Stand und Entwicklung der Mechanisierung in der Holzernte als Beitrag zur Effizienzsteigerung des Staatsforstbetriebes Niedersachsen

1998

S. 363-372

Unselbständiges Werk

200104593

The Regional Forestry Administration of Lower Saxony implemented highly-mechanized thinnings of coniferous wood in teh forestry business year (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30) of 1987. Since then, the program has been steadily expanded. In 1997, 450 000 mß were processed mechanically, which is about 30% of the total fellings. According to plan, approximately twothirds of the total was harvested by contractors and the remaining third with the owner's machinery. Mechanized timber harvesting, together wit further economizing, considerably reduced the manual and motorized manual workload. These complementary activites resulted in significantly reduced company costs for wages, including auxilliary wage costs, materials and contractors' commissions. In detail, the following provide especial contributions: - Continual adjustments in personnel. - Furtherance of personnel by intensified training and improved mobility. - Development work of the Administrati9on's regional forestry offices, which also are well-equipped with machinery. Practicle training with the assistance of the brochures "Highly-mechanized Thinnings of Coniferous Wood" and "Environmentally-compatible Use of Machinery". - Including forestry contractors. Moreover, the mechanization of timber harvests has contributed to ergonomical improvement and to a reduction in the number of accidents occuring during timber harvesting. Mechanical timber harvesting should, therefore, continue to be expanded. Future development work will not only be restricted to individual subsectors and technical progress. Efforts must be focused on teh complexity of operational organization and range from machinery, data processing and transmission - including information and communication technologies (GIS and GPS) - on up to delivering the timber to factories.