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

A surprisingly cool machine

     Story and photos: Tim Benseman

It’s been a good few years since we Iron Tested a Hyundai machine and it’s quite striking to see this one at first. It makes you want to know what is going on here with that cool colour scheme and also what the R&D team have been up to at Hyundai.

When running Hyundai 210’s in forestry land prep in recent years I found them noteworthy for their increased control speed and their striking fuel economy, so it will be interesting to see if those qualities show up in this bigger HX400 machine running a Woodsman Pr...

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March 2023 Tall Timber

An east coast forestry force

Everybody has their ups and downs in life. You know – the usual highs and lows. But in his 50 years so far, East Coast log truck and forestry operator, Ricky Kuru’s lo...

March 2023, Harvesting, Evergreen, ever good

Evergreen, ever good

Tony Gamble’s company, Gamble Forest Harvesting, has been working for Dunedin-based City Forests since 1971. The original contract was between Tony’s father, Bill, and...

Forest Talk

 
  • Farewell to a forestry stalwart

    Farewell to a forestry stalwart

    Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, recently passed away. Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shearer, s...

  • 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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