"Joe Zorzin" wrote in message ...
"Larry Harrell" wrote in message
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One of my beefs with the current style of "mechanical thinning" with
feller bunchers and skidders is that landing sizes are rather big. To
accomodate the literal mountain of slash from whole-tree yarding and
the multiple machines on the landing, you end up with a landing nearly
as big as a helicopter landing. Combine that with the almost
inevitable scorching of adjacent trees when that mountain of slash is
burned. Maybe the USFS has to make the "purchaser" remove the slash,
hoping co-gen electric plants would buy the cheap fuel for at least
the transportation costs. It sure beats polluting our air and letting
that energy go out into space.

Why not use forwarders and leave all that junk in the woods?


Most logging outfits in the West don't have that fancy and expensive
equipment. Besides, these projects are actually "Fuel Reduction
Projects" G. With a CTL system, I would probably have them make
slash piles out in the woods to be burned later.


Working for the last few months here in South Carolina, I've seen why
the pulp market is so low. Trees grow so dang fast down here. I've
seen a 21 year old tree that is 62 feet tall! The fall colors here are
quite nice and work couldn't be more idyllic except for the fact that
I'm sharing the woods with deer hunters. I'm wearing bright colors and
have my FS radio turned up real loud.


Have you ever watched Deliverance? G


Thankfully, I think Deliverance was set in Arkansas or Missouri?

Larry