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Increased Efficiency - Lower Cost - Reduced Environmental Impact
The CTL method generally uses only two machines, a Harvester and Forwarder, while 'whole tree' logging generally requires at least four pieces of equipment. The result is that CTL uses less fuel, resulting in lower fuel consumption per harvested cubic meter and lower overall emissions. Additional overall machine operating costs and labor are also reduced with fewer heavy machines on-site. Additional savings in cost and reduced environmental impact is also realized using CTL as all wood is processed and sorted at the site. This allows for logs to be transported directly to the appropriate mill to be transformed into a saleable wood product. This is different from 'whole tree' logging where all wood is generally trucked initially to one sawmill to be processed, and from there, wood not used as saw logs has to be trucked a second time to a separate facility based on its final use. |
Lower Impact to the Forest with Higher Yield
From tree to landing, CTL causes dramatically less disturbance to the forest. Instead of dragging 60' and longer trees with a skidder through the woods, CTL uses a Forwarder to 'carry' pre-cut logs out of the woods. This allows for a significantly smaller 'landing area' near the road, which in this region can make a critical difference. Not only does use of a Forwarder keep the wood clean, but also eliminates damage to remaining trees along a skid road and allows for significantly smaller logging trails. These trails can also maintain a winding path that is not only easier to create with the landscape, but also leaves a more natural trail to use following logging operations. Further, the ability of the Harvester to optimize and process each tree in the forest means that even a small amount of desired wood can be separated for a special 'sort' at the landing. This creates opportunities to maximize the sale of a better volume of specialty products such as veneer logs, poles and other products. |
CTL Helps the Forest Over the Long Term
As trees are processed, delimbed and bucked in the forest it allows the nutrition-rich top and limb slash to remain on the forest floor to feed the next generation of growth. In nutrient-poor soil in particular, this ensures that the trees left growing, or the regeneration seedlings, draw enough nutrients from the soil. Top and limb slash is also used to build up the logging roads for the machines. This significantly reduces the strain caused by the machines on the forest floor. This has a measurable impact on greatly reducing ground damage and erosion. When the CTL method is properly executed it greatly reduces the surface pressure on the ground caused by the machine down to a level comparable to a human footprint. In the 'whole tree' method all of these benefits are lost as the entire tree is dragged to the landing and often fully removed from the site as logs or chips. |
Logan Sears, Contract Services Manager
In his role as Contracting Division Manager Logan splits his time between lining up new work and coordinating crew schedules, log sales, and trucking. He joined Long View full time in 2012 after earning a B.S. degree in Forest Operations Science from the University of Maine at Orono. Logan started off doing field forestry, next ran a forwarder, and then a harvester before switching to his current role. Contact Logan about your project: contracting@LongViewForest.com (802) 489-7515 |
Mike King, Procurement Manager
Despite his youth, Mike is the third longest term member of the company. He joined Long View in 2004, is a skilled and experienced equipment operator, and an active participant in the management of the business. He currently runs a harvester but also has experience as a chopper and forwarder operator and building roads, trails, and landings. Contact Logan about your project: [email protected] (802) 489-7515 |
Rod Lampe, Log Yards Manager
Rod joined Long View in 2016 after more than ten years of contract work with Long View. During this time, Rod pioneered our shift from chainsaws to harvesters and helped drive the growth and development of Long View's logging operations. He now takes the lead setting up new projects building roads and landings and continuing to log in the winter. |
Kyle Brennan, Safety Officer, Chopper/Forwarder Operator
Kyle joined Long View in 2008 and has great passion for felling trees with a chainsaw. When he's not chopping, he is often operating a forwarder or teaching anyone new to Long View the ways of the woods. Kyle earned a forestry degree from the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry in 2006, has spent time cutting trees in California, and is also a Game of Logging instructor. |
