Ballpark Harvesting Cost

[muldonach]

We are in the process of bringing a softwood clearfell to market, there are various difficulties with the site.

 

I have had several of the big companies come to visit and getting any information on prices and out-turn is like getting blood out of a stone. I have a couple of offers on an out-turn basis but they look a little light to me.

 

Site is easy sloping deep peat, crop is 3SS:1LP P73, Yield class 14 and 10, plant spacing is 2m x 2m and about 60-70% has survived. 20 ha in one coupe and estimating 4-5000t total.

 

The forwarder will have to haul brash about for sure and it will need light loads and low ground pressure to avoid bogging. Longest haul - one corner to another will be 600m

 

What is a sensible price for harvesting / forwarding?

 

Cheers

mac

[Highland Forestry]

£9.50 - £11 a ton to roadside

[slasherscot]

are u marketing the wood urselves and just want it roadside? or wanting companies like Robbins timber/Jones/scottish woodlands/Tilhill/Eurodisney or Fountains to do the whole job for u

[muldonach]

Fishing for information to be honest - we have small scale machinery available but it does not suit that ground, I mess about a bit with firewood but am not in touch with the roundwood markets.

 

We have had a couple of the companies you mention look at the site and as already mentioned getting any useful information is difficult to say the least. We have had one company offer a price on an out-turn basis, my first impression is that the offered price is low but obviously they have to cover harvesting and haulage & leave a bit for themselves.

 

Cheers

mac

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

upto £15/metre