Road grade and curvature were measured on 206 miles of forest truck roads in southern Appalachia. The author found that 75 percent of the distance sampled was in grades below 8 percent and that 80 percent of all curvature exceeded a radius of 300 feet. The author concludes that logging road configuration is not severe in Appalachia and recommended that other factors of trucking efficiency in the log transport system be evaluated.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Configuration of Appalachian Logging Roads


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Soldiers build logging roads in spruce forests

    Welch, W.A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1918



    Electric railways and electricity for logging roads

    Woods, John B. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1920


    Efficient use of equipment in building roads for logging operations

    McCraw, W.E. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1952