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Harvesting Cost of Tree-length Thinning in a Larix leptolepis Stands

낙엽송 간벌작업에서 전간수확시스템의 작업비용 분석

  • Cho, Koo-Hyun (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Cho, Min-Jae (Department of Forest Management, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Han, Han-Sup (Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University) ;
  • Han, Sang-Kyun (Department of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries) ;
  • Cha, Du-Song (Department of Forest Management, Kangwon National University)
  • 조구현 (국립산림과학원 생산기술연구소) ;
  • 조민재 (강원대학교 산림경영학과) ;
  • 한한섭 (험볼트 주립대학교 산림.자연자원학과) ;
  • 한상균 (한국농수산대학교 산림조경학과) ;
  • 차두송 (강원대학교 산림경영학과)
  • Received : 2015.02.09
  • Accepted : 2015.04.08
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of study was to broaden our knowledge on the productivity and cost of thinning operations which has become increasingly practiced in Korea. The thinning operations were conducted in a 40-year old larch (Larix leptolepis) stand, including chainsaw felling and processing at the stump, followed by yarding tree-length logs using a Koller K301-4 tower yarder. The logs were further processed and sorted into 1.8 m and 3.6 m log piles at the landing. We used a standard time study method to evaluate key variables that affect the productivity of thinning operations. The total stump-to-pile operational cost was $41,707won/m^3$. The highest cost activity was the yarding phase which cost $20,083won/m^3$ (48.2% of the total cost), followed by the costs of processing treelength materials into marketable log lengths ($12,143won/m^3$; 29.1%), and then by the costs of sorting/piling the processed logs ($5,039won/m^3$; 12.1%). It was interesting to see that felling and processing trees at the stump had low costs at $1,315won/m^3$ (3.2%) and $3,127won/m^3$ (7.5%), respectively. We used the detailed time study data to develop regression equations which were to predict yarding productivity. Our analysis showed that harvesting system cost was highly sensitive to the number of logs, yarding distance and lateral distance per turn, respectively.

본 연구는 강원도 평창군 가리왕산의 낙엽송 인공림을 대상으로 효율적인 임목수확시스템 구축을 위해 타워야더(Koller K301-4)에 의한 전간간벌수확시스템의 생산성 및 비용분석을 실시하였다. 수확시스템은 벌목, 가지정리, 집재, 조재, 집적작업으로 구성하여 요소작업별 비용을 분석하였다. 총 수확비용은 41,707원/$m^3$으로서 벌도작업비용 1,315원/$m^3$(3.2%), 가지정리작업비용 3,127원/$m^3$(7.5%), 집재작업비용 20,083원/$m^3$(48.2%), 조재작업비용 12,143원/$m^3$(29.1%), 집적작업비용 5,039원/$m^3$(12.1%) 등으로 구성되었다. 수확시스템비용 중에서 가장 높은 비중을 차지하는 집재작업에 대하여 평균집재시간 예측모델식을 개발하여, 수확시스템비용에 대한 인자별 영향력 분석을 위해 민감도분석을 실시하였다. 인자별 수확시스템비용에 대한 증감율은 가로집재거리가 약 5.2%, 세로집재거리는 약 3.0%의 증가를 규칙적으로 나타내었다. 집재본수는 많아질수록 수확시스템비용 증감율의 폭은 작아지는 것으로 나타났으며, 집재본수 4~5본에서 감소폭 둔화현상이 발생되었다. 따라서 집재본수인자가 수확시스템비용에 가장 큰 영향을 미치고, 다음으로 세로집재거리인자와 가로집재거리인자의 순으로 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

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