Table 1 .- -Operational cost summary ($/Mfbm or BDU) 



Operation 







ridrves l 



uni t s 









: 1 [near 



complete) 



■ 4 (near 



complete) 



2 (conventional) : 



3 (conventional) 





Mfbm 1 



BDU 2 



Mfbm 



BDU 



Mfbm 



Mfbm 



Fell 5 Buck 



( Mp "rphant'^hl p 



Volume) 



$ 9.40 



-- 



$ 8.90 



-- 



$ 7.86 



$ 7.20 



Fe 1 1 ing 



(Feller-Buncher) 



3 (3.50) 



$ 1.96 



3 (2.96) 



$ 0.99 



-- 



-- 



Skidding 



5.05 



5.52 



4.11 



5.23 



7.75 



6.83 



Landing 4 

 Equipment Cost 





. 80 





1.29 







Chasing 



1 .92 





2.50 





1 .29 



0.90 



Chipping 





3.94 





3.86 







Loading 



0.96 





0.66 





0.85 



0.88 



Service 



0.80 



0.24 



0.76 



0.25 



0.48 



0.55 



Hauling 5 



12.90 



6.48 



12.90 



6.48 



12.90 



12.90 



Decking and 

 Road Cost 



3.81 



1.32 



2.44 



0.88 



4.08 



1.85 



Total 















Merchantable 



$34.82 





$32.27 





$35.21 



$31.11 



Chips 





$20.26 





$18.89 







1 Mfbm = thousand foot board measure. 



2 BDU = 2,400 lb bone dry unit. 



3 Included in total F§B above. 



4 Used primarily to forward material to chipper. 



5 Contracted; hauling for 40 miles. 



Table 2. --Harvest unit production 



Item 







Harvest 



unit 







: 1 





4 : 



2 : 



3 





Size (acre) 



16 



8 



17.2 



21.7 



22 



5 



Net merchantable volume 















(Mfbm/acre) 



14 



7 



15.2 



25. 1 



21 



4 



Chip weight 















(BDU/acre) 



50 







45.4 









Average piece size 















(Logs /Mfbm) 



13 



7 



7.9 



15.8 



13 



4 



