Shaws Iron Test: Bigger than Big
When Rotorua Forest Haulage’s (RFH) Kaingaroa Site Manager, Jay McLean, drives up to our meeting spot he has a 60 litre drum of petrol on his Ute for the regraders crew at the Kaingaroa Processing Plant (KPP). Obviously a hands-on boss then.
“I started out logging with family,” Jay says. ”Did tree felling, ran haulers for a long time, then came here and worked at the KPP itself for Timberlands for 10 years before coming over to RFH to manage the unloading of stem trucks, feeding of the processing plant and then handling of the fi...
NZ Logger Feature Sections February 2025
Breaking Out; Solid loggin Equipment approach
Quebec-based logging contractor, Steeve Ladrie explains that his equipment approach is about meeting the needs of his teams: his selection of harvesting equipment is b...
Young Achievers; Hands-On
Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site in December so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the first time...
Forest Talk
Carbon capture pilot launched at Finnish mill
In a first of its kind trial, Metsä Group, a leading Finnish forest industry group whose operations span pulp, paperboard, tissue, and wood products, has sta...
Custom Controls improve Forestry Safety
Is the standard, off-the-shelf control system in your forestry machinery a weak link in your safety chain? In an industry where operators navigate treacherou...
Eco Survey and a Possum
Along with a New Zealand Timber feature this month, we take a trip back in time with Ross Lockyer to his Ecological Survey days as a Forest Ranger back in 19...
First of its kind Tōtara height-diameter model
In research published earlier this year, the Bioeconomy Science Institute released the first height-diameter model for tōtara (Podocarpus totara). To date th...
Search for Most Valuable Coach begins
Entries are now open for the Competenz Most Valuable Coach (MVC) award - a new nationwide search to honour the mentors, trainers, and workplace leg...
Solid build, light work
When it comes to bunching grapples, big is good and tough is even better. The new Duxson BX1100 is both. It’s hooked up to a John Deere 2156G XD LC at Nathan...
Tarata Road upgrade underway
New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) has kicked-off a multi-million-dollar project to upgrade a key rural road.When it is finished, about five kilometres of ...
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