Title	Commercial thinning a coastal second-growth forest with a Timberjack cut-to-length system
Author	Hunt, JA
Category	Technical Note
Keywords	commercial thinning, softwoods, douglas-fir, second-growth forests, harvesting, cut-to-length systems, soil disturbance, machine evaluation, productivity, fmg timberjack 1270 single-grip harvester, fmg timberjack 910 forwarder, coastal british columbia
Reference	TN-000235
Published	1995
City	Vancouver, BC
Pages	14
Language	English Only
Price	Download Price $30.00 Print Price $45.00

Abstract

Pacific Forest Products Limited began commercially thinning Douglas-fir dominated second-growth forest on southeastern Vancouver Island with mechanized shortwood systems in 1992. In the summer of 1994, FERIC monitored a thinning operation near Cowichan Lake to determine productivities, costs and impacts to sites and residual stands. The thinning treatment was carried out with a Timberjack 1270 harvester and a Timberjack 910 forwarder.