Skip to main content
  • English
  • Serbian
  • About Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Editorial Policy
  • Author Guidelines
  • LATEST ISSUE
  • Archive
    • Issue 209 (2022)
    • Issue 208 (2021)
    • Issue 207 (2021)
    • Issue 206 (2020)
    • Issue 205 (2020)
    • Issue 204 (2019)
    • Issue 203 (2019)
    • Issue 201-202 (2018)
    • Issue 199-200 (2017)
    • Issue 197-198 (2016)
    • Issue 195-196 (2015)
    • Issue 193-194 (2014)
    • Issue 191-192 (2013)
    • Issue 189-190 (2012)
    • Issue 187-188 (2011)
    • Issue 185-186 (2010)
    • Issue 183-184 (2009)
    • Issue 181-182 (2008)
    • Issue 179-180 (2007)
    • Issue 177-178 (2006)
    • Issue 175-176 (2005)
    • Issue 173-174 (2004)
    • Issue 171-172 (2003)
    • Issue 169-170 (2002)
    • Issue 167-168 (2001)
Poplar
2022, Issue 209, p. 5-11

Original scientific paper
DOI: 10.5937/topola2209005D
UDC: 630*3: 551.55

Productivity of Komatsu 951G harvester in tree felling and production wood assortments in forest area damaged by wind


Milorad Danilović 1*, Slavica Antonić 1, Dušan Stojnić 1, Vladimir Ćirović 1, Dragiša Milikić 1


1 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia

Corresponding author:
Milorad Danilović, E-mail: milorad.danilovic@sfb.bg.ac.rs


Abstract

The wind is able to cause major damage to the forest in a very short time. The damage caused by the wind manifests itself in different ways. We distinguish windbreaks, windthrows, and bendings. This paper presents the research results on the productivity of the Komatsu 951G harvester in poplar stands (Populus x euramericana clone M-1), affected by windbreaks and windthrows. The share of the effective working time was represented by 79% of total time, while delays share was 21% of the total time of cutting and processing of assortments. The productivity of the harvester was expressed in m3 per working hour of the machine, it was 24.48 m3/h. The research showed that the price of a harvester per one working hour is € 82.88, but the unit cost of the Komatsu 951G harvester is € 3.39/m3.


Keywords: harvester, felling, productivity, costs, poplar plantation
Back to Top

University of Novi Sad
Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment
Antona Čehova 13d
21000 Novi Sad
Republic of Serbia
Tel: +381 21 540 383
E-mail: ilfe@uns.ac.rs
www.ilfe.org