
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...
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