The Humboldt is primarily for speed of production

[cory]

Good stuff, Zane, good to read ya

 

[gumboot]

Stooled up = the roots are half above

Lotta good info there.

"Stooled up", does that mean yarded out via cable towers because you are working mostly on slopes?

ground . In old growth Sitka Spruce , Western Hemlock , Red Cedar and Yellow Cedar . None of them have a tap root . And solid rock is often at ground level . Ive had to board up , spring board up 2 and 3 boards just to get above the roots .

 

[gumboot]

Are you sure there isn't deduction for fiber- pull?


Would fiber-pull reduce veneer logs to saw-logs?

Oh , the scalers will pencil deduct for pullin the guts out of the butt log . What ever they can do to steal from the logger , they will do it . Taje a skinny stick or folding ruler and slide it on the fiber pull holes in the butt measure from the butt that distance and scribner scale from that length to the small end of the log . But, usually , the leave it on the log so the customer gets all that diameter .
I have a habit of cutting the heart wood out from the face . The goal being to just hace a post of holding wood on each side of the stump . Often

 

[gumboot]

Is there a concern about losing scale with the high stumps

Only when a bushler gets a penny inch job .
I added in as much root flare as I could . Penny inching is flat out stealing from the fallers ! It was Designed to steal from the fallers .
Penny inch scale has a set price , per inch diameter of the stump , perpendicular to the face . The outfit I worked for penny inching had a sliding system of amount of pennies per inch for certain diameter ranges . All designed to get the timber cut and keep most cutters just broke enough .