The relative importance of factors that determine log-hauling costs

A. Jeff Martin; A. Jeff Martin

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The relative importance of factors that determine log-hauling costs

Informally Refereed

Authors:

A. Jeff Martin, A. Jeff Martin

Year:

1971

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-197. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

Hauling costs are a major expense to lumbermen, but little is known about which factors affect hauling costs the most. A recent Forest Service study of hauling costs on 34 logging operations sheds light on whmich factors of cost are important and which might require less attention. These results should help lumbermen adopt a cost accounting procedure and help them with management decisions regarding roundwood transport.

Citation

Martin, A. Jeff. 1971. The relative importance of factors that determine log-hauling costs. Res. Pap. NE-197. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.