Harvesting Costs For Mechanized Thinning Systems In Slash Pine Plantations

James E. Granskog

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Harvesting Costs For Mechanized Thinning Systems In Slash Pine Plantations

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James E. Granskog

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-141. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

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Abstract

Harvesting costs of four tree harvester systems are estimated for row thinning slash pine plantations. Systems incorporating a full-tree type harvester had lower harvesting costs per cord than shortwood and tree-length harvester systems in 15-year-old plantations.

Keywords

bee harvesters, mechanization, productivity, and logging costs

Citation

Granskog, James E. 1978. Harvesting Costs For Mechanized Thinning Systems In Slash Pine Plantations. Res. Pap. SO-141. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.