Shaws Wire Ropes Tackling tough terrain
The terrain that Sharples Logging encounters in Canterbury is particularly challenging, with volcanic rock so hard that it snaps grousers off and will send a machine skating if you go over it in the same place more than once without a tether.
With many Canterbury forests sharing a boundary with farms there are also many more fences and edge trees to contend with than in larger plantations.
It was with this in mind that Dave Sharples and his wife Jill eyed up John Deere’s new 959ML with fa...
NZ Logger Feature Sections August 2023
Special Feature: State of the industry
It would seem New Zealand’s forestry industry has hit the doldrums. Or is it just on a holding pattern until things, hopefully, turn for the better?The export log pri...
Tall Timber: The champion of indigenous forestry
After nearly five decades championing indigenous forestry, Scion’s and possibly New Zealand’s longest-serving indigenous forestry researcher, Greg Steward has retired...
Forest Talk
A monster of a machine
Rounding a corner in the sand dunes to see a new 350 horsepower Timberpro forwarder certainly makes an 11 hour drive to the Far North worthwhile, says Iron T...
Boosting inclusion of disabled workers
The launch of a new government multimedia platform is set to help New Zealand businesses address chronic workforce shortages by enabling greater participatio...
Branching into softwood harvesting
The delivery of the latest Komatsu 951XC harvester to Rodwell Logging of Bomballa New South Wales (NSW), last June marked the 40th anniversary of purpose-bui...
Final cyclone recovery work underway
With nearly 600,000 cubic metres of large woody debris removed from river catchments and beaches across the Gisborne region since Cyclone Gabrielle, signific...
Forestry still under pressure as Taranaki sees the light
Economic conditions have been challenging in Taranaki, and not just for forestry, but the downturn may be starting to ease for some.This according to Te Puna...
NZ sites chosen for global forest research
New Zealand sites will be used as part of an upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) mission to better understand the role forests play in the carbon and water ...
Positive signal for wood processing growth
“The prospectus for wood processing being selected as one of the three focus areas for InvestNZ is demonstrating to the world’s investors, we are open for bu...
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