Slovenian producer Biol premiered the new Bijol BWS160 cable skidder to international market in 2016. The skidder was also bought in the Slovene state forests (SiDG), where the need for workstudies was soon evident. The case study took place in the forest management unit Javornik, where the structure of worktime, and efficiency of skidding was determined for skidding of conifers. The study aimed at controlling skidding direction, skidding distance, winching distance and inclination of skid trails. In five days of studies 1300,2 minutes of worktime, and 1030 minutes of productive time were measured. During that time 38 cycles were observed, in which 191,4 m3 of timber were skidded to the forest road. It was determined that in the average workday the productive time takes 66,22% of time, while the non-productive time takes 34,78%. The average skidder load in our research was 5,04 m3, with the range from 8,04 to 1,37 m3, while the average skidding distance amounted to 311 m, and the average distance to load was 28,6 m. The average daily efficiency was 36,37t or 38,28 m3, while the average productivity in productive time amounted to 5,38 min/m3, and to 6,82 min/m3 in worktime. Efficiency can be explained best with variables: skidding distance, distance to load, mass of load and number of logs in the load.
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