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

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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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. ©Copyright by Stephen J. Pilkerton June 12, 2009 All Rights Reserved Thinning Aged Douglas-Fir: An
An investigation of factors affecting the optimal output log distribution from mechanical harvesting and processing systems

Creator:

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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to my other committee members, Dr Jim Funck, Dr Stephen Hobbs and Dr Tamzen Stringham, for their