Shaws Iron Test; One quick slash grapple
You know things are going to get interesting when you are still 20 kilometres from the skid north of Gisborne and the road, halfway up the range, surrounded by grass paddocks for miles, suddenly looks like a hillbilly’s driveway due to cyclone damage. Out the gate steep and narrow and it’s got a twist in it. Surely log trucks or even regular trucks would fall off the side of this trail? Maps app says it’s a public road.
We have just driven past big warning signs announcing major risks ahead. I guess this is...
NZ Logger Feature Sections June 2024
Looking Back; A day in the sawmill
In this pictorial, Ron Cooke, a former Taumarunui engineer and now a sprightly 84-year-old historian happily researching and publishing local King Country events from ...
Biomass: Revolutionary plans for NZ’s forestry resources
Volumes of harvested trees on skid sites and landings may soon be manufactured by specialised plants locally. Every scrap of timber will be processed into a variety of...
Forest Talk
Alliance to drive central North Island ecological recovery
Kaingaroa Tipu has revealed details of a $2 million partnership agreement with Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT). The agreeme...
A well-matched pairing
This month, NZ Logger has been out in the forest near Wairoa to take a look at Razors Edge Contracting's new Waratah FL90 felling head riding on a John Deere...
Forestry filming the start of something big
A decade ago, Ivan Turdeich was sent by his boss, Ron Thomasson, on a visit to Canada to see first-hand the Tigercat operation. He came back armed with a sle...
Conference speakers to highlight practical new technologies
Next month’s HarvestTECH & Woodflow Logistics Conference in Rotorua will showcase some genuinely ground-breaking new machine technologies.Two key technology ...
Early weed detection tool
A new Smart Weed Alert Tool (SWAT) will help New Zealanders stay one step ahead of weeds.“Detecting new weed invasions early gives us the best chance of erad...
Forestry challenges bigger than consenting
Gisborne District Council says forestry is an important part of the region’s future, but there is also a need to manage environmental risk and protect commun...
Forest sale supports investment strategy
Tasman District Council’s Howard Forest and the neighbouring Porika Block have been sold, returning a combined $6.085 million and supporting the council’s lo...
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