Assessment of the Relevance of Application in the Constructions of Forest Trucks of Recuperative Coupling Devices

Abstract

The advantages of timber road transport over other types of timber transport used by logging enterprises for hauling timber are described. An urgent scientific task aimed at improving the designs of their coupling devices was determined on the basis of the identified drawback inherent in a timber-carrying road train when driving on an insufficiently equipped timber road. The perspective recuperative coupling devices developed earlier by the authors are considered, their advantages and general principle of operation are described. The tasks for the practical implementation of the proposed designs of recuperative coupling devices are formulated.