Productivity of harvesters and forwarders in CTL operations in northern Sweden based on large follow-up datasets

M Eriksson, O Lindroos - International Journal of Forest …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Modern computerization facilitates data-gathering from forest machines, and offers new
opportunities to develop models for predicting productivity in forest harvest operations. In …

Cable yarding productivity models: A systematic review over the period 2000–2011

O Lindroos, R Cavalli - International Journal of Forest Engineering, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The efficiency of cable-based yarding systems has been studied extensively, resulting in
numerous work productivity models (ie models predicting the ratio between output and time) …

The effect of new silvicultural trends on mental workload of harvester operators

R Spinelli, N Magagnotti, ER Labelle - Croatian Journal of Forest …, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Close-to-nature (CTN) forestry offers many advantages, but makes management
more complex and generally results in lower harvesting productivity and higher harvesting …

Multi-tree cut-to-length harvesting of short-rotation poplar plantations

N Magagnotti, R Spinelli, K Kärhä… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Small tree size represents the main challenge when designing a cost-effective harvesting
system for European short-rotation plantations. This challenge is further complicated by the …

Evaluation of salvage logging productivity and costs in windthrown Norway spruce-dominated forests

K Kärhä, T Anttonen, A Poikela, T Palander, A Laurén… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
Different abiotic and biotic disturbances are expected to become more common in the future
due to a warming climate. Globally, post-disturbance salvage logging is becoming more …

Estimating time consumption and productivity of roundwood skidding in group shelterwood system–a case study in a broadleaved mixed stand located in reduced …

SA Borz, G Ignea, B Popa, G Spârchez… - Croatian Journal of …, 2015 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak In Romanian forestry, skidders represent the most used equipment for wood
extraction, while the group shelterwood system is one of the most used silvicultural forest …

Performance of a mid-sized harvester-forwarder system in integrated harvesting of sawmill, pulpwood and firewood

AI Apăfăian, AR Proto, SA Borz - Annals of Forest Research, 2017 - afrjournal.org
Fully mechanized timber harvesting systems are generally characterized by a high
operational performance being widespread and used across many regions. Such systems …

Automatic GNSS-enabled harvester data collection as a tool to evaluate factors affecting harvester productivity in a Eucalyptus spp. harvesting operation in Uruguay

A Olivera, R Visser, M Acuna… - International journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Uruguay has adopted cut-to-length (CTL) machines in forest harvesting operations,
especially in large scale, fast-growing plantations. The majority of modern CTL machines …

[HTML][HTML] Modifying the settings of CTL timber harvesting machines to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions

R Prinz, R Spinelli, N Magagnotti, J Routa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to examine the possibility of reducing the fuel consumption
and CO 2 emissions of harvesters during cut-to-length operations by applying various …

Designing thinning operations in 2nd age class pine stands—economic and environmental implications

PS Mederski, R Venanzi, M Bembenek, Z Karaszewski… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
The application of a harvester for thinning operations in young stands can pose several
dilemmas. Firstly, the value of the timber obtained should be higher than the cost of the …