Expanding Ground-based Harvesting onto Steep Terrain: A Review
Timber harvesting on steep terrain has always been, and will remain, a challenge in terms of economic viability, safety and environmental performance. For almost a century motor-manual felling coupled with cable yarding has been the most appropriate harvesting system, but new technologies and innova...
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University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry
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| description | Timber harvesting on steep terrain has always been, and will remain, a challenge in terms of economic viability, safety and environmental performance. For almost a century motor-manual felling coupled with cable yarding has been the most appropriate harvesting system, but new technologies and innovations have led to machines and systems being developed that are modernising the way we operate on steep terrain. Specifically, they provide the opportunity for the mechanisation of operations with proven improvements in both safety and cost-effectiveness. The additional development of cable-assist machines is potentially making a real step-change by expanding the operating range onto very steep slopes. This paper reviews these developments, the main engineering considerations of how cable-assist works, as well as the advances being made in terms of how such equipment is integrated into harvesting systems. The review also includes analyses of the operating guidelines that are either in place or being developed to help implement the systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b6fd3a43a5c4136b6cf18b6948868262022-12-21T19:56:23ZengUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of ForestryCroatian Journal of Forest Engineering1845-57191848-96722015-01-01362321331151831Expanding Ground-based Harvesting onto Steep Terrain: A ReviewRien Visser0Karl Stampfer1University of Canterbury College of Engineering School of Forestry Private Bag 4800, Christchurch NEW ZEALANDUniversity of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna Department of Forest and Soil Sciences Institute of Forest Engineering Peter Jordan Straße 82 1190 Vienna AUSTRIATimber harvesting on steep terrain has always been, and will remain, a challenge in terms of economic viability, safety and environmental performance. For almost a century motor-manual felling coupled with cable yarding has been the most appropriate harvesting system, but new technologies and innovations have led to machines and systems being developed that are modernising the way we operate on steep terrain. Specifically, they provide the opportunity for the mechanisation of operations with proven improvements in both safety and cost-effectiveness. The additional development of cable-assist machines is potentially making a real step-change by expanding the operating range onto very steep slopes. This paper reviews these developments, the main engineering considerations of how cable-assist works, as well as the advances being made in terms of how such equipment is integrated into harvesting systems. The review also includes analyses of the operating guidelines that are either in place or being developed to help implement the systems.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/223383 |
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| title | Expanding Ground-based Harvesting onto Steep Terrain: A Review |
| title_full | Expanding Ground-based Harvesting onto Steep Terrain: A Review |
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| title_short | Expanding Ground-based Harvesting onto Steep Terrain: A Review |
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