Whats the value for clearing wind blown trees in a plantation

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

how about cousin jacks method! horse extraction!

[ashman]

Get a bed processor insted.

 

Sounds interesting, whats are they ?

[Brushcutter]

Sounds interesting, whats are they ?

 

Effectivly a harvester head on a bed that sits on the 3pl of a tractor. You either winch or grapple feed trees in and proudct comes out.

[combined tree services]

hmmm that does sound rather attractive to me

[Andy Collins]

We just paid 15per tonne standing on the last site, predominantly sycamore, the few large windblow we cleared for the timber (big beech, ash, syccie, robinia) Some FC sites are looking for as much as 55pertonne standing (beech), but for the work involved in clearing windblown, I wouldnt be buying it!

[Brushcutter]

We just paid 15per tonne standing on the last site, predominantly sycamore, the few large windblow we cleared for the timber (big beech, ash, syccie, robinia) Some FC sites are looking for as much as 55pertonne standing (beech), but for the work involved in clearing windblown, I wouldnt be buying it!

 

Some of the FC site here are looking for big money for the timber. £15 standing isn't too bad what sort of dbh was all of that. I have no idea what Beech sawlogs go for but it must be a lot to warrent £55 a tonne standing.

[Andy Collins]

Average size was up to 60cm for bulk of the work, then we had to hand fell the timber 60cm-5foot dbh (harvester did the 60cm and less)

[combined tree services]

what are the soft wood prices like up there Andy ?

[Brushcutter]

Average size was up to 60cm for bulk of the work, then we had to hand fell the timber 60cm-5foot dbh (harvester did the 60cm and less)

 

I was wondering wether you had a harvester in for a job at £15 standing. Cope well on the hardwoods? Much of a market for 5' dbh hardwoods?

[tommer9]

The log merchants or biomas would have the 5" dbh hardoowds i would imagine, given the difficuly of finding hardwood at the mo.