Gully 133 24-25 Timber Sale.pdf
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This is a Sale Advertisement from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service seeking sealed bids for timber harvesting in Tate's Hell State Forest in Franklin County, Florida. The project involves thinning approximately 1,359 acres of 27-year-old planted slash pine, with specific requirements for two cut rows per three leave rows and tree selection to achieve a residual basal area of 60-70 square feet per acre. The estimated harvest volumes are 41,285 tons of pine pulpwood, 50,805 tons of pine chip-n-saw, and 6,903 tons of pine sawtimber. The contract term is eighteen months, and bids will be opened on January 7, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST at 865 Geddie Road, Tallahassee, FL 32304.
The sale requires specific equipment requirements including tracked feller-buncher or dual tires to minimize rutting, and low ground pressure, wide tires, or dual tires on skidding equipment. Matting is required on heavily used skid trails. Sale boundaries are defined by roads, wetlands, or obvious timber type changes. The forest is SFI Certified (NSF-SFI-FM-C0245755). Interested parties can obtain complete bid information by contacting Tanner Copeland at (850) 697-0023. The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive irregularities.
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SALE ADVERTISEMENT
Gully 133 24/25 Timber Sale
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest
Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This is a per unit sale thinning of approximately 1,359 acres of 27-year-old planted slash pine in Tate's Hell State Forest
(SFI Certified Forest #NSF-SFI-FM-C0245755) in Franklin County, Florida (see attached maps). Timber available for harvest within the sale boundary include two cut rows per three leave rows with tree selection from leave rows to a residual basal area of 60-70 square feet per acre. Timber to be removed from the leave rows includes diseased, deformed, defective, forked, and suppressed trees as well as a portion of the intermediate and co-dominant trees to reach the target basal area. Logging operations require a tracked feller-buncher or one with dual tires to minimize rutting unless modified by
Forester-in-Charge. Low ground pressure, wide tires or dual tires are required on skidding equipment. Matting is necessary on heavily used skid trails. The estimated harvest volume on this sale is: 41,285 tons of pine pulpwood, 50,805 tons of pine chip-n-saw, and
6,903 tons of pine sawtimber. Sale boundaries are roads, wetlands, or obvious timber type changes. This will be an eighteen (18) month contract. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Tanner Copeland at (850) 697-0023.
The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity in bids received.
Bids will be opened at:
865 Geddie Road, Tallahassee, Fl 32304
01/07/2025 10:00 AM, EST
Wilton Simpson Commissioner of Agriculture
By: Chris Colburn Tallahassee Forestry Center
(850) 681-5954
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