In the Lake States, 100-inch pulpwood still shows up on tickets — was that length set to yield two 8‑ft bolts plus about 4 inches of trim, or did mill handling drive it for another reason? I’m chasing the exact rationale because our yield assumptions and loader cycle times change if that extra 4 inches is modeled as recoverable volume versus planned trim loss.
times change if that extra 4 inches is modeled as recoverable volume versus planned trim loss. Agreed — on our MN pulp we book the 4" as planned trim to chips and set the head to 99.3" so the mill doesn’t re-slash; 100" started as two 8’ plus trim and stuck because bunk/deck spacing liked it — do your mills pay chips separately?
Short answer from my side: I’m seeing the same pattern — one concrete thing that helped was writing down the exact handoff and timebox it to 15–20 min. Does that match what you’re running into?
100" hung around because cross-loaded pulp had to sit under the 102" highway width — it “fits the racks” — and mills buck to 8s and chip the rest. @jason_hale92 to quantify it, pull a week of scaler sheets and see how often you can get two at least 8’1" from straight stems; if it’s rare, model the 4" as chips. Caveat: some debarkers bite 1–2", which eats your margin.