EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SELECTED FELLING AND FOREST REGENERATION

UDC 630*363.7

  • Vavilov Anton Vladimirovich − DSc (Engineering), Professor, Head of the Department “Mechanization and Automation of the Road-Building Complex”. Belarusian National Technical University (65, Nezavisomosti Ave., 220013, Minsk, Republic of Belarus); Professor, the Department of Logging Machinery, Forest Roads and Timber Production Technology. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: ftkcdm@bntu.by

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2519-402X-2023-264-08

Keywords: selective felling, harvesters, forwarders, combined machine, forest regeneration, mulchers.

For citation: Vavilov A. V. Efficient technology for selected felling and forest regeneration. Processing of BSTU, issue 1, Forestry. Nature Management. Processing of Renewable Resources, 2023, no. 1 (264), pp. 83–87. DOI: 10.52065/2519-402X-2023-264-08 (In Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2519-402X-2023-264-08.

Abstract

The article noted the need for a significant reduction in the cost of selective logging due to the growing volume of such work. Costs can be reduced by choosing the most efficient technique for cutting trees to be removed and hauling them away for later use. For this, special compact and maneuverable harvesters and forwarders are used, or better, a machine that combines the qualities of a harvester and a forwarder. The article provides brief information about the harvester and forwarder of the Swedish company VIMEK, which have shown themselves well in operation in the forestry enterprises of Belarus.

In connection with the sanctions against our country, the creation of similar harvesters and forwarders is required, i. e. import substitution is needed.

Many means of mechanization used in Belarus for clearing logging sites from logging residues and stumps are analyzed in order to successfully carry out reforestation work on them. In the forestry enterprises of the republic, PRINOTH mulchers have proven themselves well, which, due to sanctions, should also be replaced with domestic counterparts.

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