Production and Costs of Manual Delimbing, Bucking, and Piling in Thinnings

摘要

Studies were made of chainsaw delimbing and bucking with manual piling of bunched trees to determine productivity rates and costs for each function. Information was obtained from observations of six thinning operations in the South. Average d.b.h. and bolt length significantly affected total delimbing and bucking time per tree. Manual piling time was dependent on average d.b.h. and stems per bunch.