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Question: When is a log loader, not a log loader?
Answer: When it’s a processor.
That appears to be the case with the Eltec 317LL because it was originally designated as a log loader in the company’s model line-up and yet contractors in New Zealand have decided that it works better for them as a processor.
No matter. It works damn well as a processor too, judging by the most recent 317 to go into the forest, which is working with Tohaia Forestry Harvesting in the Maramarua Forest, in northern Waikato.
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NZ Logger Feature Sections August 2021
PF Olsen, The first fifty years
Peter FRANCIS Olsen was born in Taihape in 1930. Descended from Scandinavian stock, Peter’s father was a government worker in the social welfare department. Growing up...
Dealing with changing logging logistics
If there is a normal work week for logging contractor Tyler Backer these days, it would be roughly organized into twos and threes. Two days in the office and around to...
Forest Talk
Bridging classrooms and crews
In the heart of New Zealand’s forests, a quiet revolution is taking root. Not in the machinery or the markets, but in the minds of young learners and seasone...
Doing the hard yards
Burson Logging’s new Tigercat L822E feller buncher with Tigercat’s own 5185 fixed felling head is leading the charge to get Nelson’s windthrow out of the for...
Extending use of New Zealand forest carbon credits
Leading carbon certification and advisory services provider, Toitū Envirocare, will extend its provision of high-quality local forest carbon credits after an...
Opening new Gulf trade door
“The NZ–UAE CEPA is New Zealand’s fastest-ever trade agreement. Negotiated in just over four months. It delivers up to an estimated $42 million in tariff sav...
Port expansion fast-tracked
The fast-track approval of Port of Auckland’s expansion project will deliver an economic boost for the city, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association...
Put freight first in transport planning
“Despite costing $1.5 billion a year to run, Auckland Transport has limited expertise in freight,“ says National Road Carriers Association (NRC) CEO, Justin ...
Trailer Lifting Code reviewed
There have been two recent incidents where trailer lifting chains failed while a trailer was being lifted onto the truck, including one near miss that could ...
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