Timber vs firewood

[John Thomas]

As a guide if we falling contract we around the £300 a day

How many men is that for?

is that a day rate just for the felling or are you charged that everyday you are on site no matter what you are doing

[Craobh]

How many men is that for?

is that a day rate just for the felling or are you charged that everyday you are on site no matter what you are doing

 

There usually 2 of us we bid on contracts works out bout £30 an hour

 

thats each lol some contracts take a few weeks some just a day just depends

[Marc Lewis]

Alot of forests were planted during and after the war, these should be reaching MAI.

[Craobh]

We cut usually on a 40 year rotation .......there is some old growth left but that mainly protected now but there plenty of second growth

[Chris Sheppard]

I wasn't having a go .....I was really thinking of you guys as you said working your rears of for not huge return.

 

 

Oh we cut small stands too as well as working gypo for the high end shows.

 

 

Our own place is only 175 acres so it cut in small stands but it is managed that way (that's the wifes job lol I only kill the stuff lol)

 

Didn't think you were having a go I was just telling it how it is

 

As a guide if we falling contract we around the £300 a day

 

If that's per man, then that's more than pretty good going. I don't know anyone over here that could physically put enough wood on the floor day in day out to do that (Everyone has exceptional days once or twice, but usually not very often).

 

What we should earn and what we can earn are two totally different numbers

 

Larch log - no way! It's the lowest price for log round here; so much of it due to ramroum doesn't help; spruce, hemlock etc all higher. DF very high!

 

But for firewood it's the opposite way round - larch at almost log prices; others £5/metre less.

 

Ah, forgot about ramorum - thankfully we never seem to have got it near enouhg to affect us.

[Craobh]

When we put timber on the ground tho that's mainly it sometimes we have to buck it but generally it just lay to the lead it the yarding crews prob to get em out lol .......we'll put down on average 50 - 60 a day each depending on terrain and conditions and how many freaking snags or bloody alders are in the way.........I hate cutting alder they arethe worst for chairing blowing out and are always leaners in everyway but straight lol

 

 

When we get back if any you guys wanna come over that be cool and see the different methods etc

[slack ma girdle]

When we put timber on the ground tho that's mainly it sometimes we have to buck it but generally it just lay to the lead it the yarding crews prob to get em out lol .......we'll put down on average 50 - 60 a day each depending on terrain and conditions and how many freaking snags or bloody alders are in the way.........I hate cutting alder they arethe worst for chairing blowing out and are always leaners in everyway but straight lol

 

 

When we get back if any you guys wanna come over that be cool and see the different methods etc

 

How queer, Alder is one of my favorate to fell: Generally they tend to be the straightest, and easy to get on the deck.

Just go to show one mans meat is anothers poison.

[Craobh]

How queer, Alder is one of my favorate to fell: Generally they tend to be the straightest, and easy to get on the deck.

Just go to show one mans meat is anothers poison.

 

It just slows us down really and seen to many sob's chair I guess it just me lol would rather be in doug fir or fraser fir lol bigger and nice timber