Original Articles

The use of a feller-buncher in pulpwood clearfellings

DOI: 10.1080/20702620.1978.10433490
Author(s): R.W. Taylor , ,
Keywords: ,

Abstract

A four-wheel-drive pivot-steer feller-buncher was studied during clearfelling operations in plantations around the St Lucia lake in Zululand. Mean production was 142 trees per hour, and 135 trees per hour when fitted with tandem tracks.

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