Forestry Articles
Presented by:
Eric L Kay
Forest Road Consultant
Stream Crossings - Eric L Kay
Logging and Sawmilling Journal - July/Aug 1995
A comprehensive look at the factors that
concern us when we approach a Forest Road "Stream Crossing"
Printed as a center pull-out "Wall
Chart" and included with the Jan 1996 issue of Logging and
Sawmilling Journal magazine
Evaluate Historical Behavior of a Stream - Robert P Willington
Excerpt from an article entitled "Stream control for forest Roads" which appeared in "Drainage Structures for Logging Roads" April, 1979, Sponsored
by; the Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters and the
Center for Continuing Education, and the University of British Columbia.
Excavator - Costing,
Budgeting and Equipment selection - Eric L Kay
Written for a client considering the purchase
of an excavator with the intended purpose of doing Deactivation work, but yet
wanted a machine that remained versatile by being able to do other work in both
the Forestry and Civil sector.
Comercial
Thinning, Thinning by the Yard - Jean
Sorenson
Canadian Forest Industries - July/Aug 1995
Aiming at zero impact. A unique, small-scale
thinning operation on Vancouver Island is achieving record low site-impact
levels.
In Review - (book
review)
Westcoast Logger - Nov/Dec 1994.
Supervisors and Operators Manuals - Eric L
Kay
"A must for anyone working in the forest
industry - (quote)"
Code Requires a Soft Roadbuilding Touch - Eric L Kay
Truck Logger - Feb/Mar 1995.
Forest roadbuilding, with its long-term
environmental impact, has not escaped the government's regulatory overhaul.
Machines shed weight to look good for the code - Peter L Dixon
Truck Logger - Apr/May 1995.
With the implementation of the FPC, the
future has arrived. It will require learning, change, and innovation. The BC
Logging industry is responding to the challenge, as is "svelte" new
equipment.
Industry stretching out to reach timber - Jean Sorenson
Canadian Forest Industries - April/May 1995
In depth interview with Eric L Kay reguarding
the Code Implications and impact on the Forest Industry and how Industry is
meeting the new demands.
Roadbuilding to
the code - Jean Sorenson
Interlog - Fall 1995
Water management in Roadbuilding, interview
with Eric L Kay
ROADBUILDING – Hydraulic Rock Breaker - Eric L Kay
Truck Logger Magazine - January issue, 1999
“Hydraulic Hammer Handles Buttle Bluffs Job”
Case study – Cost-effective low-impact
coastal Forest Road construction
Construction of the Buttle Bluffs main in the
fall/winter of 1999, located in the Mount Adrian area of central Vancouver
Island required a narrow footprint with a minimum of environmental and visual
impact. Road running width was kept at a minimum (yet ensuring user
safety). To reduce the amount of disturbed ground absolute control of the
cut and fill slope angles were desired and these were kept to a minimum as was
the variable width right of way clearing.
TimberWest chose the use of the hydraulic
hammer instead of conventional drilling and blasting for the Hammers ability to
break rock without environmental impact.
Stabilizing Slides Using a Spider Excavator for Headscarp Removal and Installation of Remedial Drainage
Presented at the 1998 Annual Forest Site Rehabilitation Workshop, Kelowna BC - Eric L Kay, Rob Wilson.
INDEX Part 1 - Spider Excavator
Part 2 - Headscarp removal
Part 3 - Multi-flow pipe
Part 4 - Contour Drains
Spider Excavator - The conventional track excavator is a common workhorse in the logging
industry of BC. On steeper ground the
operator needs to bench into the slope to gain access and help insure user
safety. However, this is not
always desirable when we are concerned with stability of a slope since it may
lead to costly problems related to placement of the excavated material and
other problems such as a loss of toe support and over steepened cut and fill
faces.
As an alternative, the Spider
Excavator is a machine that has the ability to walk, (like a spider), with its
4 legs on steep slopes of up to 100% without the requirement to construct large
benches or create undue ground disturbance. The only effect is the ground compaction at each of the pads
on the base of the spiders "legs".
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Eric L
Kay E Mail Forest Road
Consultant