Evaluation of Chipper-Forwarder Biomass Harvesting Concept

Bryce J. Stokes; D.L. Sirois

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Evaluation of Chipper-Forwarder Biomass Harvesting Concept

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Authors:

Bryce J. Stokes, D.L. Sirois

Year:

1986

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings of the Southern Forest Biomass Workshop; 1985 June 11-14. Gainesville, FL. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida. P. 62-67.

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Abstract

A chipper-forwarder system offers an alternative for biomass harvesting. Components are a small feller buncher for felling and bunching, and a chipper-forwarder that chips at the pile and transports the chips to roadside. In a case study on a mixed pine and hardwood site in Georgia after conventional hawesting, production rates and cost estimates for a prototype chipper-forwarder were developed. At a forwarding distance of 153 m the cost of chipping and fowarding was estimated to be between $15 and $25 per dry tonne depending on initial investment assumptions.

Citation

Stokes, Bryce J.; Sirois, D.L. 1986. Evaluation of Chipper-Forwarder Biomass Harvesting Concept. In: Proceedings of the Southern Forest Biomass Workshop; 1985 June 11-14. Gainesville, FL. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida. P. 62-67.