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A Brief History of the Development of Forestry Machinery
The use of machinery in forestry production begins with wood handling. In 1892, after the first tractor came out in the United States, it was quickly applied in the forest area, but it was inefficient because it did not adapt to the complex natural conditions of the forest area. In the late 19th century, following the example of the mining industry, iron tracks, wooden tracks and simple vehicles were used to move wood in forest areas. At the beginning of the 20th century, the forest railway began to be used for timber transportation.
In 1913, the United States made a steam machine, and in 1914 Germany made the first double-powered chain saw. From this forest area began to use power sawing and winch wood.
In the late 1940 s, the former Soviet Union produced crawler tractors. In 1957, the first batch of four-wheel drive, waist-turning wheeled gathering tractors came out, which developed rapidly because of their high speed, light weight, low fuel consumption and high efficiency. In the late 1950 s, the major forestry countries realized the mechanization of wood production.
Since the 1960 s, with the development of the automobile industry and the forest road network, automobile transportation materials have gradually replaced the expensive forest railway transportation materials. The freight car has developed into a self-loading freight car with a hydraulic boom on board, and forms a car train with a trailer. The joint machine for cutting area operations that appeared in the late 1960 s was a major development in the mechanization of timber production.
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