I understand that you are passionate about expressing your point but that comment is absolutely discussing and abhorrent. Really think about the consequences of your words.

The picture top right on the ALT text says that the softwoods are Thuja. From memory if the photo is taken where I think it is, the trees are western hemlock.

This was the old County tractor I had at the time which I used for extraction. It had broken down on the main track on the woodland side of the gateway arch.

Thank you for posting those Steven. Brings back a lot of memories. I did several contracts for Fawsley Estste in the wood around 18 years ago. At that time we were mainly ride widening and opening up all the access routes as well as some blocks of thinning.

Fair play, an admirable habit to form.

All great points Tom.

Wowzers, you get through some books!

The reality in the UK is that timber production is set for long term decline, and that the area of commercial forestry is declining.

We can’t build “forest towns” if we don’t have productive forests
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If you remember, the comms around the new Western Forest doesn’t mention timber and all the photos are of broadleaves 🤔

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Has any progress been made?

Blimey!

I would would imagine Amish hand fellers are absolutely spot on.

Yes, I think you are absolutely right. A small tweak in geological time and location and species movement would be different.

crop trees, these are the ones with the largest crowns and therefore do the most damage when they hit the deck and are pulled towards the harvester. CCF can work but I think your output of timber per Hec is significantly reduced because of the practical issues discussed needing more space per tree.

I love to see it but practically, CCF is difficult when you are dealing with felling amongst natural regeneration. During a harvesting operation you have to have ample room to avoid damaging the regen by the falling tree. Unlike thinning, in a CCF system you are often taking the largest and final…

Totally agree.

Many woodland owners are practicing continuous cover forestry with the following crop provided by natural regeneration. Highly dependant on long term and consistent deer control.

The only timber quality native conifer we have in the UK is Scots pine - but then only in certain areas. Scots timber is only suitable in certain milling applications. One example issue is mills don’t like to saw thin boards from Scots because the knots fall out.