Plastic Chute Clears Logs Fast
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Low-impact logging is getting a lot of attention across North America and around the world. This plastic log chute, developed in Austria, works on 25 per-cent or steeper slopes. It's made out of "slippery plastic" so no water or other lubricant is required. It was recently used as part of a demonstration of small-diameter timber handling systems in Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley. A crew under training by the Rogue Institute for Ecology and Economy dropped trees in a patch about 400 ft. above a spur road, then lugged them to the head of the chute. At the bottom the poles were then tossed into a truck and hauled to a portable sawmill.
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Plastic Chute Clears Logs Fast WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 23-1-4 Low-impact logging is getting a lot of attention across North America and around the world. This plastic log chute, developed in Austria, works on 25 per-cent or steeper slopes. It's made out of "slippery plastic" so no water or other lubricant is required. It was recently used as part of a demonstration of small-diameter timber handling systems in Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley. A crew under training by the Rogue Institute for Ecology and Economy dropped trees in a patch about 400 ft. above a spur road, then lugged them to the head of the chute. At the bottom the poles were then tossed into a truck and hauled to a portable sawmill.
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