NZ Logger Magazine | June 2023
June 2023 Shaws Wire Ropes Iron Test

Smooth power in a tough forest

     Story and photos: Tim Benseman

Venturing into the Dart Valley West of Nelson with Willie Waldron of C&W Logging, to test the Sany SY330H excavator running a Duxson grapple, is quite an experience. These guys often need to use helicopters to shift ropes, have had to lower breaker outs down hills on ropes and they are frequently attacked by ferocious sandflies. She’s all on. 

“Growing up in Hanmer there were a few young mates in the logging game,” Willie says. “I started out farming and most of that was either cutting firewood or grubbi...

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