RuralKanuck
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- Ontario, Canada
Ok I just reread my earlier ramble through my woods see:- (My Managed Forrest plan in SW Ontario) but rather than extend that one I am going to start over here on the subject of thinning the 10acres of pine in the winter of 24 but I still monitor my original post for folks who may wish to comment there.
When I last updated this little ramble through my efforts to manage my 32 acres of forest I was still looking for a company to thin the 10 acres of reforested White Pine which was becoming very overcrowded and dying off from the overcrowding.
After much searching I did find a local company that would cut a percentage of the trees not knowing exactly the size of their logging machines that they used to do it. Had I known either the damage to the trails for access or the amount of timber they deemed unsuitable for their use (anything other than 6” plus dia of 8 to 10 ft of straight timber) that would be left scattered throughout the cut area I would have had second thoughts about having it done.
But it is done now and I have patched up the trails enough to get my smaller tractor and other small buggy back to both the logged area and the hardwood section behind those trails. There are some sections that were newly created to hall the logs out that would cost me more for fill and large equipment to fix than I received for the timber removed, all I can say is its been a learning experience and I hope the following will help others from make the same mistakes!
Just to start this thread I will post a couple of before and after pics, more come as I describe the whole thing and the aftermath.
When I last updated this little ramble through my efforts to manage my 32 acres of forest I was still looking for a company to thin the 10 acres of reforested White Pine which was becoming very overcrowded and dying off from the overcrowding.
After much searching I did find a local company that would cut a percentage of the trees not knowing exactly the size of their logging machines that they used to do it. Had I known either the damage to the trails for access or the amount of timber they deemed unsuitable for their use (anything other than 6” plus dia of 8 to 10 ft of straight timber) that would be left scattered throughout the cut area I would have had second thoughts about having it done.
But it is done now and I have patched up the trails enough to get my smaller tractor and other small buggy back to both the logged area and the hardwood section behind those trails. There are some sections that were newly created to hall the logs out that would cost me more for fill and large equipment to fix than I received for the timber removed, all I can say is its been a learning experience and I hope the following will help others from make the same mistakes!
Just to start this thread I will post a couple of before and after pics, more come as I describe the whole thing and the aftermath.
This was in a small Buddhist monastery, so there were several grown men that could help.