How much wood can you cut in a day?

[Bootsie]

I am trying to figure out a time line for a potential job. I was wondering how many cords of wood can be felled by one person per day. We are talking fell, limb and cut to 8 to 16 ft lengths? Any feedback would be great. The wood is pine and poplar and nothing a 16in bar cannot handle.

 

[MS460WOODCHUCK]

I am trying to figure out a time line for a potential job. I was wondering how many cords of wood can be felled by one person per day. We are talking fell, limb and cut to 8 to 16 ft lengths? Any feedback would be great. The wood is pine and poplar and nothing a 16in bar cannot handle.

Alot if the terrain and all of the other working conditions are good.

 

[Mad Professor]

I've used 5-gal of mix in a day just dropping, bucking and limbing.

That should give you an idea.

 

[Chris Crouse]

As much or more than a wood chuck.

 

[Bootsie]

Cordage numbers would be very helpful. Just an average.

 

[Stihl Crazy]

In that type of wood a tractor trailer load a day would be no problem. I am the owner of Old Iron Logging and have seen all kinds of men in the woods. I have had men that can only cut enough in 8 hours to load the forwarder once per day. Other men that could load it 8-10 times per day. It depends alot on skill level and ambition.

 

[Stihl Crazy]

Here are some #'s from some of my men per day.
Good studwood- 12-15 cds
Firewood- 15-20 cds
Logs-25-30 tons ( only in great wood )

 

[Bootsie]

So, it would not be much of a stretch for 2 guys to produce 20 cords of logs a day? That is combined of course.

 

[mile9socounty]

I spent 10.5hrs cutting up two log truck loads of semi dry madrone. I tell you what. I was dead by the time the last log was cut into rounds. It ain't easy or fun.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Size of saw should be considered too

Size of saw should be considered too along with the ambition and skill level of the cutters, how dense the woods is and the terrain. Also, the other equipment for moving the logs around should be considered.

Regards

Dan

 

[dancan]

Here are some #'s from some of my men per day.
Good studwood- 12-15 cds
Firewood- 15-20 cds
Logs-25-30 tons ( only in great wood )

What size at the small end for stud wood and approximately what are you getting for your stud/saw/firewood ?

 

[Stihl Crazy]

So, it would not be much of a stretch for 2 guys to produce 20 cords of logs a day? That is combined of course.

There is nothing free and easy in the woods. 20 cd per day for 2 men is a reasonable #. But it will still be work.

 

[Stihl Crazy]

What size at the small end for stud wood and approximately what are you getting for your stud/saw/firewood ?

Haven't sent the studwood yet to see what it will get. Small local mill agreed to take it off my hands. 5" top on stud wood, but now that saw logs are down to 4" I don't see very much stud wood in the future.

Firewood is $100 roadside.

Sawlogs run from $56-60 per ton.

 

[Fred B.]

This may or may not be helpful, but when I was about 13 my family and another family cut this much wood (in LaPine, Oregon) in two days:

That's two grown men operating saws, two kids throwing and loading cord wood, and two wives cooking and helping out however they could. I don't remember exactly how many cords that load worked out to, but it was an interesting experiment anyway.

A few years after that my step-father and I (one saw) could retrieve two cords a day by ourselves without much trouble. The latter was tamarack pine that was either on the ground or obviously dead standing, but often on steep terrain... sometimes throwing uphill to load, sometimes throwing down.

We used an ol' Willys cabover flatbed (FC150 or 170) with bed racks to get in and haul the wood out. With a top speed of about 35-40mph on the highway we spent a little more time than usual just getting to the wood and back. Fortunately we lived about 5 miles from the forest entrance, and maybe another 5 miles up to the cut area. :biggrinbounce2:


Fred B.

 

[056kid]

I've used 5-gal of mix in a day just dropping, bucking and limbing.

That should give you an idea.

Damn you running a twin cylinder?

 

[056kid]

Here are some #'s from some of my men per day.
Good studwood- 12-15 cds
Firewood- 15-20 cds
Logs-25-30 tons ( only in great wood )

Cutting logs as in sending them to the mill, 120 tons for 1 man is an easy 3 load day if the timber is average size(good going anymore).

If you are cutting 12 to 16'' poplars that are under 80 feet on flat ground, you can expect anywhere from 40 to over 80 tons in 8 hours work...

 

[Evan]

done this much in a day by myself a few times. done it quite a few times with help. guessn this between 3 and 4 cord

 

[gilraine]

Damn you running a twin cylinder?

I've done that with my 066..

 

[Ol' Brian]

Holy cow... you guys are some wood cuttin' sum #####es!!!

Last Spring, cutting down Hackberries hangin' out over the fields for my neighbor, all tangled up with vines and gnarly branches, I was able to cut 2 pickup loads per day, by myself with no help. That's felling, topping, bucking to 18", and picking up and loading, and then cleaning up the brush left over. My 2 pickup loads was probably only a cord, maybe a cord and a half at the most... a helper would have nearly doubled the productivity. All I know is I was one whipped dog at the end of each day... I don't see how anyone could cut much more than that working alone... although I see some of you guys were just cutting logs... so apples and oranges, I guess.

 

[056kid]

I've done that with my 066..

I used to go through 5 to 8 gallons a week running a 660.

Cutting 3 to 4 tractor & trailer loads a day....