The present study evaluated the operation of the automated cutting of Pinus caribaea hondurensis, in system cut-to-length used Harvester, in the municipal district of Nova Ponte, MG, with base in the productivity and costs of the activity during the initial apprenticeship of it's implantation (5 months), considering the multiple use of the wood. In the technical evaluation calculations were made: Operational income, productivity, mechanical readiness and operational efficiency, while in the economical evaluation it the operational cost and the production costs were calculated. The largest medium productivity was found for month 5 with 22.71m³.he-1, the month that presented the second largest mechanical readiness (95.59%). The largest operational efficiency was found in month 3, at 83.09%. The total operational cost for the period sample of R$ 115.03 per hour of work. The fixed costs corresponded to 28.59%, and it varied by 62.31% of the total costs. The production costs were R$ 5.99.m3-1 produced. In the end productivity increased when the medium volume for trees increased, which the machine possesses a potential for improvement in this operation, and that its production cost is inside that of the expected patterns, for this study.
Forest crop; Harvester; Productivity; Costs
