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An investigation of factors affecting the optimal output log distribution from mechanical harvesting and processing systems

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Marshall, Hamish Douglas

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Globally the forest harvesting industry is becoming increasingly mechanized. Driving this trend is the desire to increase productivity and reduce cost, as well as to improve labor-related issues. With mechanization comes an in-forest platform for the introduction of state-of-the-art communication and measurement technologies, and powerful on-board computers. These systems have...

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Forest Engineering presented on March 2, 2005. Title: An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Optimal
Thinning with prescribed fire and timber harvesting mechanization for fuels reduction and forest restoration

Creator:

Matzka, Peter J.

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In the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon, prescribed fire and mechanical harvesting economics were investigated for fuels reduction and forest restoration. Using a cut-to-length harvesting system, three single-grip harvesters and three forwarders produced significantly different production rates. For the harvesters, significant variables that affected production rates were found to be:...

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An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

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Bolding, Michael Chad, 1977-

Abstract:

Recent catastrophic wildfires have forced the forest management community to develop new strategies for reducing forest fuels. Tightly spaced understory trees often create a fire ladder allowing surface fires to encroach into the crowns of overstory trees. This situation can lead to intensive, catastrophic, stand-replacement forest fires. Mechanical removal or...

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Dissertation

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Microsoft Word - All 4 Grad School.doc forest fuel

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An investigation of factors affecting the optimal output log distribution from mechanical harvesting and processing systems

Thinning with prescribed fire and timber harvesting mechanization for fuels reduction and forest restoration

An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

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