First in, first served
You have to admire contractors who go out on a limb to try a new brand of equipment instead of staying with the tried and trusted.
And although Chinese manufacturer, Sany, is not completely new to the market, it still has a long way to go to become recognised in New Zealand forestry circles. But there are promising signs.
Sany is one of the world’s largest producers of excavators and Shaw’s Wire Ropes didn’t miss a beat by picking up the distribution rights to sell Sany excavator-based machines to forestry operators ...
NZ Logger Feature Sections March 2022
Tall Timber - Signing off after five decades of forestry
Murray Braithwaite is a familiar name in the forestry industry. His 52-year career in forestry has seen the industry go from pen and paper to technology, and from axe ...
Fibre rope in running skyline logging: A Norwegian case study
The strength of rope required to successfully extract trees from the forest over a long distance results in larger diameter ropes being used. Wire rope has traditional...
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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