. Research for tomorrow's forests : 1983 research accomplishments. --. Forests and forestry Research United States. Thinning Southern Pines Every year, thousands of acres of southern pine forests reach the age where some form of thinning is desirable. But increased labor costs and fewer woods workers discourage this important forest management operation. This creates a substantial demand for thinnning equipment that has high production capabilities, low costs, and does the job witn minimal impact to the environment. Southern Station research engineers have evaluated several recently developed
. Research for tomorrow's forests : 1983 research accomplishments. --. Forests and forestry Research United States. Thinning Southern Pines Every year, thousands of acres of southern pine forests reach the age where some form of thinning is desirable. But increased labor costs and fewer woods workers discourage this important forest management operation. This creates a substantial demand for thinnning equipment that has high production capabilities, low costs, and does the job witn minimal impact to the environment. Southern Station research engineers have evaluated several recently developed machines. The results of these studies provide information on production rates, costs, and physical impacts to the soil and residual trees. The machines tested represent the current state-of-the-art in thinning equipment. The tests involve stan- dardized procedures that provide information needed for direct com- parisons of alternative equipment. The information can be used to evaluate and implement forest management plans that include eitner selective or systematic pattern methods of thinning. Several southern forest products com- panies are using the information in trials of plantation A small feller-buncher can remove trees selectively from both sides of a corridor less than 10 feet Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Forest Service. [Washington, D. C. ?] : USDA, Forest Service
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