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...
NZ Logger Feature Sections June 2021
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...
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
Boost for forestry harvesting consent handling
Gisborne District Council last month welcomed the Government’s funding announcement to provide additional capacity to progress forestry harvesting consents i...
Community efforts trashed as trees stolen
A large number of recently planted native trees have been stolen from Ohinetonga Scenic Reserve in Ōwhango, between Taumarunui and National Park.Planted by v...
Drone project to tackle wasps and hornet nests
Researchers are investigating how drones could take the sting out of removing invasive hornet and wasp nests from hazardous, hard-to-reach places.The Bioecon...
Exploring the electrification of forestry
Close to 200 Foresters gathered in Rotorua earlier this week for the HarvestTECH & Wood Transport Logistics 2026 organised by Innovatek.The first address was...
Innovations increase productivity, durability
The December Iron Test comes from the Douglas thinnings at Forest Creek Station on the Rangitata River in Canterbury. The Ponsse Buffalo King at King One Log...
Les Owens, a forestry stalwart
Les Owens is significant figure in New Zealand logging. He cut his teeth in the native logging of the Central North Island, helped in the salvage operation t...
New ACC safety videos for forestry workers
ACC and Safetree have collaborated to help keep forest workers out there doing what they love.The newly released Have a hmmm videos encourage forestry worker...
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