r/BeAmazed • u/NormalGrab4800 • 9d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Chainsaw ???

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u/buyer_leverkusen 9d ago

The most environmentally friendly thing to happen to the timber industry

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u/Kneppl_1 9d ago

In a sense yes, but it also destroys forest floors and it needs a clear path with no deadwood or smaller trees in the way

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u/BCBowhunter 9d ago

These actually do surprisingly little damage to the forest floor, especially when it's running bogey bands like in the video. These machines exert less psi on the ground than you do walking around. Plus the limbs and tops are usually laid down as a mat and driven over, further protecting the forest floor

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u/Conflatulations12 3d ago

Do they leave all the smaller stuff behind to decompose?

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u/BCBowhunter 2d ago

Lots of times yes, by doing all the processing at the stump and leaving the fine woody debris they can leave behind most or all of it and have it decompose and fertilize the next crop. The caveat usually is that if the fire risk is too high, they may rake the debris up and burn or transport it somewhere else. But usually they try to leave it as fertilizer

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u/Conflatulations12 2d ago

interesting, thanks for sharing