Cost and utilization of above ground biomass in thinning systems

Billy Watson; Bryce Stokes

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Cost and utilization of above ground biomass in thinning systems

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Billy Watson, Bryce Stokes

Year:

1994

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings of the meeting on Advanced Technology in Forest Operations: Applied Technology in Action; 1994 July 24-29; Portland/Corvallis, OR. Corvallis, Or: Oregon State University: 192-201.

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Abstract

The cost and utilization were compared for a thinning operation removing the stems as roundwood with a flail chipper operation. The flail chipper operation recovered an additional 4.2 tons of acceptable chips per acre which resulted in a higher return to the site. There was little difference in the cost of acceptable chips delivered to the digester between the two methods of thinning.

Keywords

Flail delimbing, debarking, woodlands chipping, logging costs, thinning

Citation

Watson, Billy; Stokes, Bryce. 1994. Cost and utilization of above ground biomass in thinning systems. In: Proceedings of the meeting on Advanced Technology in Forest Operations: Applied Technology in Action; 1994 July 24-29; Portland/Corvallis, OR. Corvallis, Or: Oregon State University: 192-201.