Them damn loggers don't know squat. Lucky that a smart guy like that showed up with his toy saw to make use of that maple.
Mark trees, or let sawyers choose?
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And much appreciated, too. Rub trees are a good practice. Note that on our sales, some of the "garbage" that is marked is done not for the log but for the shadow that will lift up off of the ground when it's gone. We try to take a bit of everything and focus on the light we can get to the forest floor for the residual stand. Of course, our strategy would be totally different if we were expected to turn a profit.
bnmc98
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Thats funny, around here they they seem to look up and make sure they keep all the straight ones too and give the crooked junk to be harvested. No wonder they don't have bids on some sales.
I've walked through several sales here to look it over and no way would I ever bid on them... no pulp market here.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Without having read said thread, I'd be cutting something, even if was a low grade thinning of the stems that don't appear to be thriving or have any reason to live. Leave the good stuff on the stump and dont sell those ripe pumpkins until you find the best market. Twere my bush, I'd enjoy every tree while it was still standing. You can always cut them down, but you can't stand them back up again. If we want good carrots, we need to weed our garden.A rich person is one who is gaurdian over our trees.Trees represent a whole lot more than just a bunch of ripe bananas.
Sounds like your enviro group needs to talk to our enviro group. The bad thing is, they only want to use this method. Its a one size fits all for them but does not address problems like rootrot patches that have trees falling on roads, or making openings for wildlife, berries, or views.
See, that's why we do it the way we do it -- we can address those things as part of our normal process without having to pretend that it's new or exceptional.
RandyMac
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I've done it both ways, I believe I can open a stand better than someone who breezes through spraying paint.
Went up on the annual family scare the wifes trip today...
Passed through several FS thinnings, some looked good, some not so much.
2 were done with yarders 1 everything looked nearly natural unless you know what your looking for, the other, a half blind school marm could tell were the yarder was set up, big huge cable paths, lots of junk just over the edge of the road... not horrible but not the best either.
The first one on the way up was mostly flat, who ever did it managed to scar up most of the trees along the main road, and probably half of the leave trees are critically damaged.
Passed through several FS thinnings, some looked good, some not so much.
2 were done with yarders 1 everything looked nearly natural unless you know what your looking for, the other, a half blind school marm could tell were the yarder was set up, big huge cable paths, lots of junk just over the edge of the road... not horrible but not the best either.
The first one on the way up was mostly flat, who ever did it managed to scar up most of the trees along the main road, and probably half of the leave trees are critically damaged.
Wonder why the SA let them get away with that?
Skeans
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Wonder if it's like that government job we did for a few years where damage was acceptable and to an extent promoted?
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Maybe the SA did not use bribery cookies?
No idear, the damaged stuff is at a pretty low elevation only like 1-2 miles in, used to have epic paint ball wars in there... the yarder units are a bit farther up but not much, been a couple years since they did them, though the slash poles are still pretty obvious, most folks that go up there get it... but its not leaving the best image in folks minds
