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Production rates and residual stand impact for four skidding machines during overstory removal

Creator:

Seifert, Jon Carl William

Abstract:

This study compares production rates and costs for four ground skidding machines and for four harvesting treatments. The four machine types studied were a Caterpillar 060 crawler (060), Caterpillar 518 rubber tired skidder (RTS), FMC 200 CA (FMC), and International TD-8E crawler (TD-8E). Two treatments, conventional/whole tree and designated/tree length,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis