Six Appeal
Tigercat no longer has the six-wheel skidder market to itself, with John Deere recently crashing the party.
The arrival of the John Deere 768L-II bogie skidder signals the first real choice for contractors in this niche segment more than a dozen years after six-wheelers were originally introduced.
The question is, why did it take so long for a competitor to introduce a six-wheel rival? The advantages are obvious: improved traction, increased productivity and reduced environmental damage.All reasons why Tokoroa’s Gar...
NZ Logger Feature Sections November 2021
Wood-based biomass beating climate change
Wood-based biomass is now recognised as a vital resource to mitigate climate change. And the mainstream media is at last becoming aware of forestry as a sustainable en...
Designing forest stream crossings
Stream crossings are an important component of our forestry infrastructure. “We build about 1500 to 2000km of new road in our plantation forests each year, and we need...
Forest Talk
Bridging classrooms and crews
In the heart of New Zealand’s forests, a quiet revolution is taking root. Not in the machinery or the markets, but in the minds of young learners and seasone...
Doing the hard yards
Burson Logging’s new Tigercat L822E feller buncher with Tigercat’s own 5185 fixed felling head is leading the charge to get Nelson’s windthrow out of the for...
Extending use of New Zealand forest carbon credits
Leading carbon certification and advisory services provider, Toitū Envirocare, will extend its provision of high-quality local forest carbon credits after an...
Opening new Gulf trade door
“The NZ–UAE CEPA is New Zealand’s fastest-ever trade agreement. Negotiated in just over four months. It delivers up to an estimated $42 million in tariff sav...
Port expansion fast-tracked
The fast-track approval of Port of Auckland’s expansion project will deliver an economic boost for the city, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association...
Put freight first in transport planning
“Despite costing $1.5 billion a year to run, Auckland Transport has limited expertise in freight,“ says National Road Carriers Association (NRC) CEO, Justin ...
Trailer Lifting Code reviewed
There have been two recent incidents where trailer lifting chains failed while a trailer was being lifted onto the truck, including one near miss that could ...
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