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 ...

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  • Smooth operating

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