Coppicing (Bone question content!)

[Pine Marten]

Therse only 3 ha of woodland he's gonna have some cold winters:001_tt2:

 

Positively hypothermic! :lol:

 

3 dogs, I think its too small for rotational plots, and probably unnecessary with the client in question.

[Graham]

Seven years is not long to generate much firewood. In the good old days 5-7 years would have been for faggots. 15-20 years would have been for firewood

 

I always knew they'd got no staying power.......sorry:001_smile:

[Quickthorn]

It depends a bit on what gear the customer has, I'd have thought.

 

I've been working in some coppice on a 20 year rotation. There was ash regrowth there around 15 cm dbh, with timber heights of up to 12 m or so. The majority of the regrowth was all handleable, so if the customer isn't really kitted up with cranes or loaders, it's a good size, but output on the felling is a bit low on such small sized stuff.

 

If he's got bigger kit to handle bigger stuff, perhaps a 30 year rotation might be more efficient, if that is an issue, although on 3 ha, the plot sizes are getting a bit small; you'd have 30 plots of 1000 square m.

 

Alternatively, just tell him to carry on what he was doing and call it continuous cover forestry! Broadleaves yield about 4-6 cu m./ha/yr, so his 7 t p.a from 3 ha sounds sustainable.

[Doug Blease]

Whats the prospect for expanding the woodland annually?