Productivity, costs and residual stand damage of timber harvesting methods in Scots pine stands with extended distance between skid trails

A timber harvest in a 72-years old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest stand was carried out under real conditions in North eastern Germany in fall 2023. The area of the stand was 23.2 ha and 692 m³ of wood was harvested during the thinning operation. Three different timber harvesting methods with extended skid trail distances of approx. 40 m (ES) were investigated and compared to a fully mechanized system with conventional skid trail distances of approx. 20 m (CS) in a time study with a total of 150 recorded hours. Moreover, the residual stand damage and the marked trees remaining on the area were recorded after the harvesting operation. The main table contains the index of the data collection, which consists of seven data sets and one video. the data about the time study are divided in the different work steps: felling and processing with harvester (“Time study harvester”), forwardering (“Time study forwarder”), motormanual felling with chainsaw (“Time study chainsaw”), pulling down trees that have been hanging in other trees when felled with a chainsaw (“Time study chainsaw hanger”) and winching with cable winch (“Time study winching”). The data set “Wood harvest damage” contains the recordings of the damage caused by the different timber harvesting methods to the remaining stands. Finally, the data set “remaining trees” contains number, volume, distance to nearest skid trail and related timber harvesting method of the marked trees, which remained on the area. This table contains the Index of the data collection.
Related datasets are listed in the metadata element 'Related Identifier'.
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