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This study evaluated the costs, (O2 emissions, and energy balances associated with three potential systems for recovering roadside slosh in British Columbia, Canada, in which the biomass is transported as slash, hog fuel, or bundles. Costs, (O2 emissions, and energy balances of all three systems showed strong dependence on transportation distance and considerably weaker dependence on slosh amounts at landing (cutting block size). The results indicated that the hog fuel system is the cheapest, per unit of delivered biomass, whereas the bundle system is the most expensive system when transportation distances ore short (<100 km), and the slosh system is the most expensive when transportation distances exceed 100 km. However, the viability of the systems is strongly dependent on payload assumptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]