1 NREM 2112, TIMBER HARVESTING SPRING 2015 Instructor : Dr. S. Hiziroglu 303-G Agricultural Hall Phone : 744-5445 E-mail: salim. hizirog@okstate.edu CLASS : Tuesdays 9:00-9:50 am, Room 019 - Agriculture Hall. LAB : Fridays 12:30-3:20 pm. Room 019 Agricultural Hall OBJECTIVE : The objective of this course is to develop basic understanding of theory and strategies of planning and management of timber harvesting, techniques including felling, bucking, skidding operation, cable yarding, harvesting cost analysis, safety aspects of harvesting, and principles of forest road building. CLASS NOTES : This is not a textbook, it is a collection of drawing, graphs, and copies from various sources which illustrate important principles of the subject that will be discussed within the course. The student is suggested to take additional notes directly on these pages during the lecture. Supplementary reading assignments will be given to the students during the semester. GRADING : 1- Exam 1...200 points 2- Exam 2...200 points 3- Homework......75 points 4- Road surveying map 200 points 5- Class attendance...50 points 6- Final. 275 points Total..1,000 points FIELD TRIP : Harvesting site in South Eastern Oklahoma will be visited. Field trip is compulsory. (Hardhat is required). April 2-3, 2015 (Thursday-Friday). NREM 2112 - Timber Harvesting, Spring 2015
2 CLASS OUTLINE : Week 1 Jan. 12 Jan.17.. 1- Introduction 2- Forest resources in the USA 3- Definition of timber harvesting 4- Objectives and elements of timber harvesting 5- Logging plan and operation planning 6- Timber harvesting methods Week 2.Jan. 19 Jan. 23...1- Harvesting methods 2- Elements of felling and bucking 3- Factors affecting felling and bucking efficiency 4- Cutting patterns 5- Manual felling and bucking Week 3. Jan. 26 Jan.30. 1- Chainsaw safety 2- Chainsaw safety training video (20 min) 3- Mechanized felling 4- Principles of feller buncher 5- Types of cutting tool in mechanized felling 6- Cutting force requirements Week 4.Feb.3 Feb.6.. 1- Primary and secondary transportation 2- Principles of skidding 3- Grapple skidders 4- Factors affecting skidding efficiency 5- Skidding distance and load size 6- Shuttle skidding 7- Skidding patterns 8- Forwarding and landing 9-Geneal review Lab : Exam 1. (Feb. 7) Week 5.Feb. 9 Feb.13 1-Felling and skidding operation 2-John Deere Training Videos 3 -Reviewing exam -1 Week 6..Feb. 16 Feb.20......1- Introduction to Cable logging 2- Elements of cable logging 3- Principles of cable logging systems 4- Cable logging versus ground skidding operations Week 7 Feb. 23- Feb. 27...1- Types of cable logging systems 2- Highlead
3 LAB : a-cable Yarding Model b-cable Yarding Video 3- Skyline 4- Running skyline 5- Calculation of cable deflection 6- Cable yarding model 7- Cable logging cost analysis 8- Cable logging production cycle 9- Timber on the move 20 min video by Forest History Society Week 8...March 2 - March 6..1- Introduction to forest road building 2- Road classification 3- Basic considerations for planning and locating forest roads 4- Drainage and slope stabilization 5- Recommendations for wetland forest roads 6-Road engineering (use of compass and abney level, bearing, and establishing grade) Lab : Exam 2. March 6 Week 9. March 9 March 13..Forest road engineering (cont.) LAB. Surveying forest road in the field, Thursday afternoon and Friday Week 10 March 17 March 21.SPRING BREAK Week 11 March 23 March 27 Making road maps, establishing centerline and road profile in the classroom Week 12 March 30- April 3...Introduction to harvesting cost analysis. LAB. Field trips April 2-3 Week 13. April 6 April 10 1- Harvesting systems cost analysis (Total time, scheduled hours, productive hours, fixed cost,
4 operating cost, and equipment depreciation) LAB. Making road maps in the classroom and presentations Week 14 April 13 April 17......1- Secondary transportation 2- Log loading and unloading, truck, railroad, river transportation 3- Introduction to best management practices Week 15 April 20 April 24...1- Best management practices related to harvesting 2- Safety aspects of harvesting LAB. Review Week 16 April 27 May 1 GENERAL REVIEW (Pre-finals Week) MAY 4- MAY 8, FINAL EXAMS REFERENCES : 1- Conway, S. Logging Practices. 1982. Miller Freeman Inc. San Francisco, CA. 2- Stenzel,G., Walbridge,T., and Pearce, K. 1985. Logging and pulpwood
5 production. John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York, NY. 3- Petro, F. 1975. Felling and Bucking Hardwoods, How to improve your profit. Department of the Environment Canada Forestry Service Pub. 1291. 4- Conway, S. Timber cutting practices. Miller Freeman Inc. San Francisco, CA. 5- Jones, G. A guide to logging aesthetics. 1993.Northeast Regional Agriculture Engineering Service. Cooperative Extension 152 Riley-Robb Hall. Ithaca, NY. 6- Simmons, F.1979. USDA. Forest Service. Handbook for Eastern Timber Harvesting. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 7- Studier, D and Binkley,V. 1991. Cable logging systems. Pacific Northwest Region. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Washington, D.C.