%0 Article %T Recent achievements in timber transportation %A Kantola, Mikko %D 1951 %J Silva Fennica %V %N 69 %R doi:10.14214/sf.a14012 %U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4616 %X

Silva Fennica Issue 69 includes presentations held in 1948-1950 in the fourth professional development courses, arranged for foresters working in the Forest Service. The presentations focus on practical issues in forest management and administration, especially in regional level. The education was arranged by Forest Service.

This presentation describes the development of forest haulage and long-distance transportation of timber. The article gives examples of improving the effectivity of horse hauling, use of tractors, loading of timber and floating, and gives examples of new equipment used in timber transport.