felling small conifer regen to waste

[Logan]

Like I say, most are less than 15' tall so single cut, push over and move onto the next.

 

I'm really trying to guage what sort of area can be covered in a day.

 

Hi there Tristan,

Did you price it yet?

 

Probably hardest part is the hiking about, especially if it's a large site. What's the ha?

 

Based on dense patches being 0.2ha / day/ man,

Thinner patches help push average up, depends how many days in a row you've gotta keep pace up.

5 good cutters for 4 days sometimes pushes pace along better than 2 for 2 weeks, somehow.

 

Maybe work out the lowest day rate you can handle, and factor say 0.2ha/day and see whether that stacks up/scares job off.

 

Cheers, John.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Hi been sorting some infected larch out on some simulare ground, ringbarked some and felled others, no snedding or cutting to lengh just brash of bottom 5 or 6 foot and fell as they are to be winched of next spring and we where getting £1.50 a tree, we averaged about 100-110 trees each a day,best day we had, one man brashing one man felling total 255 trees for the day 8 till 4.30pm.

 

 

That sounds like really hard graft for not a great return (after tax, fuel/oil, wear&tear on saws etc.) must have been less than £100/day for what sounds like a grueller!?!

[Spruce Pirate]

That sounds like really hard graft for not a great return (after tax, fuel/oil, wear&tear on saws etc.) must have been less than £100/day for what sounds like a grueller!?!

 

An average of between £150 to £165 a day sounds alright, accepting that it is the gross figure. Forestry is hard graft.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

An average of between £150 to £165 a day sounds alright, accepting that it is the gross figure. Forestry is hard graft.

 

 

Hats off to you, it's not for me then!

[s o c]

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we did simular jobs a few years ago. expierienced sawmen were doing half ha.per day, younger lads with little forestry done didnt do as well. hard graft but it paid well

[spuddog0507]

Hi all just reading your replies S,P is right it is hard graft, when we started in jan i used to smoke i DONT now and my thighs are now solid its done me the world of good and the best thing about it i love it, job satisfaction i think they call it as money is not every thing in life and 7-800 quid a week is not that bad is it? we have just accepted another 9 monthes work doing simular thing but we can buy the timber this time

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[Logan]

Hi there Spuddog you must be covering a fair old area, sounds good that you got more lined up, nice one. John

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Thanks everyone for all your replies, we're looking at a little over 30ha for this site.

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As a little update, I based my price on a combination of measured plot counts and averagin, I got the contract and started last week, here's hoping my guestimation was alright!

[Gareth_elms]

I wish you look with this contract sounds like a nice bit of work. 1 week ago we started 15 ha of silver birch regrowth on a peatbog in south yorkshire. Sites ridge a furrow with ditches every 10m, size varies from 5mm to around 20cm depending on how well the stump treatment worked. Cut and left where they fall stumps treated. Done 6 days and 11.5 ha done with 2 cutters and 1 lad stump treating. I think I prefer the bigger stuff easier on the back, but it's rewarding to look back along the area at end of day and see how much you've cut.