North Faulds Woods – Lot 2
North Faulds Woods is an attractive and productive mid-rotation conifer forest with good volumes of maturing timber in a highly scenic location within Caithness.
DESCRIPTION
Faulds Wood forms an attractive and productive block of predominantly Sitka spruce planted in the mid-1990s. The spruce is exhibiting good yield classes of up to 16 and stands to produce a good volume of timber when maturity is reached.
Similar to Lot 1, Faulds Wood contains an attractive area of open ground that could be utilised for an array of sporting activities and, subject to consent, would lend itself to the construction of a cabin to enjoy the surrounding countryside.
Offers Over £55,000
AREA 6.24ha | 15.41ac
LAND USE Commercial softwood
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That’s a remarkable amount of work hours for a single machine, the Norcar 600 owned by Erkki Rinne is taken well care of, it even has the original Diesel engine.
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Kieran Anders is a forestry contractor working in the lake district. His work involves hand cutting and extracting timber using a skidder and tractor-trailer forwarder.
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It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk.
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Arwel takes great pride in the fact that the mill has no waste whatsoever, “the peelings are used for children’s playgrounds, gardens and for farm animals in barns in the winter and the sawdust has multiple uses in gardens and farms as well.
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