Logging costs and production rates for the group selection cutting method

Philip M. McDonald

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Logging costs and production rates for the group selection cutting method

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Philip M. McDonald

Year:

1965

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-59. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Young-growth, mixed-conifer stands were logged by a group-selection method designed to create openings 30, 60, and 90 feet in diameter. Total costs for felling, limbing, bucking, and skidding on these openings ranged from $7.04 to $7.99 per thousand board feet. Cost differences between openings were not statistically significant. Logging costs for group selection compared favorably with those previously reported for seed-tree and selection harvest cuts--$8.20 and $8.39, respectively.

Citation

McDonald, P.M. 1965. Logging costs and production rates for the group selection cutting method. Res. Note PSW-59. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.