The publication covers truck configurations and their suitability for different road conditions.
The title of the FPInnovations guidebook (Advantage Report, Vol.13 no.2) is “Biomass Truck and Resource Road Standards”, and the author is Jack MacDonald. The aim of the handbook is to provide a practical tool to determine which biomass truck configurations are best suited to existing or new forest road networks.
The handbook describes various biomass truck configurations, including empty weights and truck dimensions. The following information is described:
The PDF document can be downloaded by the public from the FPInnovations website at http://www.feric.ca/en/index.cfm?objectid=1D55E5CB-961D-C20D-08E5E823171162EB&CFID=477553&CFTOKEN=23021610
The title of the FPInnovations guidebook (Advantage Report, Vol.13 no.2) is “Biomass Truck and Resource Road Standards”, and the author is Jack MacDonald. The aim of the handbook is to provide a practical tool to determine which biomass truck configurations are best suited to existing or new forest road networks.
The handbook describes various biomass truck configurations, including empty weights and truck dimensions. The following information is described:
- Truck off-tracking – the effect of truck configuration on trailer off-tracking is explained.
- Gradeability – the factors affecting the gradeability of a truck configuration are included. Aspects that influence gradeability, such as road curve radius, forces acting on a vehicle on a grade, momentum grades, and road surface and tyre pressure are well explained.
- Vertical alignment – truck ground clearance and trailer box contact (for example when going through deep dips), are discussed.
- Turnaround dimensions – this section explains the requirements of various configurations regarding turning space.
- Bridge loading – the bridges used in the forest area must be able to handle the loads from different vehicles passing over them.
- Field measurements – field assessments are necessary to identify key constraint areas. These include curve radius, smooth vertical curves and the coefficient of traction.
The PDF document can be downloaded by the public from the FPInnovations website at http://www.feric.ca/en/index.cfm?objectid=1D55E5CB-961D-C20D-08E5E823171162EB&CFID=477553&CFTOKEN=23021610