Mor-Bell Logger: Skidding Case Study

Bryce J. Stokes; Jerry L. Koger; Frank J. Pickle

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-290

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Mor-Bell Logger: Skidding Case Study

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Authors:

Bryce J. Stokes, Jerry L. Koger, Frank J. Pickle

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-290

Source:

Res. Note SO-290. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

A production equation was developed for the Mor-Bell logger for skidding while thinning a loblolly pine plantation. Production and costs for skidding and iron gate delimbing were determined for a range of operating conditions.

Keywords

Plantation, thinning, production rates, costs

Citation

Stokes, Bryce J.; Koger, Jerry L.; Pickle, Frank J. 1983. Mor-Bell Logger: Skidding Case Study. Res. Note SO-290. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.