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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.

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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
Current and Potential Tagging and Tracking Systems for Logs Harvested from Pacific Northwest Forests

Creator:

Murphy, Glen, Clark, Joshua A., and Pilkerton, Stephen

Abstract:

The forest industry is constantly changing, and technology is constantly shifting the bar for efficiency and profitability. To maintain competitiveness and control costs in a global market, an efficient log tracking method must be used by regional stakeholders in the log supply chain from stump to mill to end consumer....

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Article

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Harvested from Pacific Northwest Forests Glen Murphy, Joshua A. Clark, and Stephen Pilkerton The forest
Optimal bucking : two trials with commercial OSU BUCK software

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

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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