Selection of tractors in the rangelands management

The selection of the appropriate tractors and their implements, in relation to the type, the power and their number, for the work of a forest operation, is a difficult and perplexing problem, because it depends on various and interdependent factors, which can not be determined accurately. In the past for the approach of the above problem only economical factors were taken into consideration, while with the development of technology technical factors should be included as well. In this paper tractors appropriateness was evaluated for a meadow’s treatment (plowing and milling) based on the size of the treated area, the power required and the energy in order to minimize the operation cost.