Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
Karl Stampfer
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
John Sessions
Oregon State University
Abstract
Cable yarding has been used for many years in mountainous forests in central European countries. Tower yarders are common cable yarding systems in Austria. The goal of this study was to develop a general time prediction model for two kinds of tower yarders used in Austria. The multiple regression method was applied. The average production rate was 9.30 m3/PSH0 with a cost of US$25.48/m3. The results also showed that the production rate for downhill yarding was less than uphill yarding using the Syncrofalke tower yarder. The developed time production models can help forest engineers estimate production of tower yarders in similar logging operations.
