ECONOMIC - TIMBER INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 555
• Publication Date: July 27, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Economic Timber Industry
Monthly periodical
Moscow
Apr 1949
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INFORMATION ' 1949
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henna Fro shlennost', No 4, 1949.
SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN LOGGING CRITICIZED
Machines, equtprlent, s horses cf timber m.*nag.:,inents must be used for logging
all year round to assure rhythmic monthly and daily fulfillment of established
production and processing norms. Achievement of tMo hat, "vn facilitated by an
increase in permanent working personnel in logging.
The advantages of the vintsr season to logging are the use of sledges and tho
great numborscof available seasonal workers temporarily relieved from their egricultur&L
jobs. Since the equipment is handled pr!marily by permanent personnel, the addition
of seasonal Yorkers is not of major significance. On the other head, the ewer
season offers mechanized logging many advantages. The absence of a deep cover of
snow benefits mechanized felling and hauling over rail and log roads.
The tradition of seasonal work in logging enterprises IS still very strong. In
recent years 34 - 38 percent of the total yearly haulage of wocd has been carried
out in the first quarter, 25 - 29 percent in the fourth quarter, and lu the second
and third quarters (summer) only 16 - 19 and 19 - 22 percent, respectively.
The use of tractors on ice increases the volume of haulage in the first and
fourth quarters. This seasonal activity is quite understandable, but there is no
justification for the irregular use of truck and rail transport according to the
mny;h of the year. A graph of monthly timber haulage by truck and rail transport
Is :appended.'.. It is evident from this chart that truck haulage for the 5 winter
months is twice that of the remaining T months. Itis discrepancy is causes by a
lack of durable eucmar roads for timber haulage. As a result, timber hauling by
trucks is confined to poorly (constructed dirt roads which are completely dependent
on the weather and the time of year.
The appenedFxl graph reveals that permanent, year-round rail transport Is only
utilized half as much in the surmer months, which are most suited for this form of
transporti, as In the months of March and December, for example. The reason for this
lag is the fact that many roads for rail transport of timber are not equipped with
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the nccooaary mochin..u ra ilcdr -of uff~c=.!;o L ;,:n her utliiauilo 1. At t.:ae TJd m Road
of theUstyugles, at the govrov Road of he Glavbumles, and at many other places where
narrow-gauge railroads have been eat up and. a technique of continuous work has been
developed, timber is hauled regularly and efficiently even in the ewamer months.
The seasonal nature of logging in the past fea years nay be partially explained
by the divergence between the capacity of mechanized main-line timber transport and
the availabbsequipaw nt for felling, skidding, and loading of timber. This divergence
is now beingreduced. Permanent personnel, electric power plants, electric saws,
trailer tractors, and winches all make it possible to provide. mechanized transport
with continuous work- during the summer.
The planned volume of logging work for the summer of 1949 exceeds that of the
previous atu?er. Conditions for fulfillment of this increased quota have also been
improved The number of roado for mechanical and horse-drawn rail transport have,
been increased. Logging enterprises have received many trailer tractors and winches.
!4echanicel loading cranes have been put into use in the forests. The number of
permanent workers will increase as living sond.itions improve and wages rise.
The trailer-tractors recently put into use perform very well in the hands of skilled
drivers. For examplo, a driver of the Ministry of Timber and Paper industry of the
Harelo-Finnish U& M, using the 8T-12 tractor, hauled over 100 cubic meters of timber
per shift. There are Many examples of successful use of tractors.
Itomipermleo, Vologdcbumles, and Chrepovetales trusts have all achieved good
results with winches; especially the three-druun winch.
Winches, trailer tractors, loading cranes, electric power plants, and all transport
equipment must be adapted to summer logging and must be concentrated at summer logging
camps.
flights of way for modern roads to handle mechanized vehicles must be surveyed, and
roads must be built. The roads must be sufficiently long for skidding to be restricted
to the prescribed '-.stances.
For the summer of 1949, truck transport will determine, to a great extent, the e
sueeees of haulage fulfillment. Therefore, good, durable all-weather motor roads
must be built. the timber management of the Pechorles rust, has set a good example
in road construction under difficult -,onditions in 1947 and ]948.
In addition t' road construction, motor vehicles must be, provided. All Food
hauling trucks must be equipped with semitrailers. Hauling of wood it truck bodies
Is categorically forbidden.
Haulage of timber by steam and motor rail transport must be organized. on a
year-round banis. To fulfil]. the plan as'- for aavmer haulage along these roads,
equipment for echanioing fe711ng,'okidding, and loading wocu must be concentrated
In. enterprises with narrow-gauge railroads, and additional personnel must be assigned
to those enterprises which are less effective in summer wood haulage.
Horse-drawn rail transport must be organized at a high technological level.
Timber hauling by horses must be carried out only over rail or log roads. The
quantity of rails which timber enterprises have at theirdisposal will make possible
the construction of two or three horse-drawn-type :,railroads in every timber
management.
9n>maer timber felling can be almost 100-percent mechanized, Timber managements
have sufficient electric power plants and electric save for this purpose.
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