December 2021 Shaws Iron Test

Shaws Wire ropes Iron Test - Quick Cat upgrade

     Story & photos: John Ellegard

It seems like only yesterday that we were testing the all-new Cat 538 tracked forestry machine after it had just been introduced and yet, just four years later we’re in the bush eyeing up its successor – the Next Gen 538.

Back in 2017 we got to grips with one of the first early generation 538’s to go to work in New Zealand with Goodman Logging in the Kinleith Forest, performing loading duties on the skid and also shovelling out in the cut-over. Even though it wasn’t designed for that letter role it still proved to be a maj...

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December 2021 Special Feature - Forest fire fighting challenges

Special Feature - Forest fire fighting challenges

New Zealand is not shielded from periods of extreme wildfires generally associated with Australia or North America. The annual average direct financial impact of unwan...

December 2021 Tall Timber

Tall Timber - Keep on Trucking

With 150 years of driving log trucks between them, six exceptional drivers were recently honoured for seventeen years each without an insurance claim incident, by the ...

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