. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. ]8 X. H. Agr. Experiment Station [Bulletin 318 Because of the grades involved, it is not possible to make any accurate comparison between these prices and those which have prevailed in the past. Transportation of Forest Products Wherever a commodity like forest products has both bulk and low val- ue, transportation charges become important. When value is low, trans- portation charges on a relatively short haul may offset the price paid at the mill for the product. Thus for economical transportation, low-value logs can be shipped only short distances—th
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. ]8 X. H. Agr. Experiment Station [Bulletin 318 Because of the grades involved, it is not possible to make any accurate comparison between these prices and those which have prevailed in the past. Transportation of Forest Products Wherever a commodity like forest products has both bulk and low val- ue, transportation charges become important. When value is low, trans- portation charges on a relatively short haul may offset the price paid at the mill for the product. Thus for economical transportation, low-value logs can be shipped only short distances—the lower the value of the logs the shorter the haul. Transportation charges for sawlogs do not vary appreciably with val- ue of the product, but depend largely upon volume and weight. There- fore, it becomes economically possible to transport high-ciuality. higii- value logs much greater distances than low-quality, low-value logs. Ac-. A portable mill. The truck shown here is of the type most commonly used for transporting logs and lumber in the area. cordingly, industries which are located at great distances from the sup- ])ly area liavc been considered as part of the demand picture; but only if those industries were in the habit of purchasing high-value products. For low-grade timber we have included only those industries within, or lying very close to, the area. Bfi-au^f much of the hauling is Table Q.—Chargcs for trucking logs done by regular truckmen and various distances, 1938 charges are relatively uniform it - has been possible to summarize Distance CIi;. them in Table 9. Unlike milk Trucked M bd. ft. trucking charges in many sections. ~Miles Dollars forest products rates tend to vary TT ] r. 1 nn 'i rn ^^'Jf-h distauce. Table 9 pertains under 2 , , , ^ r \ n 2 r 1 50 •> 00 rougli logs and refers to the g jQ 2 00 2 75 hauling charge for picking up flic Over 10 ^ ^ . ' 2^50 and up ^^- ^'"O"^ ^^'^ r^^^^ ^[ ^^^^ ?;?^^*-^ ''"'^ —
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