Use, utilization, productivity and fuel consumption of purpose-built and excavator-based harvesters and processors in Italy

Natascia Magagnotti; L Pari; Raffaele Spinelli

doi:10.3390/f8120485

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Use, utilization, productivity and fuel consumption of purpose-built and excavator-based harvesters and processors in Italy

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Use, utilization, productivity and fuel consumption of purpose-built and excavator-based harvesters and processors in Italy

Natascia Magagnotti, L Pari and Raffaele Spinelli

Forests, Vol.8(12), 485

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f8120485

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Annual use, utilization, productivity and fuel consumption of three purpose-built and three excavator-based harvesters and processors were monitored for one work year. All machines were owned and operated by private contractors and were representative of the Italian machine fleet. Despite challenging mountain terrain, annual use ranged from 675 to 1525 h per year, and production from 3200 to 27,400 m3 per year. Productivity was lower for excavator-based units, and for machines working under a yarder, due to limited yarder capacity. Purpose-built machines offered higher utilization, productivity and fuel efficiency compared with excavator-based machines. Fuel consumption per m3 was 2.4 times greater for excavator-based units, compared with purpose-built machines. Excavator-based units offered financial and technical advantages, but their long-term market success will likely depend on future improvements in fuel efficiency, in the face of increasing fuel prices. © 2017 by the authors.

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Title: Use, utilization, productivity and fuel consumption of purpose-built and excavator-based harvesters and processors in Italy
Authors: Natascia Magagnotti (Author) - CNR Ivalsa, Italy
L Pari (Author) - CRA-ING Via della Pascolare, Italy
Raffaele Spinelli (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Forests, Vol.8(12), 485; 12
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.3390/f8120485
ISSN: 1999-4907
Copyright note: Copyright © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451145002621
Output Type: Journal article

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