Following extensive field trials, LUKE just published results on experiments with Ponsse harvesters:

• Adjustment of machine settings had an effect on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
• Large energy saving potential in the Nordic and Baltic regions alone:
• Potential savings may amount to almost 50 million litres of diesel per year.
• Stem size also had a strong effect on fuel consumption and productivity.

Read the abstract or download the full pdf!

Whatch the video produced during the field trials: http://www.tech4effect.eu/fuel-economy-tests-harvesters/

 

Figure 1: The machines studied in the experiment, upper-left the Ponsse Beaver, upper-right the Ponsse ScorpionKing, below the Ponsse Ergo.