Specifications include, but are not limited to: ▪ All excavator work under the terms of this agreement will be done with an excavator no larger than a Class EX6 (136 to 161 horsepower) with a weight of 60,000 pounds and equipped with:; ▪ Bucket and thumb, clamshell, double rake head, or a masticating/grinding head w/thumb; ▪ Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) and Falling Object Protective Structure (FOPS); ▪ Grousers; ▪ Approved, serviceable spark arrester; ▪ Fire extinguisher (dry chemical type 2.5 pound minimum); ▪ Shovel and Pulaski; ▪ All dozer work under the terms of this agreement will be done with a dozer no larger than a D-6 equivalent and equipped with: ▪ Brush Blade; ▪ Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) and Falling Object Protective Structure (FOPS); ▪ Grousers; ▪ Approved, serviceable spark arrester; ▪ Fire extinguisher (dry chemical type 2.5 pound minimum); ▪ Shovel and Pulaski; ▪ On slopes >15 % an excavator will be required unless approved by the Contract Supervisor.; ▪ Equipment used must be washed by the Contractor and inspected by the Contract Supervisor prior to commencement of work.; ▪ Prior to operation, the Contractor and the Contract Supervisor will visit the harvest unit to be treated and agree on site-preparation needs.; ▪ The Contractor will supply qualified equipment operator(s) at all times.; ▪ The Contract Supervisor may temporarily suspend operations under weather conditions unsuitable for continuing work; the period of such suspension shall not be deemed a breach of the terms of this Agreement.; ▪ The Contractor will leave 10 to 15 tons per acre of slash that is 3 inches or larger in diameter.; ▪ Where site preparation is specified by the Contract Supervisor, the Contractor will expose bare mineral soil on 30 to 35 percent of the area.; ▪ Operations will be conducted only under relatively dry soil-moisture conditions (20% or less soil moisture).; ▪ The Contractor will scrupulously avoid damaging residual trees and displacing soil during piling operations.; ▪ The Contractor shall repair all existing facilities, such as, but not limited to, roads, erosion dips, barriers, drainage facilities, and fences, if damaged or removed by the Contractor.; ▪ The Contractor will not operate equipment in or across live streams, stream channels, or within Streamside Management Zones (SMZs).; ▪ The Contractor will leave standing all broken trees that are greater than 8 inches dbh.; ▪ Patches of regeneration and un-harvested timber within unit boundaries will be left, except as directed by the Contract Supervisor.; ▪ Poorly formed and logging damaged sub-merchantable trees will be scattered as directed by the Contract Supervisor.; ▪ Landing piles that have been burned will be re-piled at the discretion of the Contract Supervisor.
