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,...
