NZ Logger Magazine | October 2023
October 2023 Shaws Iron Test

Shaws Iron Test: Big engine, Big results

     Story & photos: Tim Benseman

Towering over the south Waikato village of Atiamuri,the mountain that Knight Logging is harvesting is proving a bit tough. The skyline is about a metre off the ground before any chokers are hooked up to logs and there’s a couple of truckloads of stems to be dragged off this spot and around the hill to the landing. 

In a classic case of ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’, Knight Logging owner, Zane Knight, is breaking out by himself today down the hill while his crew are all in machines proc...

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October 2023 Breaking Out

Breaking Out: An alternative approach to Logging

There are no skidders or tracked feller bunchers within the 20-piece logging fleet owned by Prince George, B.C.-based Freya Logging. The fleet consists primarily of wh...

October 2023 Health & Safety

Health & Safety: Road access innovation

A desire to find a more efficient, safer and reliable way to control road access to forestry sites prompted contractor, Vincent Yeoman, to create an automatic barrier ...

Forest Talk

 
  • Built for thinnings

    Built for thinnings

    The first thing we notice about Conan Hemsworth’s Weiler H457 harvester is the staunch, oversized, heavy-duty undercarriage with a discreet zero tail cab and...

  • Connecting with landowners

    Connecting with landowners

    Gisborne District Council was on the ground last month at Porangahau Station in Te Karaka, sharing practical insights and supporting landowners at Beef + Lam...

  • First reading of farm-to-forest ban

    First reading of farm-to-forest ban

    The first reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversions) Amendment Bill received strong support in Parliament late la...

  • Funding for continued NASA water and wildfire research

    Funding for continued NASA water and wildfire research

    Scion programmes aimed at Increasing water flow in New Zealand, as well as wildfire knowledge and preparedness, have received a second round of government fu...

  • Increase in urban tree planting for Selwyn

    Increase in urban tree planting for Selwyn

    Selwyn is considering a policy of “replacing one tree with at least two” after Rolleston was shown to have one of the lowest numbers of trees for a town in t...

  • Kiwis to compete in Technician of the Year awards

    Kiwis to compete in Technician of the Year awards

    The fifth annual John Deere Technician of the Year Awards honour the essential work technicians do every day to support industries critical to New Zealand’s ...

  • NZ taskforce to tackle Canadian wildfires

    NZ taskforce to tackle Canadian wildfires

    A 43-person Fire and Emergency New Zealand taskforce adds to the existing assistance in Canada this week for the Manitoba province’s wildfire response.A seve...

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