A STUDY ON HAULING WORKS IN ÇUKUR YARDER SIDE

Although the increasing amount of forest products in our country nowadays, now hauling has been still made with old patterns, such as sliding, throwing, circling, transport with human, skidding with animals on direct ground. Besides special forest tractors and skylines are used with a low level in some areas. In this study, Tepebası Forest District is determined as research area. This district depend od Savsat Forestry Operation in Artvin Forestry Directorate and has one productive area. The type of skyline used in productivite area, the methods of transport and the condition of road network were defining criteria for determining the research area. Koller K300 skyline’s productivity per hour has calculated 5,710 stere (2,889 m³), daily product has calculated as 45,680 ster (23,114 m³) in the Çukur yarder side