Hardwood log bucking and loading efficiency in West Virginia

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 84-90

  Wang, Jingxin ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWOOD LOG BUCKING; KNUCKLEBOOM LOADER; SAWBUCK; SCRAGG LOGS;

FORESTRY; LOADING; PULP;

WOOD;

FORESTRY; LOADING; PULPS; WOOD;

EID: 34250345701     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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