Harvesting Spruce Trees

Player

Dublin Core

Identifier

2017-010

Title

Harvesting Spruce Trees

Subject

Landscape

Description

This video depicts the mechanical harvesting of a spruce plantation that was planted in the 1930's as part of a 'make work' project on the part of a wealthy landowner.

Creator

Edward N Lewis

Date

2017-01-06T22:15:29.000Z

Publisher

mxyzsptlk1
published via YouTube.com

Abstract

Mechanical tree harvesting employs relatively large equipment. This video shows the use of a 'feller buncher' with with an operator approaches a tree, cuts it and then stacks it for removal from the site for further processing. Further processing can include chipping, cutting into saw logs or (for hard wood) cutting into firewood.
This kind of equipment has been in use at least since the early 1970's where it was (and likely still is) for large scale tree harvesting for the paper industry in Maine and New Brunswick.

Source

http://YouTube.com

Date Submitted

2017-01-06T22:15:29.000Z

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