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Biomass Harvesting Equipment/Conversion Technology Review
The overall goals of the project are to reduce the net cost of reducing fire danger in forested areas of the central Sierra Nevada, California, and improve the feasibility of utilizing removed biomass for useful energy.

This page contains audio-visual material collected for specific equipment, project report, presentations, and other resources relevant to the project.

Click on a category below to view media.

Single function machines    
Felling
 Continuous felling and processing (row-planted energy wood)
  Steep terrain chassis
Extraction (primary transport)
 Clambunk skidder
  Yarder with grapple carriage
  Yarder with self propelled carriage
  Slash forwarder
Processing
 Multi-stem harvesting head
Densification
 Slash bundler
Comminuting
 Chunker Your browser doesn't support embeded html pages 
  Truck-mounted chipper
Transport Stinger-steered chip van- photos courtesy of Dave Haston, USDA Forest Service, San Dimas Technology and Development Center Your browser doesn't support embeded html pages 
Multi Function Machines    
Felling/Processing/
Comminuting/Extraction

 Bioenergy wood harvester
Felling/Extraction Feller-skidder (clambunk)  
  Harwarder
Felling/Densification Feller bundler
Felling/Processing Remote controlled harvester
Extraction/Transport Roll-on Roll-off bunks
Comunuting/Extraction Chipper Forwarder

 

 

 

 

 
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