heli logging Scotland

[Highland Forestry]

That's awesome...

Not the first time timber has been extracted in Scotland with a bird...

From what little I know about helicopter timber extraction, it's a rather expensive way of extracting timber on a commercial basis, but I wouldnt mind betting that it competes quite nicely with a skyline on a price per ton basis.

[Highland Forestry]

argyll has some amazing trees, they grow them very big indeed, good soil and the gulf stream oh and plenty of glens and valleys so they really stretch for the sky.

 

 

Tis true that! Some of the best timber in Scotland came/comes out of a wood at Lochaline on the Morvern Penninsula - amazing trees in Argyll and all up the West Coast.

[woodfaller]

In those days it was 270 quid an hour, 4 hours flying , i hr , service, 4 hrs. flying.I reckon it will be a few squid more now.

[Stephen Blair]

but I wouldnt mind betting that it competes quite nicely with a skyline on a price per ton basis.

 

choppers dont need roads either, look at the money spent on making and maintaining them, i worked on a site above Crinan that had been felled for a chinook to lift as a demo/trial. it never took off so to speak:blushing:, i think it was the weather that caused all the probs, Argyll does have more than its fair shae of rain:laugh1:

[Highland Forestry]

choppers dont need roads either, look at the money spent on making and maintaining them, i worked on a site above Crinan that had been felled for a chinook to lift as a demo/trial. it never took off so to speak:blushing:, i think it was the weather that caused all the probs, Argyll does have more than its fair shae of rain:laugh1:

 

 

Not sure which county it's in, but we did a big roadline felling job for the commission on the slopes of Benmore near Crianlarich a couple of years ago..

To say we timed it wrong is the understatement of the decade.. the rain fell vertical for like 3 weeks solid.. we were in digs and had to try and dry all out kit out every night, then in the morning we'd all be soaked to the skin by 08.30 - it was like a punishment, bu the trees were awesome, big big sitka, fantastic timber, and all felled to waste for them to put a road in.

 

Not sure how much a chopper would be for extraction by the ton, but I believe a skyline comes in roughly £25 a ton and a small one will do roughly 30t a day... a chopper would be more but could take alot more tonnage out per day.

[slasherscot]

main problem with helicopters i have seen, they dont lift a great weight most 400-500kg. trees needed to be sneeded out and cross cut in wood

[Stephen Blair]

main problem with helicopters i have seen, they dont lift a great weight most 400-500kg. trees needed to be sneeded out and cross cut in wood

 

those bigger chinooks will lift a lot lot more:001_cool:

[woodfaller]

Ton a lift back in those days, would imagine its more now, was only taking about a minuite a lift, with guys slinging up in front .

[Stephen Blair]

you must have some good pics and stories mate if you have been in the game for so long, i like pics:biggrin:

[woodfaller]

There was a skyline on that job, owned by the company, Cat d4s brought the bigger stuff out. Got pics, will put some up one day.