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Appendix 2.  Photographs

Photo Series 1.

Non-directional felling and its impact on the residual stand at ECOSEMA (below).


 

Photo Series 2.

Felling and crosscutting with crosscut saw.


 

Bringing down a lodged tree with dangerous working technique at ÁLVARO de CASTRO.


 

Photo Series 3.

Use of a poorly sharpened and improperly set crosscut saw for felling at SOMANOL (left), and its effect on timber recovery (right). Note the pulled fibres in the stump in the right photo.


 

Photo Series 4.

Hooking and ground skidding of one log per cycle with agricultural tractor at SOMANOL.


 

Photo Series 5.

Tractor-assisted first loading of logs onto a semitrailer at SOMANOL (left) and a flatbed truck at MITI (right).


 

Photo Series 6.

First transport with farm tractor and semitrailer at ÁLVARO de CASTRO (left) and with a flatbed truck at MITI (right).


 

Photo Series 7.

Second transport with truck and 25 t semitrailer at MITI (left) and ARCA/SRZ (right).


 

Photo Series 8.

Processing logs with a circular saw at ÁLVARO de CASTRO (left) and with a bandsaw at SOMANOL (right).


 

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