Helicopters for logging: characteristics, operation, and safety considerations.

P.M. Stevens; Edward H. Clarke

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Helicopters for logging: characteristics, operation, and safety considerations.

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Authors:

P.M. Stevens, Edward H. Clarke

Year:

1974

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-020. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p

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Abstract

This report presents a general overview of factors relevant to the productive and safe use of helicopters for timber harvesting, with emphasis on candidate helicopters and their characteristics.

Keywords

helicopter logging, skidding methods (aircraft), logging economics

Citation

Stevens, P.M.; Clarke, Edward H. 1974. Helicopters for logging: characteristics, operation, and safety considerations. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-020. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p