Basic rules of safe operation of universal logging machines

Abstract

For small and low-volume logging enterprises that predominate in the forest complex of the Russian Federation, in conditions of an acute shortage of forest fellers, universal logging machines are one of the most preferred options for carrying out logging operations. Compared with classic multi-machine logging complexes, they require significantly less capital, operators, and the cost of moving them from cutting area to cutting area. The article considers modern variants of universal logging machines — harvesters, forwarders, and felling — skidding-processing machines, and the rules for their safe operation.