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Introduction of forestry machinery

Forestry machinery because of the forest production cycle is long, complex operating conditions and large investment, slow returns and slow development. 1888, in the United States, the first tree-planting machine, due to the structure is not perfect, failed to universal use. Around the 1920s, the German production of forestry machinery began to transition from animal traction to tractor traction. 70 years, due to the growing importance of artificial afforestation, the degree of intensification of forestry, the development of forestry machinery to gradually accelerate.

Forestry machinery, including seed collection and treatment, forest clearance, land nursery, young forest nursery and forest protection and other operations with the machinery. Among the commonly used are seed picker, brush cutter, trenching machine, bed building machine, strip cutter and tree planting machine.

Forestry machinery is used for forestry (including afforestation, forestry and forest protection), wood cutting and forestry lifting and transportation machinery. Forestry machinery in a broad sense also includes wood processing machinery, wood-based panel machinery and forest chemical equipment and other comprehensive utilization of machinery.

Forestry machinery is mostly on the move in the case of open-air operations, due to the influence of natural conditions and has a certain regional. Forestry machinery for accelerating the speed of greening, expanding forest resources and promote the virtuous cycle of the ecosystem are of great significance.