Shaws Iron Test; All in the family
Today the Iron Test team is visiting the Stewart Logging Mosgiel site with AB Equipment’s Nicolas Ekron who is the Dunedin branch Service Manager. Nicolas can’t speak highly enough of the crew at Stewart Logging. “The owner is Grant Stewart of course and Matt is his son who is our go-to these days. Matt owns the Sumitomo 4040 we are testing today.
“Matt’s brother Dan is running that machine, and Grant’s daughter Alyse up until very recently ran their processor – a Tigercat 890 running a Woodsman Pro 850 – until she was eigh...
NZ Logger Feature Sections September 2025
Looking Back; Living, working and playing in New Zealand’s wild places
The letter detailed that I was to be at Bigg’s Corner on 12 January 1957. I travelled by New Zealand Road Services bus from Greymouth, stopping at Murchison to take on...
How quickly does a site recover from winch assist operations?
Nearly all felling in New Zealand cable logging operations is mechanised and winch-assisted, which is a major change from just 10 years ago when the majority was still...
Forest Talk
Bridging classrooms and crews
In the heart of New Zealand’s forests, a quiet revolution is taking root. Not in the machinery or the markets, but in the minds of young learners and seasone...
Doing the hard yards
Burson Logging’s new Tigercat L822E feller buncher with Tigercat’s own 5185 fixed felling head is leading the charge to get Nelson’s windthrow out of the for...
Extending use of New Zealand forest carbon credits
Leading carbon certification and advisory services provider, Toitū Envirocare, will extend its provision of high-quality local forest carbon credits after an...
Opening new Gulf trade door
“The NZ–UAE CEPA is New Zealand’s fastest-ever trade agreement. Negotiated in just over four months. It delivers up to an estimated $42 million in tariff sav...
Port expansion fast-tracked
The fast-track approval of Port of Auckland’s expansion project will deliver an economic boost for the city, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association...
Put freight first in transport planning
“Despite costing $1.5 billion a year to run, Auckland Transport has limited expertise in freight,“ says National Road Carriers Association (NRC) CEO, Justin ...
Trailer Lifting Code reviewed
There have been two recent incidents where trailer lifting chains failed while a trailer was being lifted onto the truck, including one near miss that could ...
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