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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
Bigger than Big
Everyone knows Wagner’s are big, but to get up close to them and even ride in one while it is working is nothing short of awe inspiring. Did we mutter obscen...
Don’t skimp on safety boots
Anyone who spends their days in forestry terrain knows that what you wear on your feet plays a big role, not only in how safe your feet are, but in how tired...
Hands-on forestry experience
Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site last month so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the f...
New Climate Change Commission appointments
Dame Patsy Reddy has been appointed as the new Chair of the Climate Change Commission, the independent Crown entity that provides the Government with advice,...
New technology to boost bioeconomy
Scion has unveiled a $3.6 million upgrade in the form of two new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers. This allows scientists to delve deeper into ...
Public-Private tree planting on Crown land?
Cabinet has agreed to explore public-private partnerships to plant trees on Crown land, supporting New Zealand’s climate change targets and creating more job...
Recognising innovation in the bush
Carterton forestry company, Farman Turkington Forestry, won both the Harcourts Hamill Realty Innovation Award and the Trust House Supreme Award late last yea...
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