EJPAU 2014. Tajboš J. , Messingerová V. PRODUCTION RATE AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF MID-CLASS HARVESTERS IN THINNINGS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAINS OF CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

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2014
Volume 17
Issue 2

Topic:

Forestry

ELECTRONIC
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AGRICULTURAL
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Tajboš J. , Messingerová V. 2014. PRODUCTION RATE AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF MID-CLASS HARVESTERS IN THINNINGS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAINS OF CENTRAL SLOVAKIA, EJPAU 17(2), #02.
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PRODUCTION RATE AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF MID-CLASS HARVESTERS IN THINNINGS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAINS OF CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

Jozef Tajboš, Valéria Messingerová
Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Harvesting, Logistics and Ameliorations Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia

ABSTRACT

In this paper we introduced an analysis of technological parameters of the
mid-class harvesters John Deere 770D and Valmet 911.1. We focused on their production
rate, movement and work in relation to ecological effects of their activity in
forest stands. In the next part we offered a brief analysis of the economic efficiency
of these mid-class harvesters in comparison with classic methods of timber harvesting
and skidding in thinnings in mountainous terrains of Central Slovakia – Forest
Enterprise Kriváň and Čierny Balog. We obtained primary data
during the realization of premature logging in the thinning forest stands of
the mountainous terrains. This work also contained a brief description of technical
parameters of the harvesters and a proposal of an optimal or suboptimal technology
in thinnings. The results confirmed the economic efficiency of presented harvesters
in premature felling of conifer forest stands. Results of performances – Valmet
6.5 m³·h^-1 and John Deere 5.7 m³·h^-1 are
comparable with the results of the others authors in similar production conditions.

Key words: harvester, technology, production rate, thinning, economic efficiency.

Jozef Tajboš
Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Harvesting, Logistics and Ameliorations Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
T.G.Masaryka 24
960 53 Zvolen
Slovakia
email: tajbos@vsld.tuzvo.sk

Valéria Messingerová
Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Harvesting, Logistics and Ameliorations Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
T.G.Masaryka 24
960 53 Zvolen
Slovakia
email: messin@vsld.tuzvo.sk

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