Shaws Wire ropes Iron Test - No Cab! No worries.... but theres more to it.
Most people probably think the stand-out feature of the Ecoforst T-WINCH tethering machine is that it doesn’t have a cab.
Makes perfect sense really. There’s no need for anyone to be in the cab of a winch-assist machine that spends all day working remotely at the top of the hill tethering a harvester on the rope below, so why not skip it?
Okay, not having a cab does rule out the ability to make use of the machine as a digger or loader when it’s not on tethering duties, but how many are actually employed outside their...
NZ Logger Feature Sections October 2021
Women in Forestry - Learning on the job
Forestry came to me by chance after an engineering adviser came to talk to us in Year 12 and mentioned the forestry school,” says Amy Robinson, Rayonier Matariki Fores...
Worker Wellness - Out of sight, not out of mind
New data shows people in non-office jobs are far more dissatisfied than those in office-based roles and feel forgotten about when it comes to caring for their wellbein...
Forest Talk
Big step towards green shipping
In what has been called ‘a game-changing move’, Norwegian forestry companies will be the first in the industry to ship timber on zero-emission vessels. This ...
CentrePort “cautiously optimistic” following strong results
CentrePort has continued to perform strongly across all its business functions, including positively navigating ongoing economic challenges to report an unau...
Forestry stopped in its tracks?
"Forestry was the only Climate Change initiative that was working and demonstrably on track to achieve its targets, now stopped in its tracks," said pa...
Heli-logging in action
Whakatāne residents had front row seats to a demonstration of heli-logging using a Black Hawk helicopter last month, as local operator Kāhu assisted logging ...
In full swing
When Bay Forest Harvesting’s Dan Mouatt first got into logging it was just supposed to be for a few weeks on his brother’s crew. He was given a pair of Canad...
Overseas investment reforms
Nearly every other developed country has less obstructive laws than New Zealand. They benefit from the flow of money and the ideas that come with overseas in...
Strong port profits despite cyclone influence
Strong export demand and a rebound in imports have delivered a strong profit for the Port of Tauranga - the country's biggest port.Company Chair, Julia Hoare...
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