An ecologging operation in the Kedgwick Region of Fraser Incorporated's Limits, 1979

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dc.contributor.advisorT. Bjerkelund
dc.contributor.advisorC., Bjerkelund
dc.contributor.authorWright, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T21:19:11Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T21:19:11Z
dc.date.issued1980
dc.description.abstractThis report is a study of the Ecologging operation of Fraser Incorporated from .June to December, 1979. The operation was located in the Black Brook area near Rapids Depot (Camp 27). It was situated on Fraser Incorporated's limits in north-western New Brunswick. The first section of the report is descriptive. It reviews the history of cable yarding in eastern Canada and gives some background on the methods by which the Kedgwick slopes had been logged in the past. The second section describes the machine Itself and. the layout and operation of an Ecologging system. It also discusses why Fraser Incorporated chose the RMS Ecologging for the Kedgwick slopes. The third section reports on the actual operation and the two main systems used. Each system is considered with respect to the description of a turn, production and cost, and the problems encountered. Finally the conclusions and recommendatIons are summarized. The conclusions contain the opinion of the author relating to the Ecologglng operation while the recommendations point out where the author feels most production is lost and how to improve these aspects.
dc.description.copyrightNot available for use outside of the University of New Brunswick
dc.description.noteWright, Charles (1980). An ecologging operation in the Kedgwick Region of Fraser Incorporated's Limits, 1979 . (Engineering Senior Report no. TFEM-72 1980). Fredericton : University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Engineering TFEM-72 1980 1882/17243
dc.description.noteUniversity of New Brunswick. Faculty of Forestry.
dc.format.extentviii, 86 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/35409
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
dc.subject.disciplineForest Engineering
dc.titleAn ecologging operation in the Kedgwick Region of Fraser Incorporated's Limits, 1979
dc.typesenior report
thesis.degree.disciplineForest Engineering
thesis.degree.fullnameBachelor of Science in Forest Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelundergraduate
thesis.degree.nameB.Sc.F.E.

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