Journal article
Time consumption and productivity of a forwarder operating on a slope in a cut-to-length harvest system in a Pinus radiata D. Don pine plantation
Journal of Forest Science, Vol.63(7), pp.324-330
2017
Abstract
Time consumption and productivity of a Valmet 890.3 8 wheel forwarder were evaluated on an Australian radiata pine clearfell site with a slope of 21 to 45% (12 to 24°). Cycle time was significantly related to extraction distance. Productivity was significantly related to extraction distance and load volume. Slope did not have a significant effect on cycle time or productivity. Productivity was considerably greater than that for many published studies, which was likely to have been the result of many factors at the study site affecting load sizes and cycle times, including the large load capacity of the studied forwarder, larger mean log volumes, larger log volumes per loading stop, fewer log assortments, potentially larger forwarder grapple volume capacity, log lengths suited to efficient loading and higher travel speeds.
Details
- Title
- Time consumption and productivity of a forwarder operating on a slope in a cut-to-length harvest system in a Pinus radiata D. Don pine plantation
- Authors
- Martin Strandgard (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastRichard Mitchell (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastMauricio Acuna (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- Journal of Forest Science, Vol.63(7), pp.324-330
- Publisher
- Ceska Akademie Zemedelskych Ved
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.17221/10/2017-JFS
- ISSN
- 1212-4834
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The original publication is available on http://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/jfs/htm.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451089002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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