Soil Compaction on Forest Soils from Different Kinds of Tires and tracks and Possibility of Accurate Estimate

An 8-WD forwarder loaded with 9,520 kg of timber, and fitted with low or high tire pressures, or tires rounded with tracks, was repeatedly driven on soil for 1, 8 and 24 passes to investigate mechanistic influences on soil compaction. Soil compaction occurred during the early passes, and heavy compa...

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Main Authors: Tomas Nordfjell, Kjell Suadicani, Bruce Talbot, Ebbe Bøllehuus, Hideo Sakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry 2008-01-01
Series:Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/40565