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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
Alliance to drive central North Island ecological recovery
Kaingaroa Tipu has revealed details of a $2 million partnership agreement with Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT). The agreeme...
A well-matched pairing
This month, NZ Logger has been out in the forest near Wairoa to take a look at Razors Edge Contracting's new Waratah FL90 felling head riding on a John Deere...
Forestry filming the start of something big
A decade ago, Ivan Turdeich was sent by his boss, Ron Thomasson, on a visit to Canada to see first-hand the Tigercat operation. He came back armed with a sle...
Conference speakers to highlight practical new technologies
Next month’s HarvestTECH & Woodflow Logistics Conference in Rotorua will showcase some genuinely ground-breaking new machine technologies.Two key technology ...
Early weed detection tool
A new Smart Weed Alert Tool (SWAT) will help New Zealanders stay one step ahead of weeds.“Detecting new weed invasions early gives us the best chance of erad...
Forestry challenges bigger than consenting
Gisborne District Council says forestry is an important part of the region’s future, but there is also a need to manage environmental risk and protect commun...
Forest sale supports investment strategy
Tasman District Council’s Howard Forest and the neighbouring Porika Block have been sold, returning a combined $6.085 million and supporting the council’s lo...
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