Melbourne School of Land and Environment Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

Mark Brown

 
Position Programme Leader, Harvesting and Operations, CRC for Forestry
Address The University of Melbourne
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science
Water St, Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 3363
Email mwbrown@unimelb.edu.au
Phone +61 3 5321 4188 or 0488 123 115
Fax +61 3 5321 4115
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Improved management can deliver fuel savings on logging trucks
Logging and Sawmilling Journal (May 2006): 1, 2006; Mark Brown

Impact of road maintenance on travel speeds on gravel roads
FERIC Advantage Report 6(6): 4, 2005; Mark Brown, Steve Mercier

Asselin Transport Fleet Evaluation
FERIC contract report RC-0304-1, 2004 (confidential); Mark Brown, Richard Carme.

Update: Irving Star Truck Project
J.D. Irving Ltd. contractors web site article, 2004; Mark Brown.

SmartDriver for Forestry Trucks –Distribution and Training Report
FERIC contract report CR-0200-1 NRCan-1, 2004; Mark Brown.

Managing road performance and transportation efficiency with the Opti-Grade system.
PIARC-Surf 2004 conference, July 6-10, 2004, Toronto, CA, 2004; Mark Brown, Steve Mercier, Yves Provencher.

Measurement of road performance and impact on transportation operations with the Opti-Grade system.
UNBAR 6 conference July 6-8, 2004. University of Nottingham Centre for Pavement Engineering, Nottingham, U.K. 2004; Mark Brown, Steve Mercier, Yves Provencher.

Operating guide for cut-to-length harvesting: harvesters, feller-bunchers, processors, forwarders, loaders and trucks.
FERIC Internal Report IR-2003-10-20, 2003; Mark Brown, Jean-Francois Gingras. 

Full-tree harvesting operating guide: feller-bunchers, skidders, delimbers, loaders and trucks.
FERIC Internal Report IR-2003-07-17, 2003; Mark Brown, Jean-Francois Gingras.

Potential Energy and Cost Savings Using Multi-Use Trailers in Canada.
FERIC Advantage Report. 4(25): 9, 2003; Mark Brown, Jan Michaelsen.

Managing the Rehabilitation of Forest Roads Using Historical Daily Roughness Data Collected by Opti-Grade System.
ETS, thesis. 105, Aug 2002; Mark Brown.

The Opti-Grade grading management system.
FERIC Advantage Report. 3(17): 4, May 2002; Mark Brown, Steve Mercier.

Improving Road Quality with Focused Daily Road Maintenance.
Transportation Research Record 1749 Paper #01-0237. 4, 2001; Mark Brown, Yves Provencher. 

Use of dust suppressants on forestry roads.
FERIC Advantage Report. 2(31): 6, 2001; Mark Brown, Steve Mercier, Mark Partington.

Fall Safety for Loads of 8 Foot Roundwood.
Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association. 25, 28 Jul 2000; Mark Brown et. al.

Better Planning for Better Road Maintenance: reducing transportation and maintenance costs by focusing maintenance on the sections that need it most.
6th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Proceedings 2000. 7, 22 Jun 2000; Mark Brown.

Hauling wood chips in winter.
FERIC Advantage Report. 1(36): 10, 2000; Mark Brown. 

On-Board Weigh Scales: Putting Money in Your Pocket Every Trip. Forest Engineering for Tomorrow.
Forest Engineering Group's 1st International Conference. 8, 30 Jun 1999; Mark Brown. 

Securing pulp loads without working on top of the load.
FERIC Report.(Loading & Trucking-F): 2, 1999; Mark Brown.

Repair and maintenance costs for self-loading trucks in forestry haul operations in the Maritimes.
FERIC Report.(TN-000282): 8, 1999; Mark Brown, Doug MacGregor. 

Solving the Problem of Frozen Chips. Forest Products Carrier.
The official magazine of the Northwestern Ontario Log Transportation Association.(Fall 1999): 6, 1999;  Mark Brown. 

Simulation of erosion resulting from the roadside ridges produced during grading.
FERIC Report.(Roads & Bridges-FN-0): 2, 1998; Mark Brown.

The use of Tembind as a dust suppressant.
FERIC Report.(Roads & Bridges-FN-0): 2, 1998; Mark Brown.

Purchasing the right logging trailer.            
Forest Products Carrier, The official magazine of the Northwestern Ontario Log Transportation Association.(Spring 1998): 4, 1998 ; Mark Brown, Doug MacGregor.

A tire wear survey in Nova Scotia Haul operations.
FERIC Report.(Loading & Trucking-F): 2, 1996; Mark Brown.

The Log Hog aluminum roundwood trailer. 
FERIC Report.(Loading & Trucking-F): 2, 1996; Mark Brown.

 

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