SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT ON-SITE PROCESSING OF FORESTRY BRUSHWOOD

摘要

A system to compact brushwood at logging sites and to allow its rapid removal from logging sites is described. The system includes a grappling claw fitted with at least one swivelable or pivotable chainsaw to the side of the grappling claw. The grappling claw pinches a bundle of brushwood and the at least one chainsaw cuts it into bundled sections. Another embodiment includes a grappling claw fitted with two chainsaws, each chainsaw pivotably mounted on each side of the grappling claw and may be adjusted to different inter-chainsaw separations. The pinched brushwood bundle is sawed into bundle sections defined by the distance between the two chainsaws and/or to lengths falling externally from the chainsaws not held by the grappling claw.