Original scientific paper

Fuel Consumption in Timber Haulage

Radomír Klvač ; Mendel University in Brno Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Department of Forest and Forest Products Technology Zemedelska 3 613 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC
Josef Kolařík ; Mendel University in Brno Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Department of Forest and Forest Products Technology Zemedelska 3 613 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC
Marcela Volná ; Mendel University in Brno Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Department of Forest and Forest Products Technology Zemedelska 3 613 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC
Karel Drápela ; Mendel University in Brno Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Department of Forest and Forest Products Technology Zemedelska 3 613 00 Brno CZECH REPUBLIC

Abstract

The paper presents an assessment of road timber transport by trucks, which included 132 truck-and-trailer units – three types of trucks (Tatra, Mercedes Benz and Iveco) with a selection of trailers in the Czech Republic. The main aim of this work was to establish the effect of hauling distance in the individual types of timber-transport units on the fuel consumption per 100 km and on the specific fuel consumption per one transported cubic metre of timber. Any decrease of fuel consumption per unit of production can enhance environmental profile of secondary transport. Freight transport recorded conspicuous changes in the last ten years, and the analysis presented in this work provides important information useful in the planning and organization of road timber transport. During the study period, obsolete and inadequate truck-and-trailer units were continuously replaced with new units, which resulted in a considerable reduction in fuel consumption per unit of production (0.5 L/m3 ub).

Keywords

haulage road; timber transport; truck; truck-and-trailer unit; fuel consumption

Hrčak ID:

116779

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/116779

Publication date:

1.10.2013.

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