This paper offers a conceptual analysis of the unaccounted-for cost of owning and operating used machines from an operational, financial and market perspective. It is based on input from experts and a literature review. In the scientific literature, assessing the operating cost of used machines in...
Author(s)
Abbas, D.; Fulvio, F. di; Marchi, E.; Spinelli, R.; Schmidt, M.; Bilek, E. M.; Han SupHan
Publisher
Hrvatske Šume, Zagreb, Croatia
Citation
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2021, 42, 1, pp 63-75
Publisher
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Citation
Coppice forests in Europe, 2018, pp 300-302
The success of short-rotation coppice (SRC) will rise with increasing biomass prices. One of the main constraints for establishing SRC today is the unpredictable cost of (whip) harvesting. Therefore, the harvest of a 9 ha SRC in Belgium was monitored, in order to develop a whip harvesting cost...
Author(s)
Vanbeveren, S. P. P.; Francesco, F. de; Ceulemans, R.; Spinelli, R.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Biomass and Bioenergy, 2018, 108, pp 323-329
Author(s)
Bartlett, D.; Laina, R.; Petrović, N.; Sperandio, G.; Unrau, A.; Županić, M.
Publisher
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Citation
Coppice forests in Europe, 2018, pp 158-165
Plantation forestry has a long history in Europe and still supports local industry, generating employment, improving environmental quality, and mitigating climate change. As part of these plantations, medium-rotation poplars (5-8 years) provide good quality logs for fiber production, and the...
Author(s)
Spinelli, R.; Magagnotti, N.; Francesco, F. de; Kováč, B.; Heger, P.; Heilig, D.; Heil, B.; Kovács, G.; Zemánek, T.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Forests, 2022, 13, 9,
In a global bioeconomy, benchmarking costs is essential in the evaluation of current forest harvesting systems and addressing decisions on the most efficient supply chains for available forest resources. Benchmarking cost rates in forestry is challenging, due to a lack of harmonized terminology and ...
Author(s)
Fulvio, F. di; Abbas, D.; Spinelli, R.; Acuna, M.; Ackerman, P.; Lindroos, O.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Forest Engineering, 2017, 28, 2, pp 94-105
Author(s)
Ghaffariyan, M. R.; Spinelli, R.; Magagnotti, N.; Brown, M.
Publisher
Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
Citation
From Theory to Practice: Challenges for Forest Engineering. 49th Symposium on Forest Mechanization, 4-7 September 2016, Warsaw, Poland. Proceedings and Abstracts, 2016, pp 298
Log production is the main target of new short-rotation poplar plantations, and their profitability depends on maximizing log yield. The authors set up a controlled experiment to determine the log yield increase obtained by shortening log length specification from 4 to 2 m, and to quantify the...
Author(s)
Spinelli, R.; Kováč, B.; Heger, P.; Heilig, D.; Heil, B.; Kovács, G.; Magagnotti, N.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Forests, 2022, 13, 5,
A survey of harvesting contracts was conducted in the Alpine regions of France and Italy. The main goal was to produce a benchmark for the harvesting contract rates in the area that may guide forest owners and logging contractors when making their harvesting decisions. The sample included 443...
Author(s)
Spinelli, R.; Visser, R.; Riond, C.; Magagnotti, N.
Publisher
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Small-scale Forestry, 2017, 16, 2, pp 179-193
In contexts in which mechanized harvesting is limited, such as in the northwestern Black Sea region of Turkey, it is important to improve timber harvesting productivity while preserving operators' safety and reducing environmental damage. This study aims to introduce a methodology in which the...
Author(s)
Gironimo, G. di; Balsamo, A.; Esposito, G.; Lanzotti, A.; Melemez, K.; Spinelli, R.
Publisher
TÜBİTAK, Ankara, Turkey
Citation
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 2015, 39, 2, pp 350-359