Forest Practices Branch / Procedures
Manual / SITE PREPARATION
Equipment Comparison
APPENDIX 3
Equipment Comparison: Costs and Productivity
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Forest Practices Branch / Procedures
Manual / SITE PREPARATION
Equipment Comparison
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Table 1 presents, for each piece of equipment in the guide, current purchase price and representative productivity rates and costs per hectare for sites in north central British Columbia. The equipment price was obtained from the supplier. Productivity rates are the result of controlled time studies (Maxwell 1989), (Hedin 1990), (Dorian 1989), and (Hunt 1992). Cost figures are estimates and should be used as a rough guide only.
Table 1. 1993 equipment costs and typical production rates
Equipment name /1993 price ($) / Productivity*
(ha/hr) / Treatment cost
($/ha) /
Power disc trenchers / 78,000–80,000
–Skidder mounted / range .8–1.7 / average / 170
range / 135–220
–Crawler mounted / range .6–1.1 / average / 300
range / 200–400
Leno scarifier / range .57–1.38 / average / 110
range / 85–200
Bräcke scarifier
–2 row / 55,000 / range .8–1.2 / average / 150
range / 125–175
–3 row / 80,000 / range .82 / average / n/a
range / n/a
Bräcke 290 mounder / 95,000 / range n/a / average / n/a
range / n/a
Bräcke 390 mounder / 145,000 / range n/a / average / n/a
range / n/a
Donaren 870H 2-row / 96,500 / range .91 / average / 228
hydraulic mounder / range / 176–263
C&S reforestation plow / 6,800 / range .57–.86 / average / 390
(ripper plow) / range / 330–435
Eden rake / 18,000 / range .23–.61 / average / 225
(3-m skidder model) / range / 150–300
Force rake / 18,000 / range .23–.61 / average / 225
range / 150–300
CFE slash rake / 13,900 / range .40 / average / n/a
range / 200–450
Continued
Table 1. Concluded
1993 price ($) / Productivity*
(ha/hr) / Treatment cost
($/ha) /
Brush rake / 9,000–18,000 / range .21–.37 / average / 280
range / 200–450
KMC mover 1100 / 178,550
KMC mover 2100 / 198,550
KMC 4-way blade / 12,500 / range n/a / average / n/a
KMC 6-way blade / 16,500 / range .30–.76 / average / 400
range / 280–750
Anchor chain drag / 9,000 / range .64–1.66 / average / 125
(4 sections, medium weight) / range / 80–175
Sharkfin (3 barrels) / 18,500 / range .58–1.69 / average / 150
range / 100–200
Excavators / 100,000–140,000
–patch scarify / range .22–.35 / average / 550
range / 500–600
–mounding / range .15–.35 / average / 700
range / 600–800
* The productivity values are given in scheduled operating hours. Production values above cannot be directly compared between implements because of differences in prime movers and site condition (e.g., powered trenchers on crawlers are often used on more difficult sites than trenchers on skidders).
Revised: December 1993 / 1