Common Timber Harvesting Systems

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Common Timber Harvesting Systems

• Mark Hitchcock CF, MFS
• Fairweather Forestry

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Felling Bucking

• Felling Equipment
• Chain Saw
• Feller-Buncher
• Harvester/Processor
• Bucking Location
• Landing
• Woods

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Feller-Buncher
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Harvester/Processor
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Harvester/Processor
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Harvester/Processor
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Ground-Based Yarding

• Skidder
• Rubber-Tired
• Tracked
• Line
• Grapple
• Shovel
• Forwarder

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Rubber-Tired Line Skidder
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Rubber-Tired Line Skidder
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Rubber-Tired Grapple Skidder
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Crawler Tractor
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Shovel?
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Forwarder
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Multi-Span Cable Yarding
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Multi-Span Cable Yarding
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