Small scale timber extraction

[luftwaffe]

Not wishing to have a go as it were, but using these small machines etc smacks of just "playing at it", For me its far better to have a couple of hard working county's and 2 lads on the saws, between the 3 of us i'd be looking to cut 150t per week, is this acheiveable with using quad bikes etc,? Is it sustainable to consistantly use small machines like these to base running a business around?

[born2trot]

I know alot of people love big machines in woods but i personally dont like them . Just doesnt do it for me , each to their own and all that .

[Aaron]

Not wishing to have a go as it were, but using these small machines etc smacks of just "playing at it", For me its far better to have a couple of hard working county's and 2 lads on the saws, between the 3 of us i'd be looking to cut 150t per week, is this acheiveable with using quad bikes etc,? Is it sustainable to consistantly use small machines like these to base running a business around?

 

Not every one has 150t to cut per a week.............

[Mortimer Firewood]

Not wishing to have a go as it were, but using these small machines etc smacks of just "playing at it", For me its far better to have a couple of hard working county's and 2 lads on the saws, between the 3 of us i'd be looking to cut 150t per week, is this acheiveable with using quad bikes etc,? Is it sustainable to consistantly use small machines like these to base running a business around?

 

Its not all about how much you can cut and get to roadside though is it a lot of these smaller machines are been used in small private woodlands. Anyway some might say your playing at it with your set up if you really want to get some timber out you would have two harvesters and two timber jacks working together.

Edited February 14, 2012 by Mortimer Firewood
more poor spelling

[luftwaffe]

I know alot of people love big machines in woods but i personally dont like them . Just doesnt do it for me , each to their own and all that .

 

Fair enough, but by modern standards the county tractor is not that big these days, it was 30 years ago. how do manage in bigger timber? or steep uphill exraction in difficult terrain where you want some power.

[slack ma girdle]

Fair enough, but by modern standards the county tractor is not that big these days, it was 30 years ago. how do manage in bigger timber? or steep uphill exraction in difficult terrain where you want some power.

 

Pull it down hill

[born2trot]

Pull it down hill

 

You beat me to that !!

[slack ma girdle]

You beat me to that !!

 

:001_tt2:

[luftwaffe]

Its not all about how much you can cut and get to roadside though is it a lot of these smaller machines are been used in small private woodlands. Anyway some might say your playing at it with your set up if you really want to get some timber out you would have two harvesters and two timber jacks working together.

 

I don't like to use our harvester in hardwood, the bent stems coupled with big thick branches does not lend itself to work in hardwoods, unless you want to break knives at £1k each, that why i bring out the county's on these jobs, anyway the ground is always steep on these sort of woods from my experience.

[luftwaffe]

Pull it down hill

 

So you would pull it down to the bottom of the wood, where there is no road or no access, thats where the rivers and sreams are, thats why it called the bottom of the wood.