Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Selective thinning


Recommended Posts

I've a quote to thin two areas of mixed broadleaf and coniferous woodland planting, about 15 years on an old old gravel pit. It covers about 20,000 sq m. Access is good and it's easy flat terrain.

 

How much should I be taking out?

Do all the self set saplings need to come out?

How long do you think it would take?

 

The brief is simply "selective thinning to remove suppressed trees and allow ring of daylight around retained trees"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Log in or register to remove this advert

I've walked the site, but never commercially done this sort of work before. The trees are all very closely packed together, you can’t easily walk through it.

 

They are all suppressed by each other to some degree. I’m sure they don’t want to remove 80% of the trees which you would need to do to “allow a ring of daylight around the retained trees.” Should I be creating space round the trees to give them space for the next 5 years, 10 years.... or the life of the tree? Is it just a what feels right sort of thing?

 

The conifers are not nursery trees just a big old random mix.

 

What is the rational for it? It's a nature reserve so not for timber. Natural succession will weed out the suppressed trees why am I there to help?

 

As to “pricing accordingly,” like all tree work quoting it’s an educated guess, I was hoping that someone with experience might help making it more educated- i.e. a 3 man team should be able to do x hundred sq m a day.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Or you could check in with land use in surrounding locale...establish precedent ( conservation areas/biodiversity whu) planning usage..proposals from lpa pending perhaps...work out what fits the area best and correlate with best scenario for resource ( ie, potential that woodland represents...my guess is that its pretty versatile and your decision could steer the eventual development trend for the wood anyways...) Consider the recent showing of woodland/forestry in UK on T.V. where the view that woodland could/should be made to return a revenue from public use ( recreation ? ) There are a number of grants available to woodland owners for conservation/biodiversity/education schemes....:sneaky2:

There must be a number of angles you could look at this from!!:sad:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I had a work with the client who has given some further advice:

 

"I would say that there should remain 1.5 – 2m between each same age tree with the felling of the poorer trees to ground level. Understorey species should be retained where it is not interfering with the growth of a retained tree."

 

Still a wild guess at how long it's going to take? I'm going with 4 men 10 days... sound reasonable??

Link to comment
Share on other sites

20,000 sq m......what is that in real money?? If its 80 hectares , you gonna get burned!!

40 man days 80 hectares

each man 2hectares per day ( 1 hectare = 2.47 acres )

1 man x 5 acres a day......I wouldnt do it if you paid me!! But then I havent walked the site....!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

  •  

  • Featured Adverts

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.