3514 Chapter 28 



Table 28-4. — Capitalization of conventional and modified (to incorporate residue bal- 

 ing) harvesting system (Stuart et al. 198 !)• 



Modified to 

 Equipment Conventional incorporate 



baler 



Feller-buncher, Bobcat 1075 



Two grapple skidders, JD 540 



Loader, Prentice 210 



Residue baler 



Two tractors, Fleetstar 2070A 



Four longwood trailers, Chancey 



Total 266,838 336,838 



1979 costs. 



28-8 $474,000— SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF 



RECTANGULAR BLANKS (OVERSIZE PARTS) FOR 



USE BY FURNITURE PLANTS AND INDUSTRY' 



The proposed enterprise is a small furniture dimension plant using low-grade 

 hardwood lumber to produce solid and glued-up panel stock in unfinished 

 dimension. The economic analysis is based on purchased No. 2 Common lum- 

 ber sawn from ash, sweetgum, red maple, red oaks, and yellow-poplar. By 

 adding a bolter saw and subsidiary equipment, the operation could be based on 

 short logs and bolts. 



The proposed plant uses conventional machinery for a dimension plant, with 

 wood and solar-heat assisted dehumidification dry kilns. Average lumber drying 

 time is calculated at 21 days, allowing purchase of fresh sawn lumber from local 

 sawmills. The product is typical of sizes used for kitchen cabinet stock. The 

 "Optimum Furniture Cutting Computer Program" '° was used in yield and cost 

 calculations and it is anticipated this system will be used in preparing price 

 quotes. 



The plant is designed to consume 8 Mbf of lumber per day (single shift) with 

 minimium of 50-percent yield of parts. Key statistics for the enterprise are as 

 follows: 



9 Abstracted from Huber et al. (1981). 



^^Available from H. A. Huber, Forestry Dept., Michigan State University, East Lansing. 



