Dense Undergrowth Reduces Feller-Buncher Productivity In Shortleaf Plne Plantations

James E. Granskog; Walter C. Anderson

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-274

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Dense Undergrowth Reduces Feller-Buncher Productivity In Shortleaf Plne Plantations

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Authors:

James E. Granskog, Walter C. Anderson

Year:

1981

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-274

Source:

Res. Note SO-274. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Production rates of a feller-buncher are shown for row thinning pine plantations with light and dense undergrowth conditions. Dense undergrowth reduced machine output by about 20 percent.

Keywords

row thinning, timber harvesting, tree harvester

Citation

Granskog, James E.; Anderson, Walter C. 1981. Dense Undergrowth Reduces Feller-Buncher Productivity In Shortleaf Plne Plantations. Res. Note SO-274. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.