What lengths are forestry contractors cutting trees for firewood ?

[Brushcutter]

I like cutting 2.2 or 2.4 in hardwood if I have to stack by hand. Bends tend to cut out better in 2.2 and even butt ends can be stacked at that size. You also can convert a little further up the tree.

 

Softwoods 3m Is easier or 2.8 if it is heavy stuff.  As a forwarder driver I like as long as possible I would rather stack 4.8 on the machine than 2 bays of 2.4.  over the years I've cut everything from 2m to 5m. For the lorry 4 bays of 3m is best.

[devonbrion1998]

On 06/11/2023 at 06:30, doobin said:

We only tend to cut for ourselves. In the woods I prefer 3m for ease of handling and speeding things up. The guy on the processor prefers 2.4m for the same reasons… 

 

As Mike says, 3m it’s perfect size for a log bullet. It’s also the perfect size when saving timber from jobs- small loads of straight timber such as young ash being run back to base in the back of a tipper. On a timber trailer or with not so straight species 2 bays of 2.4 is much more efficient. Or if small skinny timber that you may as well handball, I prefer 2.4s. 
 

Why not both? 2.4s in the pickup, 3m on the trailer! 

Nice little set up there