
Shaws Iron Test: Bigger than Big
When Rotorua Forest Haulage’s (RFH) Kaingaroa Site Manager, Jay McLean, drives up to our meeting spot he has a 60 litre drum of petrol on his Ute for the regraders crew at the Kaingaroa Processing Plant (KPP). Obviously a hands-on boss then.
“I started out logging with family,” Jay says. ”Did tree felling, ran haulers for a long time, then came here and worked at the KPP itself for Timberlands for 10 years before coming over to RFH to manage the unloading of stem trucks, feeding of the processing plant and then handling of the fi...
NZ Logger Feature Sections February 2025


Breaking Out; Solid loggin Equipment approach
Quebec-based logging contractor, Steeve Ladrie explains that his equipment approach is about meeting the needs of his teams: his selection of harvesting equipment is b...

Young Achievers; Hands-On
Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site in December so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the first time...
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