Horse logging

In the modern industrialized world, it is often part of sustainable forest management.

[1] Net net and gross production rates using horse logging in a Romanian study were of 2.63 m3/h and 1.44 m3/h.

[2] In the United Kingdom, there were three people employed as horse loggers in the 1980s but the number increased to 15 by 2009 with up to 1,000 part-time employed by that work.

[3] Horses can efficiently extract a single damaged tree from a forest without roadbuilding required for powered vehicles.

[4] The technique can be more efficient than using power equipment, considering the cost of transportation and fuel, especially on smaller privately held forest parcels.