Shaws Iron Test; robust weather, robust men, robust machine
David McCallum and his three sons, along with a couple of other crew members, are working smoothly and efficiently when we arrive at McCallum Harvesting’s operation in the Deep South near Fiordland. It’s good to see family working well together.
There are a lot of big, shiny and notably straight machines on site but we’re here today to do an Iron Test on the Eltec FHL317L, Eltec’s biggest tilter running a fixed head Quadco QB4400. After over two years doing Iron Tests I finally get to sit in an Eltec.
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NZ Logger Feature Sections July 2024
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Have your say
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