NZ Logger Magazine | April 2023
April 2023 Shaws Wire Ropes Iron Test

Wide load, long reach

     Story and photos: Tim Benseman

Significant areas of trees downed by Cyclone Gabrielle litter the roadside into Grimmer Contracting’s Whangarei hauler pad, and it is still shrouded in mist and mystery as the Iron Test team drives down and edges past the hauler towards the container for induction. 

The advantage of having a forwarder on site is immediately obvious as all the blown down trees on the access road have already been processed at stump and forwarded to the skid for loading out.

We can just make out the swing yarder mast...

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April 2023 Looking Back

Fried possum and the ghost of James Ellis

Ross Lockyer spent his working life living and working in the forestry and logging industry in remote locations of South-East Asia and the Pacific, including Papua New...

April 2023 Special Feature: Carbon Emissions

Less fuel, less carbon

With an increasingly mechanised workforce (now also on steep slopes), we know we are burning more fuel than ever, and harvesting an increasing volume of wood. Research...

Forest Talk

 
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    Big step towards green shipping

    In what has been called ‘a game-changing move’, Norwegian forestry companies will be the first in the industry to ship timber on zero-emission vessels. This ...

  • CentrePort “cautiously optimistic” following strong results

    CentrePort “cautiously optimistic” following strong results

    CentrePort has continued to perform strongly across all its business functions, including positively navigating ongoing economic challenges to report an unau...

  • Forestry stopped in its tracks?

    Forestry stopped in its tracks?

    "Forestry was the only Climate Change initiative that was working  and demonstrably on track to achieve its targets, now stopped in its tracks," said pa...

  • Heli-logging in action

    Heli-logging in action

    Whakatāne residents had front row seats to a demonstration of heli-logging using a Black Hawk helicopter last month, as local operator Kāhu assisted logging ...

  • In full swing

    In full swing

    When Bay Forest Harvesting’s Dan Mouatt first got into logging it was just supposed to be for a few weeks on his brother’s crew. He was given a pair of Canad...

  • Overseas investment reforms

    Overseas investment reforms

    Nearly every other developed country has less obstructive laws than New Zealand. They benefit from the flow of money and the ideas that come with overseas in...

  • Strong port profits despite cyclone influence

    Strong port profits despite cyclone influence

    Strong export demand and a rebound in imports have delivered a strong profit for the Port of Tauranga - the country's biggest port.Company Chair, Julia Hoare...

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