Follow the timber through the operation
Identify the intended cutting, collection, extraction, loading and processing stages with the responsible forestry team. Clarify where one contractor’s scope ends and the next begins.
Match access and handling
Discuss routes, collection areas, loading space and the ground conditions affecting movement. Ask how the proposed equipment fits the terrain and the operation’s planning requirements.
Plan recovered material and residues
Separate merchantable timber, processing feed and residues in the work brief. Agree the destination and handling responsibility for each stream, including material that cannot be accepted by the intended outlet.