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Farming Simulator 25isn’t all about growing crops and raising animals; sometimes, there’s something else thrown in for good measure. One of those extra things is forestry, which allows you to grow and cut trees, selling either the logs or wood chips for profit, or using them further on in a production line.
While forestry can be lucrative, it’s possibly the least straightforward process in the game. It can be tricky figuring out which tools are used for trees, and what your best bet is for dealing with each individual thing. Don’t worry; once you set yourself up for success, it becomes very easy.
Every Tree Type, And How To Cut It
There are12 different tree typesin Farming Simulator 25, and different tree types are going torequire different machinerywhen it comes to dealing with them.
Name
Deciduous
Downy Serviceberry | American Elm | Shagbark Hickory | Pagoda Dogwood | Maple | Willow | Oak | Birch
Cypress | Stone Pine | Pine | Spruce
Deciduous Trees
These types of trees are all cut down in the same way:with a chainsaw, by hand. This keeps them extremely cheap in the woodcutting department, and the cost of dealing with these kinds of trees is going to be either in the wood-chipping and/or transportation department.
550 XP
€1,000
MS 261
CS 2252
CS 410
Conifer Trees
Conifer trees are a little more complicated, and split intotwo different methods:
843L-II
€310,500
951
€449,000
€750,000
Using Harvesters
Chainsaws are extremely straightforward in their use. Walk up to the tree, line up the chainsaw, and cut the tree. Harvesters are a little bit different.
The first thing when using a harvester is making sure you’re trying to cut a tree that can actually be cut with the harvester. Again,only Spruce or Pine trees can be cut with harvesters.
Then, you’ll need toline the harvester up with the tree itself. The claw of the harvester needs to be able to catch and hold the tree after you’ve cut it, so lining that up is your first priority. Once that’s done, and you’ve got agreen line marking the tree, you’ll be ready to cut.
How To Transport Trees
Transporting trees is more of a process than you might think, and usually requires somespecial equipmentto get the job done.
Primarily, you’ll want to be using the options in theWood Transportsection of the store.
144ND
€15,000
€18,000
€26,000
€221,000
RUH327
€68,000
All of these need to beattached to the back of a tractor, apart from the FH16, which is a vehicle of its own.
Yarders And Winches
Yarders and winches arespecialized toolsthat might be necessary, depending on the situation you’re in. It can sometimes be very difficult to maneuver your vehicles into the spaces your logs end up,particularly if there are multiple trees or hillsinvolved.
€8,500
K 300-T + SKA 1-Z (Yarder)
€38,000
K 307c-H + ECKO FLEX (Yarder)
€95,000
Thewinchis going to let youpull logs out of areas you can’t maneuveryour vehicles into, while theyarders make transporting logs uphillin the case of the K 300, oruphill and downhill, in the case of the K 307, much easier.
How To Sell Trees
There are three different ways that you can sell trees. One of them is, more or less, selling the tree raw. The other two require varying degrees of processing.
Wood
Wood is the raw form of trees, and is usually sold in logs. This isn’t going to fetch nearly as good a price as processing that wood into wood beams, but it isquicker and easier.
Wood Chips
Wood chips, usually made of deciduous treesthat have a lot more branches, are made from logs or branches that have been tossed into a wood chipper. This isn’t a process that takes a ton of time, once you’ve got the hang of maneuvering the arms of the vehicles used to do this.
€110,000
HEM 911 DQ Cobra hybrid
€660,000
The HEM is much more expensive, but is a vehicle itself, saving you from having to tow it.
As for the wood chips themselves, theycan be loaded into a trailerto be transported where you’d like. If you don’t have the money for the equipment needed for transporting logs, then selling wood chips can make you some money in the meantimeusing hauling equipment you already have.
Using Your Sawmill
If you’re serious about making money with your forestry operation, then these are what you’re going to be making. All of these are made in aSawmill, which can be bought if one is available for 300,000, or constructed, if one isn’t.
The sawmill is an extremely simple factory:put in wood, and get out whatever you chose to make with that wood. You have options to make:
As a byproduct, wood beams and planksalso produce wood chipsfor you to sell.
You can take that wood even further anduse it in acarpentry factory, using the planks you’ve built in the sawmill andmaking furniture out of them.
How To Clear Stumps
After you’ve cut down the trees,you’ll be left with stumpsthat are going to be in the way of you planting new trees. For this job, you’re going to need atractor, and amulcher. The mulchers that you’ll need for this are specifically in theForestry section.
When you cut your trees, cut them as close to the ground as possible. It not only gives you more wood to sell, but it ensures you don’t have problematically big tree stumps that you need to get rid of.
€23,000
TFR 250
€89,500
SF900 (Stump Cutter)
€27,000
Attach your mulcher (or stump cutter) to the back of your tractor, andslowly drive over the stumpto remove it.
How To Plant Trees
Planting trees is going to be yourfinal step in the process. This is a slightly different process than planting seeds for your crops, since it doesn’t require any specific kind of soil, fertilizing, or cultivating.
Planting trees start right at the sapling phase, and is going torequire its own special equipment.
€27,500
SKB-240
€67,500
Here are the pallets of saplings you can buy to fill these planters:
€280
€7,000
Tree Saplings
Fill up your new tree planterwith these saplings, and drive them anywhere that has easy access so you may maneuver these machines in without trouble. If youplant them in lines, they’ll be a lot easier to deal with when the time comes to harvest them.
