Work productivity assessment of small forwarders in forest operations: An international review

Abstract

There are two types of forwarders available in the practice including conventional forestry forwarders and farm tractors equipped with a trailer/grapple loader that operate as a forwarder. Forwarders loading capacity can vary depending on the machine size. This paper aimed to review the work productivity of small size forwarders (payload

Keywords

• Forest harvesting
• Small forwarder
• Productivity