6/25/2002: Walking tractor

Joe · 06-25-2002, 03:21 PM

A way that you could walk a machine into a forest, pick out only a few trees and walk back out is WAY more forest-friendly than your standard clearcutting with tractors and trucks.

I've seen other variations on this theme, it seems the time is right for such machines.

The western US has forests that are dangerously loaded with fuel, both from now-obvious poor fire management in the past and also because logging has a bad name because of the damage it has historically done.

If I were an environmentalist, I'd be very happy to see these things. "Take only what you will use" fits very well with nature's plan, and in a big enough forest is probably sustainable for both the forest and the management industry.

06-25-2002, 03:21 PM	#1
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	I agree- this is a good thing A way that you could walk a machine into a forest, pick out only a few trees and walk back out is WAY more forest-friendly than your standard clearcutting with tractors and trucks. I've seen other variations on this theme, it seems the time is right for such machines. The western US has forests that are dangerously loaded with fuel, both from now-obvious poor fire management in the past and also because logging has a bad name because of the damage it has historically done. If I were an environmentalist, I'd be very happy to see these things. "Take only what you will use" fits very well with nature's plan, and in a big enough forest is probably sustainable for both the forest and the management industry. __________________ One planet, many worlds.

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