Southern Research Station

Title: Selected Harvesting Machines For Short Rotation Intensive Culture Biomass Plantations

Author: Woodfin, Sammy; Frederick, Doug; Stokes, Bryce

Date: 1987

Source: ASAE Paper 87-1567. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 18 p.

Description: Three different harvesting systems were observed and analyzed for productivity and costs in a short rotation.intensive culture plantation of 2 to 5 year old sycamore. Individual machines were compared to create an optimum system.

Keywords: Forest Engineering, Harvesting Machinery, Woodlots

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Woodfin, Sammy; Frederick, Doug; Stokes, Bryce  1987.  Selected Harvesting Machines For Short Rotation Intensive Culture Biomass Plantations.   ASAE Paper 87-1567. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 18 p.