The aim of the study was analysis of mechanization processes in selected agricultural farms functioning in mountain conditions of Lower Silesia. The evaluation of basic and specialistic mechanization equipment and the level of exploitation of this equipment was analysed. Moreover used forms of mechanization, investment plans, and landholders opinions connected to mechanization processes was analysed. The researches was conducted in 2007 on the area of 8 communes of former jeleniogórskie province and 3 communes of former wałbrzyskie province. The data came from 15 aimly selected individual farms dealing with Lower Silesian Advisory Center in Wrocław. Collected materials concerned 2006 year. The results shows relatively high technician and economic utilization of machinery basis and also in many cases not proper equipment to specify mountain conditions. Farmers are going to modernize their equipment parks with using EU financial help. They also knows possibilities of costs reducing through common utilization of machinery or mixed forms of mechanization. ...
Assessment of the coefficient of mechanization level of loading and unloading works was conducted in the paper. It was established that mechanization of loading activities affects the transport efficiency. The coefficient of mechanization index of loading works obtained for small load capacity aggregates (particularly tractor + cart aggregates) is unsatisfactory (e.g. for loose loads 3.71%). In all load groups and for all transport aggregates a higher mechanization index occurs at unloading works, (e.g. loose loads - loading 53.04, unloading 56.85%).The working time expenditure of transport aggregates is decreasing with increasing efficiency of loading and unloading, which is growing with increasing mechanization of these works. At mechanization index 0% loading works efficiency is 6.55 Mg, whereas at the index 100% - 29.19Mg. ...
