NZ Logger Magazine | May 2022
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A fine Finnish

    

Newly arrived into New Zealand is the Logset 8H GTE Hybrid harvester with, you guessed it, a mix of electric and diesel power. 

It’s the first all-new hybrid-powered forestry machine to go to work in New Zealand and is a taste of what low-carbon harvesting will look like in the future.

Logset is a Finnish-made machine that is still relatively unknown and certainly uncommon among forestry operators on our shores in 2022. But never one to simply follow the crowd, Mike Hurring took a punt and now he and his operato...

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May 2022 Shaws wire ropes Iron Test

A fine Finnish

Newly arrived into New Zealand is the Logset 8H GTE Hybrid harvester with, you guessed it, a mix of electric and diesel power. It’s the first all-new hybrid-power...

May 2022 Special Feature: Electric Chainsaws

Silence in the woods: The advent of electric chainsaws

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Forest Talk

 
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    Farewell to a forestry stalwart

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  • Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade

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  • Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”

    Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”

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  • 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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