June 2021 Iron Test - A good trucking job

A good trucking job

    

Next to getting trees on the ground, the biggest challenge facing a crew is shifting the wood out of the forest in a timely manner.

In large, properly laid-out corporate forests it’s not such a critical issue because permanent, well-formed roads allow conventional log trucks to get right into a skid site, load up and drive out quickly.

Not so in many smaller and intermediate forests, where skids/landings are located far away from the highway and tracks can be difficult and expensive to build, especially on steeper te...

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June 2021 NZ Timber - Native beech  manufacturing on the rebound

Native beech manufacturing on the rebound

Health Based Building’s new Foreverbeech demonstration home, featuring a variety of red and silver beech products, has become a popular attraction according to on-site...

June 2021 Women in Forestry - Girl Power

Girl Power

You’ll probably never meet someone as calm as Ange Alexander. Her peaceful demeanour naturally rubs off on you when you're in the same room. Married to husband Mi...

Forest Talk

 
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    Farewell to a forestry stalwart

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  • Gene editing research to benefit NZ forestry

    Gene editing research to benefit NZ forestry

    As part of research aimed at improving wood quality and producing materials to support New Zealand’s bioeconomy, Scion has launched the world’s first field t...

  • “Investment boost” welcomed by wood processors and manufacturers

    “Investment boost” welcomed by wood processors and manufacturers

    A new tax incentive, “Investment Boost”, that allows businesses to immediately deduct 20% of the costs of new assets (or second-hand assets purchased from ov...

  • Janus electric now trading on the ASX

    Janus electric now trading on the ASX

    Janus Electric Holdings, the pioneering Australian manufacturer of electric truck conversion systems and swappable battery infrastructure, commenced trading ...

  • Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade

    Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade

    In a landmark acquisition, forestry and sawmill business, OneFortyOne, has taken ownership of the former New Forests-managed Limestone Coast plantation fores...

  • Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”

    Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”

    In an unpleasant surprise for the freight industry, Auckland Council-owned Port of Auckland has announced that Port access charges for road transport operato...

  • Solid and reliable

    Solid and reliable

    When our Iron Test team arrives at A&R Logging’s Patutahi swing yarder operation, the recently upgraded i.Log Madill 124 is pulling logs downhill. The team i...

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