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OUTPUT. 



An analysis of a number of felling and bucking cost statements 

 indicates that the output of a set of f allers, as a general thing, ranges 

 between 25,000 and 30,000 feet net scale per day. Some companies 

 are averaging as high as 35,000 feet per day to a set of fallers ; a few, 

 40,000 feet or more. Other companies are not averaging as much as 

 20,000 feet. 



Two or three buckers are generally required with a set of fallers. 

 It is not unusual to find three. If there are very few windfalls and 

 the slope of the ground is fairly regular, so that little undercutting 

 is necessary, two will be able to do the work. In good ground, where 

 exceptionally long logs are cut, one bucker may be enough. The 

 output of buckers ranges between 10,000 and 15,000 feet net scale per 

 day, averaging about 12,000 feet. It would seem, judging from an 

 analysis of cost statements, that the output in many cases is less 

 than 10,000 feet. In one large camp, where the logs averaged about 

 36 feet in length and 1,800 feet in volume, and the ground was badly 

 broken up, the average output per bucker per day over a period of 

 2 years was 9,500 feet. 



TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. 



SAWS. 



Two falling saws are required for each set of fallers. one for use 

 while the other is being filed. The lengths range from 7| to 10 

 feet, depending on the size of the timber. Eight feet is probably 

 the most common length. Of course it is necessary in many cases to 

 have a few 10 or 12 foot saws on hand for the larger trees. Two 

 bucking saws are required for each bucker, their length varying with 

 the size of the timber, 7^ feet being the common length. There 

 must be some extra falling and bucking saws on hand, the number 

 depending on the size of the operation. 



The net prices in March, 1915, of a grade and pattern of falling 

 and bucking saws used by a large number of Pacific coast logging 

 operators were as follows: 



Length of saw, feet. Net price, each. 



6 — — $5. 00 



6i 5, 67 



7 ^ 6. 30 



7i ^ 7. 00 



8 7. 60 



8i 8. 30 



9 9. 14 



9i 9.96 



10 10. 77 



11 12. 60 



12 14. 49 



14 18. 46 



