Ok i have tried to figure it out here recently but i cant find the answer.
What is a bushel, or how much is it??
What is a bushel, or how much is it??
bushel?
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valekbrothers
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The imperial bushel, legally established in Great Britain in 1826, contained 2218.192 cubic inches, or 80 pounds of distilled water weighed in air at 62° Fahrenheit. The Winchester bushel, much used from the time of Henry VIII, was somewhat smaller, containing 2150.42 cubic inches, or 77.627413 pounds of distilled water; it is still generally used in the USA and Canada.
Hope this helps...............
Hope this helps...............
picked corn in a gunny sack is a bushel.
in pounds (by commodity):
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/bushels.html
in pounds (by commodity):
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/bushels.html
slinger
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A bushel is a unit of dry measurement by volume (a bushel basket)
About 1.25 (1.244) cubic feet.
Or about 32 quarts or 4 pecks:hmm3grin2orange:
About 1.25 (1.244) cubic feet.
Or about 32 quarts or 4 pecks:hmm3grin2orange:
sILlogger
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a bushel in the timber industry, atleast in my terns is 1000 bdft
Aaa that is what i was after..
sILlogger
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kinda what i figured
slinger
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Learned somethin today--rep on the way!
Bushelling is getting paid by how many thousand you cut, instead of by the hour or day. 
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sILlogger
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Bushelling is getting paid by how many thousand you cut, instead of by the hour or day.
if your in decent timber bushelling is where the money is at. i'll take footage over hourly in decent timber any day of the week!
Spotted Owl
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Curiosity. What is an average footage rate in that part of the country? I haven't done that in a good long time, gone buy the ton, the day and the hour. I remember some of the scale days, money could be made thats for darn sure. However when prices are good pulp by the ton can be good also.
Owl
stihlloggin
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I never heard this term either. Around here i've cut by the hour or ton. How much do you guys get by the thousand (bushel)
sILlogger
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If i am the only one cutting trees (if the scale is just going off of what i cut) $.02 is pretty well the least that i will fire up a saw for. honestly i should prolly get $.03 (not tooting my own horn, but alot of times i get called in to cut the biggest, most difficult and risky trees and i believe pay should reflect that) Also i usually do alot of coordinating, mechanicing and almost play a management role when i am working.
when i'm getting paid by the bushel, i typically get $2 a ton for any pulpwood that comes out of it
Spotted Owl
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There is also pay plan by Mbf, we had a certain name for that but I forgot what that was. I think Columbia and the other helicopter company(I think their helicopters are green) stilll pays this type scale. Anyone remeber this or what the term besides scale was?
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sILlogger
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i don't know how this compares to other areas of the u.s. but that is what i'm getting.
btw. i supply all of my own equipment and it is always ready when i get to the job. Pretty well the crew will point me to the trees and turn me loose. not like some of the guys around here where they gotta hold there hand. it amazes me
what is the bushel rate in other areas if people don't mind chiming in?
btw. i supply all of my own equipment and it is always ready when i get to the job. Pretty well the crew will point me to the trees and turn me loose. not like some of the guys around here where they gotta hold there hand. it amazes me
what is the bushel rate in other areas if people don't mind chiming in?
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stihlloggin
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Well i supply all my equip. also and get $35-$40hr. or $2-$3/ton not sure on the by the thousand wage. The majority of my falling is tree length for processor, log length on forest circus sometimes if the timber's too tall.
sILlogger
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do u have to limb them? what about insurance? I'm lucky if i can get someone to pay me $20/hour. i'm guessing you are doing all handfalling?
stihlloggin
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Yes all handfalling. When i do take a log off it's usually just a but log to down-size it for the processor. About 99 percent of my work is for high lead / Cable sides.
sILlogger
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wow..you could put alot of trees on the ground if you didn't have to top them.
stihlloggin
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