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  1. 1. How many m3 can you hand (motor-manual) cut a day?

    • 1-2 m3 a day; cadburys caramel and all that!
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    • 2-5 m3 a day; getting on a bit now!
    • 5-10 m3 a day; the saw's a singin!
    • 10-15m3 a day; Full on, got to get on!
    • 15-20m3 + a day; logset 10H is my middle name


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Honest answers now!

 

What metreage do you think is average / good / exceptional.

 

Assume average everthing! Ground, weather, timber, etc!

 

2nd/3rd thinning

hardwood pulp 8/10/12 (cutting and stack on own)

softwood 5/7/9 (smaller sawlog,bars,stake,rails,pulp etc)

 

proberly get shot down in flames but honest answers:001_smile:

 

have done alot more but also done alot less:001_smile:

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Put myself in the 5-10 catagory. Depends on what the spec is. If it's 3.7 or even 4.1 m saw then i find its best for the forwarder driver (normally me) just to pick them up where length way in the rack and stack the rest.

 

I'd have to do a hell of a lot more softwood stands to build up to getting more than that. Still a harvester could do 10 to 20 times more than me. That makes me sad.

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interesting thread tcd, looking forward to replies!

 

i dont have a clue what i cant cut in a day, been working on first thinnings recently, oak and ash, but im always on day rate

 

Just gone into some nice ash thinnings last week, was knocking a fair bit of that out, no hang ups unlike the big tops in the cherry...

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I worked it out at each tree being about 23 on a single tree tariff. about 0.35 volume over bark. I'd still go for doing 10m3 but which would bre about 30 trees at that volume. At a push i could get 40 done if hand ups weren't too frequent which would be about 15m3.

 

 

Hats off to Jonathan they be some fast and efficent cutting your doing to get volumes like that. If you were paid by the tonne you'd of been happy that day.

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hairy green stika spruce thinnings, only 2 pieces of 2.2 pulp wood per tree, would be the making of u all:lol:

 

Absolutely! I've got plenty for those of you who want to be 'made'. You'll sleep very well! :thumbup:

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Thanks mate! I should stress that those numbers were in very easy sycamore (only a total of 6 hangups over 2 days, and some big trees too). I try to avoid difficult woodland where possible as I can't get into a rhythm and find it tremendously frustrating. This is especially the case with very brashy trees, as I find the chaotic disorder flummoxing! I am open to the suggestion that I am quite likely to be on the Autistic Spectrum! :lol:

 

I get mainly difficult woodlands we have lots of neglected woods down here. I know what you mean about not being able to find a rhythem. Brash at the top i don't mind but when you have to brash your way into every tree i get quite dishartened.

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hairy green stika spruce thinnings, only 2 pieces of 2.2 pulp wood per tree, would be the making of u all:lol:

 

Sound like hard work to me. Prehaps there best left to people who need to learn about line thinnings dealing with hung ups and small tree felling. Ideal for people doing CS31:001_tt2:

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Thinned out some over sized hemlock last week 2 1/2'-3' diameter, each tree was taking about 45-60 minutes to fell and sned, due to large flares that needed trimming, knocking in four wedges on the leaning trees, and vast quantities of brash that was tangled up in Laural.

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