Multi-Product Forwarder-Based Timber Extraction: Time Consumption and Productivity Analysis of Two Forwarder Models Over Multiple Products and Extraction Distances

Accurate predictions in forest operations can be used towards effective planning, costing, and maximizing the productivity of machines in mechanised cut-to-length (CTL) harvesting. There is a general and substantial gap in forwarder productivity data available for pine sawtimber in South Africa at p...

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Main Authors: Kayla Gagliardi, Simon Ackerman, Pierre Ackerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry 2020-01-01
Series:Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/348788