Common use of Tractor Units Clause in Contracts

Tractor Units. ALL Tractor Units The location of tractor skid trails shall be designated on the ground by Purchaser and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. ALL Tractor Units Logs shall be tractor skidded with the leading end free of the ground. ALL Tractor Units Tractors shall be restricted to approved tractor roads and skid trails. ALL Tractor Units Tractor roads and tractor skid trails shall be no less than 80 feet apart, except where converging. ALL Tractor Units Skidding shall only occur during dry soil conditions as determined by the Forest Service. OR Tractor Skidding is allowed only over 12 inches of settled snow or frozen ground. Cable/Skyline Units ALL Skyline Units The location of all skyline corridors shall be designated on the ground by Purchaser and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. ALL Skyline Units Where topography will permit, skyline corridors shall be spaced not less than 150 feet apart nor more than N/A feet apart at the point of widest divergence within the cutting unit. ALL Skyline Units Except for lateral yarding, logs shall be yarded with the leading end free of the ground. ALL Skyline Units Skyline corridors shall have only those trees cut that are necessary to allow the safe free passage of the carriage and turn of logs. C6.406# - SITE CONDITION (7/20). Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the following site condition is required: Where unmerchantable material is available, Purchaser will leave a minimum of 7 tons and a maximum of 33 tons per acre of unmerchantable material (over 3 inches in diameter on the small end), scattered, as much as practical throughout the following unit(s). 3, 3A, 4, 5, 6 6.8 Tons/Acre 1B 19.9 Tons/Acre C6.41# – SPECIAL FELLING REQUIREMENTS (10/04). Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the following special requirements shall be met in felling timber designated for cutting: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C FS Trail 48 Limit Equipment entries within 6 feet trail centerline. Directionally fell trees away from the trail. Low cut stumps to 8 inches or less withing 6 feet of trail center line. No slash piling within 6 feet of trail centerline. Disturbed areas of the trail will be returned to their improved condition following operations.

Tractor Units. ALL Tractor Units The location of tractor skid trails shall be designated on the ground by Purchaser and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. ALL Tractor Unites Tractor skid trails shall be constructed in advance of falling the adjacent timber within the cutting unit. ALL Tractor Units Logs shall be tractor skidded with the leading end free of the ground. ALL Tractor Units Tractors shall be restricted to approved tractor roads and skid trails. ALL Tractor Units Tractor roads and tractor skid trails shall be no less than 80 feet apart, except where converging. ALL Tractor Units Skidding shall only occur during dry soil conditions as determined by the Forest Service. OR Tractor Skidding is allowed only over 12 inches of settled snow or frozen ground. Cable/Skyline Units ALL Skyline Units The location of all skyline corridors shall be designated on the ground by Purchaser and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. ALL Skyline Units Where topography will permit, skyline corridors shall be spaced not less than 150 feet apart nor more than N/A feet apart at the point of widest divergence within the cutting unit. ALL Skyline Units Except for lateral yarding, logs shall be yarded with the leading end free of the ground. ALL Skyline Units Skyline corridors shall have only those trees cut that are necessary to allow the safe free passage of the carriage and turn of logs. C6.406# - SITE CONDITION (7/20). Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the following site condition is required: Where unmerchantable material is available, Purchaser will leave a minimum of 7 tons and a maximum of 33 tons per acre of unmerchantable material (over 3 inches in diameter on the small end), scattered, scattered as much as practical throughout the following unit(s). 3, 3A, 4, 5, 6 6.8 Tons/Acre 1B 19.9 Tons/Acre C6.41Unmerchantable material consist of existing down material and/or ▇▇▇▇▇ or portions of trees NOT meeting Product specifications as listed in A2 of the contract. C6.43# – SPECIAL FELLING REQUIREMENTS OFF ROAD SKYLINE YARDER / SWING (1/18). In Cutting Unit(s) 12 designated “ORSY” on the Sale Area Map, Yarding of Included Timber shall be done with an Off Road Skyline Yarder capable of traveling on slopes less than 35 percent. Off-road skyline yarders must be capable of skyline yarding distances up to 800 feet. Except for lateral yarding, logs shall be yarded with the leading end free from the ground. The skyline logging system shall provide for lateral yarding distances up to 75 feet. The carriage must maintain a fixed position on the skyline while lateral yarding. During the lateral yarding phase, logs shall be yarded along a path, which minimizes damage to residual trees. Skyline corridors shall be located and approved in advance of felling. A tractor swing is required to move the logs from the log landing to the road. Tractors used to swing logs must be capable of skidding logs uphill on slopes up to 20 percent and downhill on slopes up to 35 percent with the leading end of the log suspended above the ground. Off Road Skyline Yarder trails and associated tractor swing trails shall be located and approved in advance of felling. Off Road Skyline Yarders shall be restricted to approved machine trails. C6.6 – EROSION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (10/04). Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Purchaser shall complete erosion prevention and control work required in section B6.6, including Streamcourse protection, within 15 calendar days after completion of skidding and/or yarding operations for each landing. Designation of on the following special requirements ground work shall be met done as promptly as feasible unless it is agreed that the location of such work can be established without marking on the ground. During periods of accelerated water runoff, especially during the spring runoff and periods of heavy rainfall, Purchaser shall inspect and open culverts and drainage structures, construct special cross ditches for road runoff, and take other reasonable measures needed to prevent soil erosion and siltation of streams. When operations are active outside the Normal Operating Season defined in felling timber designated for cutting: 1A16, 1Aerosion control work will be kept current and will be completed as soon as practicable. C6.601# – EROSION CONTROL SEEDING (7/20). Following completion of skidding and yarding operations in an area, 1B, 1C FS Trail 48 Limit Equipment entries within 6 feet trail centerline. Directionally fell trees away from the trail. Low cut stumps to 8 inches or less withing 6 feet of trail center line. No slash piling within 6 feet of trail centerline. Disturbed Purchaser shall seed and fertilize all exposed areas of raw soil on skid trails, landings, firebreaks, slides, slumps, Temporary Roads and traveled ways of National Forest system roads scheduled for stabilization by Purchaser after operations. Special Provision C5.419# - SYSTEM ROAD STABILIZATION contains a list of the trail will roads requiring seeding and fertilizing. Soil on areas to be returned seeded shall be left in a roughened condition favorable to their improved condition following the retention and germination of the seed or as specified in Special Provision Seed and fertilizer shall be spread evenly at the rate of 27 pounds of seed and N/A pounds of fertilizer per acre. When fertilizer and seed are applied in separate operations., the second operation shall be carried out within 72 hours of the first. Application shall be during the period June 15 to October 15 and under the above specified conditions unless otherwise approved. Unless otherwise agreed, the kinds and amounts of seed to be sown in terms of pure live seed (PLS) shall be: Idaho Fescue 1 Slender Wheatgrass 5 Orchard Grass 6 Mountain Brome 7 Annual Rye 8 Purchaser shall provide to the Forest Service: