Logging practices: Principles of timber harvesting systems

Steve Conway

ISBN 10: 0879300388 / ISBN 13: 9780879300388

Published by Miller Freeman Publications, San Francisco, California, 1976

About this Item

416 pp, previous owner's book plate ffep, preface, introduction, 6 Sections / 19 chapters, bibliography, index. illustrated throughout with more than 150 b&w photos - drawings - tables - diagrams, etc. 6.25" x 9.25" dark blue leatherette boards, gilt fr cover and spine letters, in pictorial unclipped DJ. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Upper edge DJ with edgewear, wrinkles, a closed tear and some chipping - still VG/DJ in acetate protector.a chip. Size: Large Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 010213

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logging practices: Principles of timber harvesting systems
• Publisher: Miller Freeman Publications, San Francisco, California
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879300388
• ISBN 13: 9780879300388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
  • NATURE & ECOLOGY

About this title

Synopsis

Thousands of loggers around the world have found fresh ideas for productivity improvements and practical techniques for maximum profit in Logging Practices. Topics include: changes in forest resources and the labor force; effects of economic downturns; smaller logs; new felling, bucking, and loading equipment; transportation costs, environmental considerations, safety. Specific examples of actual operations will help you solve problems and better understand the entire harvesting system.