waratah HTH616C SIII, Operator'S Manual

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Operation: Thinning Techniques
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Plantation Out Row—Full Tree Thinning
Again the procedure is similar to the above.
This system is used in conjunction with skidding extraction.
The pathway is harvested in the same manner at the
same spacing.
More care is required when felling, to correctly position
the stem allowing processing without damage to standing
stems due to the longer lengths being handled.
The major differences being the direction the processed
stems are stock piled allowing extraction with minimal
bark damage. It is not always possible to process over
the pathway, so harvesting slash is distributed over the
complete swathe.
Stems need to be processed and stock piled with the
butts placed allowing access from the pathway by the
extraction carrier.
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