Breaking Out

An electric loader at Kaingaroa Processing Plant (KPP) has become the little loader that could.Owned by Rotorua Forest Haulage (RFH), and supplied by Etrucks in Auckland, the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) arrived in New Zealand in 2024.Manufactured by Chinese company XCMG, the 23.1 tonne XC 975 ...

A diesel-electric hybrid grapple yarder from T-Mar Industries is now working in British Columbia’s coastal forest, and it has the potential to cut fuel and maintenance costs, helping to make coastal logging more cost effective.Hybrid cars and trucks seem to be everywhere these days – but a hybrid...

I tell our crew we are like a hockey team,” says New Brunswick logging contractor, Sean Storey.“We don’t score goals or fill contracts as individuals – we all work together as a team to meet our collective goals, providing top notch service to our business partners, and go home safely at the end ...