Extending Strategies for Optimal Bucking to Harvesting and Site Preparation

Abstract Optimal bucking strategies can be implemented in the field with powerful handheld computers, not only for matching market needs with logs cut but for addressing other management decisions within the bucking context. Weight limits for various harvesting systems and conditions can be included to assure feasible log sizes. The bucking optimization program can incorporate different cost functions for determining optimal equipment selection for various logging systems. Decisions about which portion of the tree to leave or to remove at harvest time can also be made with the optimal bucking algorithms. Knowledge of the harvesting cost of various levels of slash removal aids in planning slash treatments. West. J. Appl. For. 5(1):12-15.

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Equipment selection for the optimal system unavailability of jacketed reactors with discrete cost data

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries ◽

10.1016/s0950-4230(03)00037-8 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. 443-448 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sang Hwa Jin ◽

Yeong-Koo Yeo ◽

Il Moon ◽

Yonsoo Chung ◽

In-Won Kim

Keyword(s):

Optimal System ◽

Cost Data ◽

Equipment Selection ◽

Selection For

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Equipment Selection for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy ◽

10.3109/03639048809152040 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 14 (18) ◽

pp. 2687-2703 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas M. Pack ◽

Elizabeth A. Cunfer

Keyword(s):

Pharmaceutical Industry ◽

Equipment Selection ◽

Selection For

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Sealant Failure Morphology — The Important Criterion of Equipment Selection for Weathering Studies

Durability of Building and Construction Sealants and Adhesives ◽

10.1520/stp12571s ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 310-310-12

Author(s):

G Wypych ◽

S Kuberski ◽

F Lee

Keyword(s):

Important Criterion ◽

Equipment Selection ◽

Failure Morphology ◽

Selection For

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A Comparison of Soil Compaction Associated with Four Ground-Based Harvesting Systems

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/njaf/28.4.194 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 194-198 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Oscar Bustos ◽

Andrew Egan

Keyword(s):

Bulk Density ◽

Forest Soils ◽

Soil Compaction ◽

Group Selection ◽

Soil Bulk Density ◽

Soil Productivity ◽

Equipment Selection ◽

Farm Tractor ◽

Harvesting Systems

Abstract A study of soil compaction associated with four harvesting systems—a forwarder working with a mechanized harvester and a rubber-tired cable skidder, a farm tractor, and a bulldozer, each of them coupled with a chainsaw felling—was conducted in a group selection harvest of a mixed hardwood stand in Maine. The bulldozer system was associated with the highest percentage differences in soil bulk density measured in machine tracks (16.9%), trail centerlines (15.7%), and harvested group selection units (13.1%) versus adjacent untrafficked areas, whereas the forwarder system was associated with the lowest percentage differences in soil bulk density measured in machine tracks (3.5%), trail centerlines (1.2%), and harvested group selection units (6.3%) versus adjacent untrafficked areas. Results will help to inform loggers and foresters on equipment selection, harvest planning, and the conservation of forest soils and soil productivity.

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