Engineering and Trial Test of Skyline Cable of Expo-2000 Generation-3 on Extracting Logs at the Steep Terrain

The engineering and trial testing on the skyline system tool of third Generation Expo-2000 powered by 13-HP engine was conducted to look into its performance for exstracting wood logs from the forest at steep terrain. This undertaking took place at Forestry District Resort of Tanggeng, Forestry District of Cianjur, the State-Owned Forest Enterprise Unit III, Cibatu Village, West Java. Results revealed that working productivity was 1.72 m3of wood/hour, with the entire cots of tool ownership and wood extraction at Rp 138,587.39/hour or being equal to Rp 80,346.45/m3.