Normally, I don't hang out in the forestry forum, as that simply isn't what I do regularly. I came across a job listing for a "feller". Upon further inquiry, I was told:
"a faller is responsible for inspecting the area to be logged, estimating the BFT of logs he can cut from the stand of timber , and then falling the trees, de limbing and bucking the usable logs from them. There is a minimum quota of 5000 bft per 8 hours falling for the first 480 hours, and after the faller should be cutting in the 15000 - 20000 bft per 8 hour range."
Quite frankly, I don't see how a feller could produce that many board feet in a day, given the puny trees we have in the midwest. That would be a pretty good sized tree estimated, cut, limbed, bucked, and measured every 20 minutes.
I don't think that is possible in a hardwood forest at 500 board feet per tree. Your opinions?
"a faller is responsible for inspecting the area to be logged, estimating the BFT of logs he can cut from the stand of timber , and then falling the trees, de limbing and bucking the usable logs from them. There is a minimum quota of 5000 bft per 8 hours falling for the first 480 hours, and after the faller should be cutting in the 15000 - 20000 bft per 8 hour range."
Quite frankly, I don't see how a feller could produce that many board feet in a day, given the puny trees we have in the midwest. That would be a pretty good sized tree estimated, cut, limbed, bucked, and measured every 20 minutes.
I don't think that is possible in a hardwood forest at 500 board feet per tree. Your opinions?