Clear fell

[elfinwood saws]

I,ve got a 10 hectare clear fell to do nice sized pine at least a ton, ton and a half a tree. Hand felling and stroke delimber and extract. wondering how much a ton. They are not using harvester and forwarder as machines left on site get damaged by the locals, our tractor based outfit can roll up each day and work and return to our yard 3 miles away, in the past i,ve always bought the standing timber, so tonnage rate is new to me. The extraction is very easy as well.

[spuddog0507]

Hi how many tonnes have you calculated the area to ? And when you say pine is it Scotts , lodgepole , Corsican etc all have different values and end uses , so to give prices would be difficult . I got tonnage between 25000 and 45000 tonne a lot to fell by hand and a stroke processor .

[andy cobb]

Sounds a crackin job, not the sort of thing motor manual ever gets a sniff at now adays. Good sized timber as well

Very jealous

[Dave177]

If you usually buy standing then take your usual standing price off the roadside price and thats what it costs to cut and extract.

Although for 10 hectares of that size material surely it would be cheaper to get a low loader trailer for the tractor and run a harvester back and forth to the site every day?

[Timber Man]

Hi how many tonnes have you calculated the area to ? And when you say pine is it Scotts , lodgepole , Corsican etc all have different values and end uses , so to give prices would be difficult . I got tonnage between 25000 and 45000 tonne a lot to fell by hand and a stroke processor .

 

Think your tonnage calculations are way out.

Species is of little consequence if you are contract harvesting in relation to roadside values of timber,...that's the merchants issue.

[spuddog0507]

Think your tonnage calculations are way out.

Species is of little consequence if you are contract harvesting in relation to roadside values of timber,...that's the merchants issue.

 

Trees planted at 2mtr centers a hectare would be 50x50=2500 trees x 10 hectares = 25000 trees @ 1 tonne each = 25000 tonnes @ 1.5 tonne per tree = 37500 tonnes if trees @ 1.8mtr 55x55=3025 trees per hectare x 10 hectare =30250 trees @ 1tonne = 30250 tonne @ 1.5 tonne = 45375 tonne.they won't be that far out, just cleared .78 hectare of sitka got 3241 tonne of it bearing in mind some large edgers up to 1150mm die .

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Trees planted at 2mtr centers a hectare would be 50x50=2500 trees x 10 hectares = 25000 trees @ 1 tonne each = 25000 tonnes @ 1.5 tonne per tree = 37500 tonnes if trees @ 1.8mtr 55x55=3025 trees per hectare x 10 hectare =30250 trees @ 1tonne = 30250 tonne @ 1.5 tonne = 45375 tonne.they won't be that far out, just cleared .78 hectare of sitka got 3241 tonne of it bearing in mind some large edgers up to 1150mm die .

 

You are assuming the matrix has never been tickled. Trees that size still at 2x2m matrix, unthinned?

[HtheForester]

Even with no thinning you are likely to have roughly 1000 fewer trees per ha at age 40 for example

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Even with no thinning you are likely to have roughly 1000 fewer trees per ha at age 40 for example

 

Indeed...

[Landbruiser]

22.50 per ton