The database was preprared on the basis of systematic data gathering in the field of forest harvesting. The foundations for the database were initially established by Prof. dr. Boštjan Košri and colleagues in the mid 1970s in an effort to better understand the long-term dynamics of development of forest harvesting machinery. The data mechanization database contains data about forest machinery, and can be used to study the trends in machine development, facilitate research in the field of terramechanics, and influence onto forest soils. The current database includes 53 machines, from 9 producers, across 7 countries. It database provides critical infrastructure for research in the field of forest harvesting. This is the first attempt to publish the database, however continuous improvement is required, at first with expanding the database to years prior to 2015, and secondly by providing additional parameters. What is missing is control of manufacturer data by means of actually measuring parameters, and development of methods of machine-soil interactions
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