Southern Research Station

Title: Alternate biomass harvesting systems using conventional equipment

Author: Stokes, Bryce J.; Watson, William F.; Savelle, I. Winston

Date: 1985

Source: In: Saucier, Joseph R., ed. Proceedings of the 1984 Southern Forest Biomass Workshop; 1984 June 5-7; Athens, GA. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 111-114

Description: Three harvesting methods were field tested in two stand types. Costs and stand utilization rates were developed for a conventional harvesting system, without energy wood recovery; a two-pass roundwood and energy wood system; and a one-pass system that harvests roundwood and energy wood. The systems harvested 20-acre test blocks in two pine pulpwood plantations and in a natural pine sawtimber stand. The one-pass method resulted in the least cost and better utilization of biomass residue.

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Stokes, Bryce J.; Watson, William F.; Savelle, I. Winston  1985.  Alternate biomass harvesting systems using conventional equipment.   In: Saucier, Joseph R., ed. Proceedings of the 1984 Southern Forest Biomass Workshop; 1984 June 5-7; Athens, GA. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 111-114