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- Title
Productivity of the John Deere slash bundler in removing in-forest residues from pine harvest sites in the mid-South: four case studies.
- Authors
Patterson, David W.; Pelkki, Matthew H.; Steele, Philip H.
- Abstract
In the summer of 2006, the only John Deere 1490D slash bundler in North America was brought to Arkansas so that four independent case studies could be conducted; no previous studies on the machine had been conducted in The South. The study sites were a clear cut, a second thinning and a first thinning harvested with conventional equipment. The fourth site was a thinning by cut-to-length equipment. The productivity rate of the machine ranged from 60 to 78 percent. Delays (i.e., saw binding, materials handling, and twine spools collapse) were the mare problem ill the first three sites and movement was the major nonproductive element at the fourth site. The bundles can be economically produced (based on current markets) and they can be stored for seven to 8 months.
- Subjects
ARKANSAS; HARVESTING machinery; DEERE &; Co.; LOGGING machinery; FOREST machinery; AGRICULTURAL equipment
- Publication
Forest Products Journal, 2008, Vol 58, Issue 7/8, p31
- ISSN
0015-7473
- Publication type
Article