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Fuel prices increasingly dominate machine costs. FPInnovations provides tips to control fuel costs.This guidebook is based upon the original report by I Makkonen (2004) titled “Saving fuel in mechanised forestry operations (Internal Report IR 2004-08-08). The second edition is titled “In forestry operations: fuel economy counts”. The updated document covers the following areas:
- The factors that influence fuel consumption
- Improving forestry equipment fuel efficiency. This section briefly examines engine power, engine tiers (stages), the fan, the power train, differential lock, hydraulic systems and hydraulic oil coolers.
- What improves fuel economy? Many handy tips for operators.
- Fuel consumption of different types of forestry machines. The range of consumption values is provided for each type of logging machine.
- Measuring fuel consumption
- Biodiesel in forest operations
- Tips for reducing fuel consumption with different forestry machines
Source: www.fpinnovations.ca