Efficiency and Ergonomic Benefits of Using Radio Controlled Chokers in Cable Yarding

Chokers are wire rope slings used to secure the felled trees to the rigging during cable yarder extracting. Standard chokers are set manually by the choker-setters along the corridor, and then unhooked manually by the yarder operator at the landing. Radio-controlled chokers are also set manually but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rien Visser, Thomas Leitner, Karl Stampfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry 2010-01-01
Series:Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/86343