Thread: Logs coming in wood going out

Originally Posted by BobL

Provided the trees were responsibly harvested

Bob...if the trees are being felled for firewood the process is hardly responsible ...more bloody carbon into the atmosphere ...and from reasonable saw logs too ...if the trees were thinnings from a plantation(s) then i would veiw things a little differently...but trees 600mm plus diameter getting chopped up for firewood makes me sweat and steam...idiot,idiot Foresters!!!...MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Bob...if the trees are being felled for firewood the process is hardly responsible ...more bloody carbon into the atmosphere ...and from reasonable saw logs too ...if the trees were thinnings from a plantation(s) then i would veiw things a little differently...but trees 600mm plus diameter getting chopped up for firewood makes me sweat and steam...idiot,idiot Foresters!!!...MM

It's taken me some time and investigations to also stop my skin crawling at this sight, but there are some interesting scientific facts that many people don't know.

The size of trees and carbon is one.
A given area of ground will capture more carbon growing saplings and immature trees than continuing to support mature trees which also block the growth of smaller trees, so if anything removing some bigger trees actually increases the carbon capture ability of a forest.

This is why I have no problem with the responsible removal of some bigger trees at the time when it maximises carbon capture.

The second point is leaving forests entirely alone and putting out all small fires will eventually lead to fire storms and major loss of habitat which does no good for anyone. Forests have been managed by fire in this country by our indigenous countrymen for tens of thousands of years. The arrival of Europeans largely stopped this to the detriment of our forests. This needs to be reinserted back into our forest management including National parks - something that will not happen too easily as the general population is too dumb to understand this need. Fire management for some species like Karri requires quite hot small fires that generate major clearing of most trees from an area. The time before this type fire management is applied is also another time where big trees can be responsibly removed and used for whatever purpose minimises the cost of the operation.

If the time at which any large trees are removed happens to correspond to when the price of milled timber is less than the price of firewood then I am quite happy for at least the energy from the timber to be used rather than importing more fossil fuels.

I have also done some research on this matter but only based on the economic side of it.
First there is the farmer who owns the trees for him this a supplement income as the beef industry is very tough at the moment then there is the harvest crew the forester the truck driver the firewood processor crew the delivery driver the retailer.
For every load we process there is at least seven small Australian business's involved and these businesses support twelve Australian families.

Is there the possibility to set aside some of the best logs for cutting into boards? I would have thought it could be a profitable sideline for all involved.

Should mention that not every log is firewood this is the results of the better logs and species

Looks like you are doing a great job mate, all issues aside, we do what we can to make a crust, if that means it doesn't fall into the 'carbon thinking' of some maybe they will be happy to pay your bills for you? Great to see you are also helping locals pay their bills too

Could we please leave the personal attacks out of this?

Here's our second load for the week

The first of three loads on its way to Sydney

Second load this week to Sydney

Is that a Thermodyne Mack??

Here's a photo of one of the logs we are getting just on 16 metres long

Here's a load of logs we are getting from an old sawmill that has closed

Here's some photos of the log yard