Wide load, long reach
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...
NZ Logger Feature Sections April 2023
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...
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
Farewell to a forestry stalwart
Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, recently passed away. Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shearer, s...
Gene editing research to benefit NZ forestry
As part of research aimed at improving wood quality and producing materials to support New Zealand’s bioeconomy, Scion has launched the world’s first field t...
“Investment boost” welcomed by wood processors and manufacturers
A new tax incentive, “Investment Boost”, that allows businesses to immediately deduct 20% of the costs of new assets (or second-hand assets purchased from ov...
Janus electric now trading on the ASX
Janus Electric Holdings, the pioneering Australian manufacturer of electric truck conversion systems and swappable battery infrastructure, commenced trading ...
Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade
In a landmark acquisition, forestry and sawmill business, OneFortyOne, has taken ownership of the former New Forests-managed Limestone Coast plantation fores...
Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”
In an unpleasant surprise for the freight industry, Auckland Council-owned Port of Auckland has announced that Port access charges for road transport operato...
Solid and reliable
When our Iron Test team arrives at A&R Logging’s Patutahi swing yarder operation, the recently upgraded i.Log Madill 124 is pulling logs downhill. The team i...
"if a tree falls in a forest...?"
Forest Talk will hear it!
