Shaws Iron Test; Built for Thinnings
The first thing we notice about Conan Hemsworth’s Weiler H457 harvester is the staunch, oversized, heavy-duty (HD) undercarriage with a discreet zero tail cab and a long 9.91 metre reach. Built for thinnings, that undercarriage is going to be a broad and stable base in amongst the spot mounds.
And Conan has spread his logging career across a broad base as well, starting in Wales manually harvesting thinnings with a chainsaw for a weekly forwarder pick up: “I would chainsaw down the trees, cut them to le...
NZ Logger Feature Sections August 2025
Data-driven harvesting
In the Tasman District near Nelson, PF Olsen is running a high-efficiency harvesting operation at the Moturoa/Rabbit Island Forest. The block, owned by the Tasman Dist...
Work smarter, not harder, toreduce fatigue
Fatigue is a big risk in forestry, especially for manual tree-fallers. Fatigue can hurt because tired people are more likely to make poor decisions. So, it’s really im...
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Built for thinnings
The first thing we notice about Conan Hemsworth’s Weiler H457 harvester is the staunch, oversized, heavy-duty undercarriage with a discreet zero tail cab and...
Connecting with landowners
Gisborne District Council was on the ground last month at Porangahau Station in Te Karaka, sharing practical insights and supporting landowners at Beef + Lam...
First reading of farm-to-forest ban
The first reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversions) Amendment Bill received strong support in Parliament late la...
Funding for continued NASA water and wildfire research
Scion programmes aimed at Increasing water flow in New Zealand, as well as wildfire knowledge and preparedness, have received a second round of government fu...
Increase in urban tree planting for Selwyn
Selwyn is considering a policy of “replacing one tree with at least two” after Rolleston was shown to have one of the lowest numbers of trees for a town in t...
Kiwis to compete in Technician of the Year awards
The fifth annual John Deere Technician of the Year Awards honour the essential work technicians do every day to support industries critical to New Zealand’s ...
NZ taskforce to tackle Canadian wildfires
A 43-person Fire and Emergency New Zealand taskforce adds to the existing assistance in Canada this week for the Manitoba province’s wildfire response.A seve...
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