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Thinning aged Douglas-fir : an analysis of mobilization costs and a log bucking strategy for revenue improvement

Creator:

Pilkerton, Stephen J.

Abstract:

Contract harvest operations have become the preferred approach to reducing the largest cost component of timber production through free market competition amongst logging contractors bidding or negotiating for work. The goal of this research was to investigate economic components of harvesting operations not previously studied for steep slope thinning harvests...

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Dissertation

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. ©Copyright by Stephen J. Pilkerton June 12, 2009 All Rights Reserved Thinning Aged Douglas-Fir: An
Optimal bucking : two trials with commercial OSU BUCK software

Creator:

Olsen, Eldon D., Stringham, Bennett, Pilkerton, Stephen J., and Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory

Abstract:

Trials to achieve optimal bucking were made with updated OSU-BUCK software in an eastern and a western Oregon location during the summers of 1993 and 1994. The commercial version of the software allows tagging of each log with bar-code identification numbers and therefore provides tracking from stump to customer. Data...

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Technical Report

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COMMERCIAL OSU BUCK SOFTWARE by Eldon Olsen Bennett Stringham Stephen Pilkerton The Forest Research