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Wood Raw Material Production and Transportation

Group Coordinator

Selçuk Gümüş

Prof. Dr.

Karadeniz Technical University - Department of Forest Engineering

Wood raw material production and primary transport cover the processes from felling to roadside landings or intermediate storage areas. The main stages are felling, extraction, skidding, cable yarding, and tractor-based hauling. Research addresses which harvesting method is technically and economically suitable under which terrain and stand conditions, and what effects these methods have on the residual stand and the soil.