by Ben Spong | Jan 7, 2022 | Current Research, News
SU First Thursday Presentation Videos Stellenbosch University Forestry hosts a webinar series on the first Thursday of each month covering a wide variety of topics related to forest operations and other forestry issues. The archive recordings of these presentations...
by Ben Spong | Nov 23, 2020 | News
FREE E-LEARNING COURSE NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT The South African timber industry is geographically dispersed and gathering people to attend a course or training is often expensive and time constrained. In order to effectively and efficiently transfer skills and...
by Ben Spong | Nov 12, 2019 | News, Technical Notes
This study continues to build upon the database of average time consumption and productivity models of forwarder machines in mechanised CTL operations in South African pine sawtimber plantations. The aim of this study was to calculate the time consumption,...
by Ben Spong | Nov 12, 2019 | News, Technical Notes
This study explored the relationship between the productivity produced using two methods of data collection: Time Study – manual Time Study following the Standards for Time Studies for the South African Forest Industry and Stem File – using the machine...
by Ben Spong | Nov 12, 2019 | News, Technical Notes
In this study, a South African pine saw-timber mechanised cut-to-length harvesting operation was analysed with the main objective of describing and modelling productivity development learning curves of beginner operators in both clear-felling and thinning operations....
by Marius Terblanche | Nov 12, 2019 | News, Technical Notes
This study aims to determine the carbon balance of South African plantations by assessing the emissions associated with mechanised CTL harvesting and comparing these to the carbon stored in the logs harvested. The objectives are as follows: Estimate diesel and...
