In order to obtain a larger initial productivity of coffee plantation it is very common to dense it, however this procedure reduces the productivity from the fourth or fifth crops on, because of the "closing" of plants tops, therefore it is necessary to eliminate some streets. The purpose of this work is evaluating the operational and economic performance of different methods of elimination of dense coffee-lines. The rehearsals were accomplished in LavrasMG considering aleatory portions with 50 m of length, with three repetitions, using casual lines, where the averages were compared by the through Tukey test at 5% probability level. The treatments were: tacking off with tractor and hook, sticking with scythe, cut down with saw and sticking with scythe and cut down with circular saw. The pod cutting treatment using a buzz saw, presents the best performance in the field, being 41,8 % more efficient than the arranquio treatment with tractor and hook. The use of buzz saw or motion-mountain range is a more technical and economically viable than the use of tractor in arranquio with hook, a when it is necessary to eliminate lines of coffee trees. In the case of selling the trunks as firewood, the three methods of elimination of the lines of coffee trees result in net revenues, being the highest price for the poll letting and buzz saw cutting, able of reaching the value of R$ 624,98 ha-1.
Coffee; semi mechanization; culture practice
