Harvesting Systems

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There is no law how felling should be undertaken. If you are GROT (timber residues), then this into your or method statement for felling. The first rule is to fell across the machine – this will or minimise the risk of a tree falling on the machine! There are two harvesting strategies commonly used.
Harvesting ‘one-sided’ means the trees are only felled in . It results in a high of wood in rows and is a good method when the ground has poor . If the harvester operator this system, it enables the forwarder operator to all of the processed wood, even if it has been buried under . Obviously, it makes in winter, that the harvester and forwarder work closely to one another. There are several on this one-sided system, using ghost trails and branch trails to aid in accessing timber in tricky ground conditions.
Harvesting refers to felling trees 90 degrees to the trail direction. From a safety perspective, operators are to use this method because it takes advantage of the trees lean to assist felling. It is useful in stands with many heavy / thick trees. New are encouraged to fell all the big trees first, so they cannot over the machine. Double sided harvesting offers more scope for developing and skills quickly and rationally.