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first thinning

  • 07-08-2014 9:22pm
    #1
    eddiek
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭


    hi all. what exactly is involved in first thinning 40 acres of 14 year old ss? if someone gives a few details i will ask more specific questions thanks.


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  • #2
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,104 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    this may help

    http://www.teagasc.ie/forestry/docs/events/Roscommon%20Timber%20Measurement%20Course.pdf

    http://www.teagasc.ie/forestry/advice/thinning_firstreturn.asp

    http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/forestry/otherusefulinformation/IrishThinningProtocol.pdf


  • #3
    jerryg
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭jerryg


    Hi eddiek,
    Check out who your local producer group are and ask your local Teagasc Advisor for some independent free information.
    Also check out if you can get a roading grant.


  • #4
    eddiek
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭eddiek


    lots to read there thanks. usually for first thinning does the owner pay the contractor or does the contractor do the work for the timber ?


  • #5
    hoogle
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭hoogle


    eddiek wrote: »
    lots to read there thanks. usually for first thinning does the owner pay the contractor or does the contractor do the work for the timber ?

    The contractor should pay the owner but u should get advice first about what it's worth and how the operation should be carried out. Again I recommend trying local forestry group.


  • #6
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    First thinning is intended to improve your crop.

    Get the wrong boyo in and it'll devalue your crop.

    Educate yourself, read the documents @Oldtree attached, join a growers group and ask around what contractors are reliable or come with references from similar guys to yourself.


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  • #7
    thomur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 279 ✭✭thomur


    ford2600 wrote: »
    First thinning is intended to improve your crop.

    Get the wrong boyo in and it'll devalue your crop.

    Educate yourself, read the documents @Oldtree attached, join a growers group and ask around what contractors are reliable or come with references from similar guys to yourself.
    +1 advice, and make sure you are onsite as much as possible. You should get a docket for each load taken. I had some hauliers who did not put the dockets in the box when a load was taken and it makes it very hard to know how much is taken


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