Table 17.— Hourly and daily rates for various pieces of equipment used in 

 thinning study 





Cost 



Cost 



Mr)chinp 



IVICJwl 111 1^ 



DPr hour 



nor 







-Dollars 



Chip Harvester Model 12' 



32.00 



200.00 



John Deere 440 skidder 



16.00 



100.00 



John Deere 2940 4WD tractor 



7.50 



55.00 



Allis Chalmers 180 and Ford 7000 tractors 



6.00 



40.00 



Melroe "Bobl<itten" steer skid 



6.25 



55.00 



Melroe Bobcat 1075 feller-buncher 



15.00 



100.00 



Front end loader^ 



6.50 



50.00 



6x6 flatbed truck 



6.50 



50.00 



Dump truck 



3.00 



20.00 



Stock truck 



3.00 



20.00 



Semi-tractor 



13.00 



100.00 



Crawler tractors 



13.00 



100.00 



Road grader 



4.00 



30.00 



Husky heelboom loader 



3.00 



25.00 



Fifth wheel trailer 



1.50 



10.00 



Semi-trailer, 45 feet 



2.25 



18.00 



Chain Saws 



4.00 per day for saw only 



10.00 per day for saw, gas. 





oil, etc. 





AC 2000 tractors 



6.75 



50.00 



'Data for the first six machines include all fixed and variable costs, but exclude operator or 



labor costs. 



^Data for the other machines do not include fuel, lube, or minor repair costs. 



Table 18.— Costs of performing various harvesting operations on the eight study areas 



Hand thinning Machine thinning Sawtimber Skidding Processing (cost/acre) 



Area 



Acres 



No. 

 trees 



Cost/ 

 stem 



Cost/ 

 acre 



No. 

 trees 



Cost/ 

 stem 



Cost/ 

 acre 



Volume 

 cut 



Cost/ 

 acre 



Total 

 cost/acre 



Chipping 



Stud 

 logs 



Saw 

 logs 



















M bd.ft. 













Gravel Pit 



20.50 



8,058 



$0.19 



$ 74.03 



1,580 



$0.25 



$19.41 



17,130 



$2.52 



$ 97.04 



$138.30 



$ 20.69 



$1.26 



Section 34 



29.56 



6,383 



.20 



43.68 



3,565 



.35 



42.42 



25,670 



1.44 



103.96 



150.71 



40.48 



4.93 



Airstrip A & B 



5.35 



1,087 



.19 



79.38 



2,079 



.22 



87.65 







149.14 



387.37 



110.72 





Big Chip Pile 



7.10 



3,550 



.19 



94.87 



325 



.43 



19.65 







61.44 



114.08 



37.34 





Spring Creek 



5.00 



3,850 



.19 



147.20 



252 



.49 



24.60 



4,610 



6.84 



85.11 



129.60 



40.59 



9.57 



No Name Creek 



18.00 



12,277 



.19 



134.56 



1,216 



.32 



21.75 



15,140 



6.67 



80.66 



146.25 



23.23 



9.17 



Rifle Range 



8.70 



6,870 



.15 



120.83 



148 



.47 



7.99 







56.24 



139.66 



2.00 





Crazy Gate 



39.20 









1,863 



.78 



37.24 



50,000 



5.25 



40.18 



41.33 



58.81 



2.85 



Weighted average 





























cost/acre 









86.12 







32.25 





4.05 



76.72 





$166.45— 





Table 19.— Per-acre income from the various products for the eight study areas 



Income per acre Total 



Total income/ Profit (or 



Area Acres cost/acre Chips Stud logs Sawtimber acre loss)/acre 



Dollars 



Gravel Pit 



20.50 



353.25 



225.00 



260.80 



138.60 



624.40 



271.15 



Section 34 



29.56 



387.62 



256.80 



426.96 



143.29 



827.05 



439.43 



Airstrip A & B 



5.35 



814.26 



681.33 



238.02 





919.35 



105.09 



Big Chip Pile 



7.10 



327.38 



186.60 



138.80 





325.40 



( 1.96) 



Spring Creek 



5.00 



443.51 



215.85 



231.20 



151.80 



598.85 



155.34 



No Name Creek 



18.00 



422.29 



363.26 



159.12 



43.74 



566.12 



143.83 



Rifle Range 



8.70 



326.72 



193.35 



33.60 





226.95 



( 99.77) 



Crazy Gate 



39.20 



185.66 



70.50 



468.27 



210.46 



749.23 



563,57 



Weighted average/acre 





339.70 



219.09 



321.43 



150.31 



648.50 



308,80 



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