Aug 21 Shaws wire ropes Iron Test

Shaws wire ropes Iron Test - A modular marvel

     Story & photos: John Ellegard

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.

Thi...

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