost effective. I dont have much money!!

 

You could tree M Large they have some new shear heads that they may demo or hire in with an operative.

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IMO a purpose built harvester should be able to cut between 1100 and 1400 of these per day if it was all cut into 3.5 metre lengths. Lets cuts means more output, so if you are talking 20-25ft of usable timber from each tree just cut each tree into 2 pieces to speed the job up. There would then be about 7 - 8 days work for a harvester. You will have to speak to a contractor to get the rates for that. Then you have the forwarder to extract it unless you can do that yourself. Work out the costs and see if you can do it cheaper by hand.

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Ryan,

I would need to scratch my head and try and remember, but there is a firewood man up near the coast, Whitepark Bay direction, with a mate who runs a harvester, or used to.

I could drive to where he lives but dammned if I can put a name on him.

Other option would be to ask the likes of Diamonds sawmills (Coleraine) or Arty Taggart (Bendooragh) for likely harvaster operators.

Marcus

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Thanks guys thats a start anyhow. I dont really have the need of a harvester and I am happy enough working at it myself but I may not be able to get it out fast enough for the landowners plans.

If it was taking £7 per cubic meter to harvest alone plus £5 to buy the standing timber plus the cost of skidding its going to cost the guts of £700 a load. I would just add another couple of hundred and buy a few loads of the forestry and no hassle at all.

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