NZ Logger Magazine | October 2024
October 2024 Iron Test

Shaws Iron Test: Pumping Full Blast

     Story & photos: Tim Benseman

It’s interesting to see how Eltec has designed the FBL277L B series – a compact/zero tail version of the bigger 317 model that we tested a couple of months ago in Southland. At 47 tonnes gassed up and with the head on, this is still a big machine but Eltec has made it more manoeuvrable while retaining excellent servicing access under the clamshell. 

Seeing Iron Tester Tony Hill moving through the trees in this unit, you can see it is able to slip through the gaps in the trees with ease with the shorter b...

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October 2024 Log Haulage

Log Haulage: On logs and leaders

Loggers, Gods and soldiers are awake early to get the day started, as we discover waiting in the carpark of the Pan Pac mill, just north of Napier, at 3.30am on a chil...

October 2024 Women in Forestry

Women in Forestry: East Coast women step up

If we were looking for a reason not to have started our business two years ago, health and safety compliance would have been it. Forestry health and safety can be a sc...

Forest Talk

 
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    A long way in 50 years

    Back in 1970, Tapio Kajavala was a tree planter in Murupara who shot deer on the weekends to sell. His wife was a night shift nurse and together they saved u...

  • Education fuelling forestry's future

    Education fuelling forestry's future

    A key connection was all it took for Silviculture Crew Manager, Patrick (Paddy) Aislabie, to shift into the world of forestry after many years in teaching.&n...

  • Eliminating trade barriers

    Eliminating trade barriers

    Government has successfully removed trade barriers affecting nearly $190 million worth of exports to help grow the economy, says Minister for Trade and Agric...

  • Fuel substitutes?

    Fuel substitutes?

    This country's leadership tells us burning natural gas emits less greenhouse gases than other fossil fuels! Going by Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon's quot...

  • Helping transport transition

    Helping transport transition

    The Government Low Emissions Heavy Vehicle Fund (LEHVF) recently announced will help the road transport industry’s transition to clean technologies says Nati...

  • Incentivising industry development

    Incentivising industry development

    Mandating the processing of resource consents to within one-year for wood processing facilities and related activities announced by Government as part of las...

  • Meeting forestry demands

    Meeting forestry demands

    Nokian Tyres’ new tyre size for the Forest King F2 tyre family meets the increasing demands of Cut to Length (CTL) forestry machines, particularly the larger...

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