Table 3. Productivity and cost of wood chips production and processing from logging residues by harvesting and processing system.

System Extractiona (Excavator with wood grapple) Forwarding (Excavator with wood grapple+Forwarder) Transportationd (Excavator with wood grapple+Truck) Chipping (Chipper) Screening (Screening machine) Total
Cut-to-length productivity (Gwt/SMH) 5.0 7.3 14.5 11.6 7.7 1.6g
cost (won/Gwt) 13,975 16,905b 24,725 18,490e 15,770 89,865
machine utilization rate(%) 91.9 36.0 - 100.0 100.0 -
Whole-tree productivity (Gwt/SMH) - 7.1 14.5 14.3 7.7 2.9g
cost (won/Gwt) - 17,480c 24,725 14,999f 15,770 72,974
machine utilization rate(%) - 44.4 - 100.0 100.0 -
Extraction ratio of logging residues : 45.6%,
forwarding distance : less than 1.0 km,
Forwarding distance : less than 1.8 km,
Transportation distance : 100 km (25ton truck)[Cho. 2019],
Moisture content of chipping operation : 22.9%, 34.1%,
System productivity (harmonic mean)