Low and high pruning in pine plantation forests

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This video displays pruning carried out manually with pruning saws in commercial pine plantation stands. Pruning is the removal of branches from the stem so that knot-free timber is grown and supplied to the sawmill. Low pruning (2-3m) is mainly conducted for access, in addition high pruning (3 - 7m) results in knot free timber. For good pruning, the branches need to be cut flush with the stem of the tree.

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  • @thomasduffey5059
    @thomasduffey5059 Жыл бұрын

    Tool is called a pole saw. We do similar "raising up" style pruning on pine, spruce, and larch on our land.

  • @user-vt9rj9gn8z
    @user-vt9rj9gn8z3 ай бұрын

    Pruning is a favourite winter activity for me. Deer love cedar and Douglas fir branches and deer shit keeps the snow trails from being slippery Lower limbs are less efficient and the tree will respond by adding better foliage on top and extending lateral branches. Then it will increase girth to support that crown. Stihl and others have cordless pole chain saws for sale. A cheaper option is a corded pole saw, which I use. It only draws 8 amps so you can run a long extension cord.

  • @zaomadarnei1961
    @zaomadarnei19613 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @rexwilson315
    @rexwilson3153 ай бұрын

    That a load of fun! It's also a good chance to mark poor quality trees for removal.

  • @dagardener
    @dagardener Жыл бұрын

    what do you do with the prunings?

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower Жыл бұрын

    looks like hard work how many trees they have to cut?

  • @carlandrews5810

    @carlandrews5810

    Жыл бұрын

    8 hours a day or so I imagine.

  • @billsmith5109
    @billsmith51092 жыл бұрын

    To produce clear lumber or ladder fuels removal?

  • @forsilvitech6142

    @forsilvitech6142

    2 жыл бұрын

    To produce knot free timber for the saw timber market

  • @paulbriggs3072
    @paulbriggs30723 жыл бұрын

    The knots will take a long time to be buried under new wood growth. How long til these are harvested?

  • @mahasiswagaek5247

    @mahasiswagaek5247

    3 жыл бұрын

    i think 12/ 15/ 20/ 25/ 30 years

  • @zaomadarnei1961

    @zaomadarnei1961

    3 жыл бұрын

    20

  • @forsilvitech6142

    @forsilvitech6142

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rotations are between 20 - 25 years

  • @khamsibq
    @khamsibq2 жыл бұрын

    Where is the place???

  • @tmarinelic
    @tmarinelic Жыл бұрын

    How is waste processed?

  • @collegeguy14
    @collegeguy145 ай бұрын

    Can someone please help us make sense of the expense of this? Typically pines are a cheap product. What’s the end product that justifies this time spent pruning? Would fire not achieve the same thing that the first pruning does?

  • @Travel901z

    @Travel901z

    4 ай бұрын

    A prune but grows out into clear wood timber no knots

  • @xyluo973
    @xyluo973 Жыл бұрын

    What country is this in?

  • @quantumthinker3248
    @quantumthinker32483 жыл бұрын

    Can you make wood chips out of this process?

  • @forsilvitech6142

    @forsilvitech6142

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not really, in this case the branches are normally left infield to decompose infield as nutrients on site. The branches are relatively small and trying to collect them and chip would be quite expensive because of low volume recovery. After clearfellling, when the branches have been accumulated and trees are mature, chipping at a commercial scale can work.

  • @quantumthinker3248

    @quantumthinker3248

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@forsilvitech6142 that's exactly what I was thinking about . Thank you very much

  • @juliusarnold2844

    @juliusarnold2844

    Жыл бұрын

    Great video! How old are the trees when they are first trimmed like this?

  • @prabhukumari9209
    @prabhukumari9209 Жыл бұрын

    Wair i will get. rate how much.

  • @carlosseptiencuevas1613
    @carlosseptiencuevas16132 жыл бұрын

    Ñame of the toll to agust the san please?

  • @Stop-what
    @Stop-what Жыл бұрын

    Saddest forest I’ve ever seen

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower Жыл бұрын

    why dont anyone in the south Grow Coast Redwood trees on the plantations? they one of the fastest growing trees and people love the color

  • @salvitex

    @salvitex

    Жыл бұрын

    I bought seedlings a month ago, it is fascinating how from night to morning, they’ve already added several new leaves.

  • @nurlatifahmohdnor8939
    @nurlatifahmohdnor8939 Жыл бұрын

    Natural resins from po-kok ge-tah is white colour = latex

  • @GurpritMann10
    @GurpritMann10 Жыл бұрын

    Can you tell me for pine tree in which season pruning can be done in india ?

  • @victorrubahimbya1124
    @victorrubahimbya11242 жыл бұрын

    Interesting pruning saw no need to use a ladder to climb up there

  • @forsilvitech6142

    @forsilvitech6142

    2 жыл бұрын

    Correct, not ergonomically the best but it gets the work done effectively

  • @collegeguy14
    @collegeguy143 жыл бұрын

    That’s clearly not America for numerous reasons shown in the video. Where was this filmed. Looked like the bastard pines. Longleaf/ loblolly hybrids?

  • @jasonwilliams4159

    @jasonwilliams4159

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m guessing Australia since that is where the company is based out of.

  • @dg7824
    @dg78242 жыл бұрын

    Have use not heard of loppers