Guidelines for Evaluating Mechanical Tree Planters

摘要

Few debate that successful mechanical tree planting offers many advantages over hand planting. New machines, or new developments added to existing machines, are continually being introduced and marketed. Before an evaluation can be carried out, performance criteria for the tree planting machine must be developed and an evaluation procedure established. The report describes mechanical tree planter performance criteria that were developed. Time and motion studies, planting quality, planter productivity, and other measurements are described.