Species/Length/Use of logs.

[Sam Thompson]

Hi all,

 

I am wondering if people could let me know what lengths you cut your logs into depending what they are for, and who they are for, so I can get a bit of knowledge. I don't really know why I want to know, but there you go, it can't be bad knowledge for a forester!

 

If this doesn't make sense then shout.

 

Thanks very much,

 

 

Sam

[Goaty]

Ive supplied elm at less than a meter for hubs for a horse carriage wheel maker. I think he gets 3 hubs from that.

[Big J]

In hardwood thinnings we cut to 3.5m as it's about the easiest length for the Alstor that we use for extraction:

 

 

In soft woods, 4m is OK.

 

We generally cut only for firewood though.

[slack ma girdle]

For firewood, i cut to multipls of 3' lenghts, as this is what goes through the my splitter. But if i am selling wholesale, then it is cut to what ever size the customer wants.

[Brushcutter]

Hardwoods for firewood i tend to cut at 2.4 or 3m depending on whos having it. It tends to be 3m more and more as its harder for people steal. Unfortuantly at 3 you can only have one length on the forwarder where as a 2.4 you can have two.

 

Hardwood mainly 6'6 10'6 and 13' Biggest is about 4.7m All cut to order

 

Softwoods all 4.1m. untill you hit the branch stuff no good for milling then its 3m for chipping. Sometimes i'll do 2.5m for fencing material.

[Sam Thompson]

Thanks guys, all very interesting

 

 

In hardwood thinnings we cut to 3.5m as it's about the easiest length for the Alstor that we use for extraction:

 

 

In soft woods, 4m is OK.

 

We generally cut only for firewood though.

 

 

Big J (Nearly put that down as BJ... then thought better! )

 

 

That is a hell of a rig. I would love something like that for use in small thinnings, have you got any more specs/pictures mate?

 

 

 

Cheers

[treedave]

Sam,

Feast your eyes on Utube or here,

Alstor 8x8

 

But they aint cheap (£40K+).

 

Big J

Do you hire out man & machine, or flat out yourselves? In Cumbria and could use that machine on occasions, anyone else got one you know of?

[Sam Thompson]

Sam,

Feast your eyes on Utube or here,

Alstor 8x8

 

But they aint cheap (£40K+).

 

I really really want one! Much better than those ATV trailers you see around the place.

 

 

Sam

[slasherscot]

here are some of sizes in softwood production i have cut

 

pokers................6fts used to remove iron ore slag off furnaces

stobs.............5ft and 6 feet

Styes........................6ft to keep strainers in place

strainers...................6'1

gate post strainers.....7ft

random pine to 4in for pitpost

1.9m chipwood

2.2 pulpwood.....papermill

3.o pulpwood......papermill

1.9m bars..........palletwood

2.5m bars..........paletwood

3.1m...................sleepers

3.7m...................sawlogs

4.3m...................sawlogs

4.9m....................sawlogs

5.2 random to 8m sawlogs...mainly douglas fir....telegraph poles

random poles sawlogs for BSW

random palletwood(10ft to 24feet)

 

most of the hardwood logs were cut to first major branch or were cut for chalkwood

 

probably forgot a few

[Joy Yeomans]

cut to length of what customer wants or what will fit your equipment - to fit your log trailer - usually 3m lengths /12fts , different sawmills etc and pulp take different diametre and lengths.