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Abstract

This study is done together with Sydved AB in the summer of 2012. The purpose of the study is to analyse how different quantity of assortments influence the production for forwarders and harvesters with multiple tree handling aggregate in thinning, by different tree volumes. To make this analyse a time study was performed where three entrepreneurs work has been analysed. Beside the analyse, of different quantity of assortments, has also been analysed how the tree volume and a forest fuel assortment effect the production.

The result of this study shows that the quantities of assortments have a significant meaning for the production. The biggest differences are most distinct between one and three assortments in the smaller tree volumes where production goes down if the quantity of assortments increase. This is obvious from both the harvesters and the forwarders point of view. The forest fuel assortment and the tree volume have a positive effect of the production.
The conclusion is that when the opportunity exists to use as few assortments as possible in the thinning, the production can be kept on a high level.