Talk:Cut-to-length logging

Unit costs

Can someone explain the reference to higher costs associated with CTL on large scale clear cuts. It seems counter intuitive to me. The Boy that time forgot 21:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The statement says higher 'capital costs'. Earlier the article writes of these forwarders costing a million dollars a pop, and if it takes a fleet of them to handle the job, that is real money.

shovels for shovel logging sell for half a million, and are more efficient where there is 'space to swing'. Forwarders are best suited for selective logging, thinning etc. of small logs.Rvannatta 14:38, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

look at this: http://www.ritchiewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Full-tree_logging — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.55.199.222 (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The claim that the machines cost 1000000$ is not quite true. There are smaller and bigger harvesters, as there are smaller and bigger forwarders. Depending on operation (thinning, clearcutting, etc) different size machines are used, and depending on this and on brand/manufacturer the capital cost varies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.84.78 (talk) 19:55, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]