Shaws Wire ropes Iron Test - Quick Cat upgrade
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...
NZ Logger Feature Sections December 2021
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...
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 ...
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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