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
All in the family
This month, our Iron Test team is visiting the Stewart Logging Mosgiel site with AB Equipment’s Nicolas Ekron, who is the Dunedin branch Service Manager. Ste...
A million more trees by 2030 with Trees for Survival
“This winter, students from Bucklands Beach Intermediate will join Rotary’s Trees for Survival programme founders to plant the first of a million native tree...
Conserving threatened native trees
Researchers have identified hotspots for the conservation of maire tawake or swamp maire in the Wellington region, hoping to save this threatened native tree...
Council emissions close to double after tree felling
The felling of the Valley Road pine forest earlier this year will result in Whakatāne District Council’s greenhouse gas emissions almost doubling in its audi...
Electric Multidirectional Counterbalance Forklift comes out tops
Wood products in the timber industry come in different shapes, sizes and weights, making them tricky to handle. From lumber frames to long pieces, these bulk...
Road freight workplace injuries in decline
A decline in road freight transport workplace injuries, shows industry commitment to health and safety improvements says Transporting New Zealand.Recent data...
Using drones to safeguard forests
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha|University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are using drones and satellite remote sensing to track the health of eucalyptus tr...
"if a tree falls in a forest...?"
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