Assisted fell (man with chainsaw assisted by an excavator) hedgerow harvesting
Channel: OrgResCen
Date: 2014-12-12

Assisted fell (man with chainsaw assisted by an excavator). Hedgerow harvesting trial of 170m of mature hazel coppice hedgerow, coppiced by 3 different machinery options; Dymax tree shears, assisted fell (man with chainsaw assisted by an excavator) and manual fell (man with chainsaw) techniques.

These machinery trials are being carried out by the Organic Research Centre as part of a European (INTERREG) funded Hedgerow Woodfuel Feasibility Project called TWECOM.