METHOD FOR WORKING OUT OF FELLING AREA IN PARTIAL CUTTING Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A01G23/00 A01G23/02 

FIELD: forest industry.

SUBSTANCE: method involves dividing plots into swaths; providing logways; felling trees intended for cutting with their apexes oriented in logging direction, followed by logging thereof; performing thinning of semi-swaths by cutting corridors at an angle of 30-35 deg with respect to logway, with desired thinning extent being reached by providing corridors cut from adjacent logways. Corridors cut from adjacent semi-swaths intersect with one another to form plantation of mosaic structure where cells are defined by cut corridors. With employment of tree harvesting machines having load-bearing handler, 2-3 corridors are cut from one operating position, with 2 corridors from said 2-3 corridors being cut at an angle of 30-32 deg, and third additional corridor being cut perpendicular to logway. Working out of swath by intersecting corridors provides tree stand thinning without injuring of trees left for additional growing.

EFFECT: provision for creating of effective forest growing conditions and desired thinning extent without tree injuring.

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