Yarding and loading costs for salvaging in old-growth Douglas-fir with a mobile high-lead yarder.

John Carow

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Yarding and loading costs for salvaging in old-growth Douglas-fir with a mobile high-lead yarder.

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Authors:

John Carow

Year:

1959

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

PNW Old Series Research Paper No. 32: 1-26 p

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Abstract

This report describes the use of a mobile high-lead yarder to salvage dead and down timber in old-growth stands reserved for future cutting under the staggered-setting system of management.

Citation

Carow, John. 1959. Yarding and loading costs for salvaging in old-growth Douglas-fir with a mobile high-lead yarder. PNW Old Series Research Paper No. 32: 1-26 p