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Estimated costs for harvesting, comminuting, and transporting beetle-killed pine in the Quesnel/Nazko area of central British Columbia
(MacDonald, AJ)
The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) estimated the costs of harvesting, comminuting, and transporting pine trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in the central Interior of British Columbia. Costs were based on computer...
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Maximizing logging truck payload when transporting dry beetle-killed short logs
(Jokai, R)
Transport of dry mountain pine beetle–killed wood may result in hauling inefficiencies because the lower weight density of this wood may not allow maximum truck axle weights to be achieved. The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC)...
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B.C. log hauling configurations: maximum weights and dimensions guide, September 2006
(Jokai, R)
The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) periodically publishes a guide that summarizes the maximum weights and dimensions for on-highway vehicle configurations hauling logs and operating under the British Columbia Commercial...
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Development of a recommended standard for off-highway, ground-based water delivery systems for Alberta
(Ault, R)
The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) surveyed off-highway, ground-based water delivery systems working in Alberta wildland fire operations to develop a recommended standard for these types of systems. This report contains...
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Cost structure of hog fuel transportation in Canada
(Forrester, PD, Sauder, EA, Desrochers, L, Ryans, M)
The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) undertook a project for Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to study the transportation of hog fuel from source to consumption site. In particular, FERIC gathered information from companies...
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