Shaws Iron Test: Pumping Full Blast
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...
NZ Logger Feature Sections October 2024
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...
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
Battling wilding pines
Tangata whenua guardian group, Tunaiti Kaitiaki Rōpū and Waikato Regional Council are partnering on a project to prevent the further spread of wilding pines ...
Boosting freight delivery
Priority investment in road improvements and projects in the north and south of Auckland will eventually ease major freight and transport bottlenecks, says t...
Kiwi ingenuity
The estimated 1.5 billion-plus global audience for this year’s Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup will witness not only spectacularly fast races from the AC75 ...
Looking forward
Don Hammond joins the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of New Zealand (WPMA) as the new Independent Chair this month. He was appointed after a t...
Next steps in East Coast clean-up
Forestry Minister, Todd McClay, has announced the establishment of the ‘Tairāwhiti Forestry Action Group’ to expedite wood clean-up in Gisborne and help impl...
On loggers and leaders
Loggers, Gods and soldiers are awake early to get the day started, as writer, Colin Smith, discovers waiting in the carpark of the Pan Pac mill, just north o...
Pumping Full Blast
“It's interesting to see how Eltec has designed the Eltec FBL277L B series - compact/zero tail version of the bigger 317 model that we tested a couple of mon...
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