Whole Tree and Cut-to-Length Logging

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While harvest systems utilizing a chainsaw can widely vary, mechanized systems tend to be more standardized and have two main categories: whole tree and cut-to-length systems. Each has a distinct advantage and disadvantage. Here is what you need to know.
Apologies for the wind noise. I always forget how sensitive my mic is.
0:00 - Harvest Systems
1:29 - Whole Tree
4:00 - Cut-to-Length
6:30 - Soil Disturbance
8:25 - Economics
9:37 - Niches
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@thetimberlandinvestor Ай бұрын

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@justpete2748 Ай бұрын

… I love how I have just shared a collective silent internet moment with all the other men watching who have ever bought a scale model and then used them in a presentation so that we could expense them - and we welcome you to our brotherhood!

@yonmusak Ай бұрын

Finally a feller buncher I can afford!

@DropCapitals 22 күн бұрын

I think it's also worth mentioning that in the whole-tree system there is often considerable damage to the bases of trees along the trail (or 'ride' as we say in thr UK) because of branches on hardwood trees, or stems hitting trail-side trees, especially when the trail bends. Also, I work in forestry here in the UK, and I often see forwarders moving brash (brush) to wet areas, and even forwarding out the brash to be chipped at roadside for biomass - just for you to consider. Good video, glad to see someone talking about this. I think it's also worth mentioning how much of North America has moved to CTL harvesting over the last couple of decades; not that I know the actual figures.

@etree08 Ай бұрын

You didn’t mention cable yarding systems, some of which can work uphill, downhill, or horizontally under complete control. Sort of a combo of CTL and WT where processor sits next to the yarder. This seems to be popular in areas with steep slopes, but they can work anywhere with very low soil distance. The USFS even developed a unit called the Bitter Root Yarder and made those plans available to the public upon request.

@jamesfrohn8023 Ай бұрын

Each system also has advantages and disadvantages regarding trail width, residual damage along trails, trail spacing, and landing size.Also CTL systems can do quite a good job in hardwood thinnings, with reduced damage to the lower tree bole, where most of the value in hardwood is found. Regardless of the system, they all ultimately depend on having a skilled operator

@TomBTerrific 29 күн бұрын

The kid in you! I have been watching your videos and have enjoyed all those that I’ve seen. Eve the ones in Mexico. Back in 1990 I was in Costa Rica and met a Canadian logger who had just gone through a divorce and sold everything and was planning to start in the lumber industry there. I lost touch whim so I don’t know if he was successful in that adventure or not. In your video I’ve hear you educate us on multiple things. However I’ve never heard you mention what states or climates are most productive for logging.i know the Pacific Northwest has fabulous lumber industry but the southeast has Aldo seen quite an increase also. Which states do you think are best when considering cost, soil fertility, growing season and yield. Would love to hear your perspective on this. I’m looking at Alabama and Mississippi mostly because of cost of property.

@thetimberlandinvestor 28 күн бұрын

Thanks, Im glad you are enjoying it! That's a good idea for a video. There is a lot to consider, but to be brief: The South has very fast growth rates and a good infrastructure around plantation forestry, if that interests you, and that can offer decent returns, as well as opportunities with hunting leases. The Northwest also has some great opportunities and comparable growth rates, however per acre prices are higher, and local politics can be a risk to the regional industry as a whole going forward. Much of the Midwest and Northeast can also have great opportunities, but forests are more diverse, so arguably you have to know more about "what to look for," so to speak.

@endurocox5467 Ай бұрын

Is it beneficial or detrimental to remove/excavate a stump during/after a harvest?

@thetimberlandinvestor Ай бұрын

The only real benefit you would get from removing a stump would be from the scarification/disturbance of soil, which can make a really nice seed bed for new regeneration, but there are better, cheaper, and easier ways to accomplish the same thing. Overall, remaining stumps don't really cause problems unless they are an aesthetic eyesore.

@HubertofLiege Ай бұрын

Everything is site specific, and regulations change with those two actions. In the south they may remove stumps, in the inland northwest they purposely plant seedlings next to the stump. So, it depends.

@endurocox5467 26 күн бұрын

Thank you @thetimberlandinvestor

@winstonskafte5505 Ай бұрын

By far the best is small mills set up in the bush selectivly logging and keeping 6 times the people working you can use horses or small line skidders . The worst is the modern logging practices where 10 people sitting on 3000 hp can wipe of a couple sq miles in maybe 2 months . Instead of 100 people working a year there and then walking away from a young forest that will be ready to be recut in 25 years .