A fine Finnish
Newly arrived into New Zealand is the Logset 8H GTE Hybrid harvester with, you guessed it, a mix of electric and diesel power.
It’s the first all-new hybrid-powered forestry machine to go to work in New Zealand and is a taste of what low-carbon harvesting will look like in the future.
Logset is a Finnish-made machine that is still relatively unknown and certainly uncommon among forestry operators on our shores in 2022. But never one to simply follow the crowd, Mike Hurring took a punt and now he and his operato...
NZ Logger Feature Sections May 2022
A fine Finnish
Newly arrived into New Zealand is the Logset 8H GTE Hybrid harvester with, you guessed it, a mix of electric and diesel power. It’s the first all-new hybrid-power...
Silence in the woods: The advent of electric chainsaws
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Forest Talk
Anticipating sustainable forestry
At the World Forestry Congress earlier this month, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) highlighted the enormous opportunity the global push for...
A real grin machine
Lloyd Logging was among the first to take delivery of a new generation 40-series Sumitomo model in New Zealand. Weighing in at 37 tonnes, the 3740 loader is ...
Bring on July 31
Good news for business is that New Zealand's border will fully reopen from July 31, two months earlier than expected.The final part of the staged border reop...
Bushman, bodybuilder, axeman
Bushman, bodybuilder, axeman, runner… any one of these titles fits Matthew Grant Stewart like a chainsaw mitt. His love for the bush gelled well with his pas...
More farms sold for commercial forestry
The sales of another six farms have been approved for conversion to forestry under the special forestry test by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO).While th...
National Road Carriers strengthens Board
National Road Carriers (NRC) has announced the secondment of Shafraz Khan and Pamela Bonney to the Board – providing specialist strategic support in law and ...
Scion takes on COVID
Scion is contributing to the fight against SARS-CoV-2 by helping develop and manufacture an experimental COVID-19 vaccine.CVC (COVID-19 Vaccine Corporation),...
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