Download or read book The Economics of Chipping Logging Residues at Roadside written by Luc Desrochers and published by The Branch. This book was released on 1994 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The energy residue of forest residues such as unmerchantable tops and limbs left on site following conventional timber harvesting operations is widely recognized. Development in full-tree harvesting and the use of single-stem delimbers now offer opportunities for recovering logging residues directly at roadside. This study evaluated the efficiency and economics of chipping logging residues at roadside using mobile chipper-forwarders and trailer-mounted chippers and investigated the economics of transporting the energy chips to the end users' facilities. The report presents case studies of three biomass chipping operations. For each operation, a description of the equipment and working techniques used, characteristics of the study area and debris, and results of a short-term evaluation are presented. A transportation model is used to estimate transportation cost and a break-even price analysis is provided to estimate the cost of chips delivered at the end-user facility for varying transportation distances.