Product Recovery 



The decked material could not be sold when the pulp market weakened throughout the 

 Northwest about the time the study was concluded. Total merchantable products and cubic 

 volumes are based on roadside-decked pieces. The figures in table 6 were derived by 

 subtracting the post-relogging inventory from the post-harvest inventory. This method 

 was followed because (1) only cubic volumes were measured during the relogging, (2) not 

 all pieces were measured, and (3) some rotten pieces were left on Danby Ridge, and 

 others were skidded. On Lee Creek, a number of sound pieces were broken or missed and 

 were deducted from the total number of products recovered. 



Table 6. --Number of products recovered (5 acres), as marked and decked. 

 Product ' Danby Ridge _j Lee Creek 



Marked : Decked : Marked : Decked 



_________ Pieces -------- 



Sawlogs 72 72 321 321 



Pulpbolts 928 921 1,372 1,219 



Posts -- -- * 70 69 



Shake and shingle 



bolts -- -- 47 47 



Total 1,000 993 1,810 1,656 



Production Analysis 



A principal objective of this study was to compare relogging production rates, 

 using equipment common to north Idaho. Both the logger and the landowner must have 

 incentives to remove and utilize residues. One real incentive is removing enough ad- 

 ditional wood to pay for the cost of relogging. Value cannot be estimated unless the 

 time required to harvest products or wood fiber is known. Production rates are known 

 for logging equipment in the major timber types of north Idaho. The operator usually 

 compares his equipment to these norms; given volume, distance of skid, and other 

 operating conditions, he establishes his own production rate and costs. 



Relogging production rates are not known; thus a logger has no comparative data 

 from which to establish his own production rate and cost. The following analysis 

 (tables 7 and 8), although limited to two stands and two skidding systems, should pro- 

 vide a basis for comparison. 



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