In Technodiversity, the total harvesting process normally is seen as a combination of several sub-processes. Each sub-process has a certain degree of mechanization. The degree of mechanization of the total method is given by the combination of these single degrees. There are five degrees of mechanization: (fully) manual method, partly motor-manual method, (fully) motor-manual method, partly mechanized method, fully mechanized method.
If all sub processes are done with self-propelled machines, the method is a fully mechanized method or easier: mechanized method.
Typically, that occurs when the harvester-forwarder team or the feller-buncher and skidder team are employed.
(See more under TDiv PR1-B04 and B05)
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