Research Article

Road Transport Vehicles for Hauling Uncomminuted Forest Energy Products in Sweden

Table 2

Mean time consumption for specific handling activities in percentages.

Handling activity at terminalForest energy product Loose residuesTree sectionsStumpsBundles
Transportation modeSpecialized vehicle 1Specialized vehicle 1Specialized vehicle 2Container system vehicleSpecialized vehicle 1Specialized vehicle for bundles

Set-up time 16.447.825.819.429.478.76
Set-up time 210.7010.265.409.8813.3919.52
Set-up time 34.064.186.745.384.907.58
Crane work52.9952.3656.4632.5749.9848.61
Weighing with load14.2613.869.464.7611.669.50
Pushing load out5.46
Weighing without load5.685.015.021.854.012.64
Mounted/dismounted crane6.19
Handling of bins (emptying)15.13
Compressing3.769.880.34
Moving1.200.190.300.372.741.68
Other4.666.311.594.573.851.35

Note: set-up time 1: the time from the moment the equipage stopped until the moment the crane started moving. Set-up time 2: the time from the moment the crane was parked until the equipage started moving. Set-up time 3: other stoppage times in the crane work.