Hand cutting hardwood. How much can we cut in a day?

[john p]

Is the birch straight enough to put through my stroke processor? The reason I ask is that it's way quicker than hand processing, stacks all the logs for you and stacks all the brash for you too.
 

This ll be in your neck of the woods Big J

[john p]

The fact that you’re asking this question suggests that you don’t have a lot of experience of production cutting.

If this is the case then you’re likely to be much slower than the figures that Big J is quoting, and you may struggle to keep it up even at a lower speed for a long day.

There’s a big difference between being able to fell trees and being a productive forestry cutter. If you are new to this type of work then you may find that it doesn’t pay very well while you get up to speed.
I’ve worked with him, don’t think he’ll have any problems getting a decent amount processed.

[Stoke Wood Project]

The fact that you’re asking this question suggests that you don’t have a lot of experience of production cutting.

If this is the case then you’re likely to be much slower than the figures that Big J is quoting, and you may struggle to keep it up even at a lower speed for a long day.

There’s a big difference between being able to fell trees and being a productive forestry cutter. If you are new to this type of work then you may find that it doesn’t pay very well while you get up to speed.

Thanks dad.

[john k]

You’re welcome

[spuddog0507]

i agree with J on this all cutters are different, different speeds different technquies make for different out putts a good cutter on say 350 DBH spruce 15+ tonne per day and some one new to the job less than 10 tonne a day, the job i am doing at present is a old windblown spruce site and i am only getting about 20 trees a day out but dead dry stuff so only about 6-8 tonne a day, but bear in mind trees are blown in every direction there is, so its like a massive game of pick up sticks, if trees where all standing it would be a different ball game and i would of been done long ago, next job some 600-850 DBH straight tall beech trees and i will put in the riegon of 18-20 tonne a day on the deck.

[woodwizzard]

Do you have cutters lined up, location?

[Stoke Wood Project]

Do you have cutters lined up, location?

Yup, got some good guys on board. It's in Devon.