Equipment

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.

Single function machines Felling

• Continuous felling and processing (row-planted energy wood) – Video unavailable
• Steep terrain chassis

Extraction (primary transport)

• Clambunk skidder
• Yarder with grapple carriage
• Yarder with self propelled carriage
• Slash forwarder – Video unavailable

Processing

• Multi-stem harvesting head

Densification

• Slash bundler

Comminuting

• Chunker
• Truck-mounted chipper

Transport

• Stinger-steered chip van- photos courtesy of Dave Haston, USDA Forest Service, San Dimas Technology and Development Center

Felling/Processing/Comminuting/Extraction

• Bioenergy wood harvester

Felling/Extraction

• Feller-skidder (clambunk) – Video unavailable
• Harwarder

Felling/Densification

• Feller bundler

Felling/Processing

• Remote controlled harvester

Extraction/Transport

• Roll-on Roll-off bunks

Comunuting/Extraction

• Chipper Forwarder – Video unavailable