Mountain Logging Symposium Proceedings Held in West Virginia on Jun 5-7, 1984
Abstract
Contents: Steep terrain logging in Norway; Steep terrain harvesting - an industry perspective; MAP - A mapping and analysis program for harvest planning; HARDAT - A universal harvesting data information storage and retrieval system; Time analysis of forest harvesting operations; Soil disturbance by fuelwood harvesting with a conventional ground system and a cable miniyarder in mountain hardwood stands; Some environmental effects of cable logging in the eastern hardwoods; Economic implications of managing nonpoint forest sources of water pollutants; Costs and returns from mechanized fuelwood thinning operations; Logging damage associated with thinning Central Appalachian Hardwood stands with a wheeled skidder; A silvicultural evaluation of cable yarding for partial cuts; A microcomputer program for earthwork calculations; Thomas A. Walbridge; Computer aided timber harvest planning: an example; The effect of truck design on road standards, road construction and timber hauling costs in southwest Virginia; Forest road erosion in the Ouachita Mountains; Functional requirements and design parameters of swing-to-bunch feller-bunchers for forest thinning; Testing the FMC FT-180 CA high-speed steel track logging vehicle; Field evaluation of Menzi-Muck feller-buncher on difficult terrain in Southeast Alaska; The use of wide, high-flotation tires for skidding on steep ground; Break-even zones for cable yarding by log size; The influence of site factors on production cost predictions for the Appalachian Thinner; The Clearwater Yarder: A Mississippi case study; Production study of the Koller K300 cable yarder operating the mountains of Virginia.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA204211
Entities
People
- John Luchok
- Penn A. Peters
Organizations
- West Virginia University