Conference paper
Payload management of forestry trucks using different weighing systems in Australia
Abstracts and Proceedings of the 48th FORMEC Symposium, pp.283-288
FORMEC Symposium, 48th (Linz, Austria, 04-Oct-2015–08-Oct-2015)
Institute of Forest Engineering
2015
Abstract
A project was carried out to investigate the impact of four different weighing methods on over/under load of forestry trucks operating in Forestry Corporation of New South Wales (FCNSW) under two types of roads; gazetted (approved for higher legal gross vehicle weight limits) and non-gazetted (standard public road gross vehicle weight limits). For all the technologies tested there was found to be a substantial under-loading issue ranging from 5.3 to 6.4 tonnes per load on gazetted roads while the same technology achieved a much better outcome on non-gazetted with a range of 1.4 tonnes under-loaded to 0.1 tonnes over-loaded on average. The results point to a more significant role for policy and methods than the technology used for in-forest weighing in achieving effective payload management in forestry haulage.
Details
- Title
- Payload management of forestry trucks using different weighing systems in Australia
- Authors
- Mohammad R Ghaffariyan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawMark W Brown (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Contributors
- C Kanzian (Editor)G Erber (Editor)M Kuhmaier (Editor)
- Publication details
- Abstracts and Proceedings of the 48th FORMEC Symposium, pp.283-288
- Conference details
- FORMEC Symposium, 48th (Linz, Austria, 04-Oct-2015–08-Oct-2015)
- Publisher
- Institute of Forest Engineering
- Date published
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9783900932299
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450468202621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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