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Tree harvesting method and device

  • US 3,974,866 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1973
  • Issued: 08/17/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tree harvesting method for limbing and bucking a standing tree by means of a harvesting device moved by a skidder or a corresponding carrier comprising:

  • severing an upper part of a tree from a lower butt portion thereof;

    limbing and bucking the thus-severed upper part of the tree while maintaining said upper part of the tree in an upright attitude and before the tree is severed at the lower butt portion thereof; and

    securing the harvesting device tightly to the lower butt portion of the tree during the said limbing and bucking procedure so that at least a part of the pressure against the harvesting device is transferred to the lower butt portion of the tree during limbing and bucking of the severed upper part of the tree.

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