Newly arrived into New Zealand, the Logset 8H GTE Hybrid harvester offers, 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 operators are big fans and proud owners of the first machine in this country. 

The environmental benefits of running hybrid machines are not lost on Mike and his forestry crews. The team at Logset believes that there is an urgent need to reduce the environmental footprint of harvesters. As pioneers in the manufacture of hybrid harvesters, Logset is setting the pace in sustainable forestry, delivering a sustainable way to produce timber without compromising productivity. Simply put, the hybrid technology of the Logset harvesters significantly reduces both fuel consumption and emissions per cubic meter felled.

For more on this hybrid machine get your copy of the May 2022 issue of NZ Logger, on sale 2 May. Check the link on this page to subscribe to either a printed or digital copy (or both).