EJPAU 2005. Giefing D. , Łukomski Ł. PRUNING TIME CONSUMPTION OF SINGLE BRANCHES OF SCOTS PINE (<I>Pinus sylvestris</I> L.) TREES

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2005
Volume 8
Issue 4

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Forestry

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Giefing D. , Łukomski Ł. 2005. PRUNING TIME CONSUMPTION OF SINGLE BRANCHES OF SCOTS PINE (Pinus sylvestris L.) TREES, EJPAU 8(4), #04.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue4/abs-04.html

PRUNING TIME CONSUMPTION OF SINGLE BRANCHES OF SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.) TREES

Dieter Franciszek Giefing¹, Łukasz Hubert Łukomski²
¹ Department of Forest Utilization, University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland
² Department of Forest Utilisation, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznan, Poland

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the performed experiments was to determine the time consumption of the removal of single Scots pine branches in relation to their thickness, vitality and height of pruning. Branches were cut with the assistance of special handsaws of the ARS and Buchman type. These saws are characterised by the highest efficiency from all the applied saws which have been subjected to investigations so far. Trees were pruned to the height of 5 meters along consecutive 1 meter-long segments. The test comprised 50 branches for each 1 m long section of the trunk. Measurements comprised the thickness of branches as well as the time needed to remove them.

Key words: tree pruning, time-consumption of pruning, pruning tools, ARS saw, Bushman saw.

Dieter Franciszek Giefing
Department of Forest Utilization,
University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland
Wojska Polskiego 71A, 60-625 Poznań, Poland
Phone: +48 61 848 77 54
email: giefing@au.poznan.pl

Łukasz Hubert Łukomski
Department of Forest Utilisation,
August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznan, Poland
Wojska Polskiego 71A, 60-625 Poznan, Poland
email: lukaszlukomski@poczta.onet.pl

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