Shaws Iron Test: Pumping Full Blast
It’s interesting to see how Eltec has designed the FBL277L B series – a compact/zero tail version of the bigger 317 model that we tested a couple of months ago in Southland. At 47 tonnes gassed up and with the head on, this is still a big machine but Eltec has made it more manoeuvrable while retaining excellent servicing access under the clamshell.
Seeing Iron Tester Tony Hill moving through the trees in this unit, you can see it is able to slip through the gaps in the trees with ease with the shorter b...
NZ Logger Feature Sections October 2024
Log Haulage: On logs and leaders
Loggers, Gods and soldiers are awake early to get the day started, as we discover waiting in the carpark of the Pan Pac mill, just north of Napier, at 3.30am on a chil...
Women in Forestry: East Coast women step up
If we were looking for a reason not to have started our business two years ago, health and safety compliance would have been it. Forestry health and safety can be a sc...
Forest Talk
Bigger than Big
Everyone knows Wagner’s are big, but to get up close to them and even ride in one while it is working is nothing short of awe inspiring. Did we mutter obscen...
Don’t skimp on safety boots
Anyone who spends their days in forestry terrain knows that what you wear on your feet plays a big role, not only in how safe your feet are, but in how tired...
Hands-on forestry experience
Million-dollar machines were halted at a forestry skid site last month so Year 10 Campion College students could see what happens during a harvest.It’s the f...
New Climate Change Commission appointments
Dame Patsy Reddy has been appointed as the new Chair of the Climate Change Commission, the independent Crown entity that provides the Government with advice,...
New technology to boost bioeconomy
Scion has unveiled a $3.6 million upgrade in the form of two new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers. This allows scientists to delve deeper into ...
Public-Private tree planting on Crown land?
Cabinet has agreed to explore public-private partnerships to plant trees on Crown land, supporting New Zealand’s climate change targets and creating more job...
Recognising innovation in the bush
Carterton forestry company, Farman Turkington Forestry, won both the Harcourts Hamill Realty Innovation Award and the Trust House Supreme Award late last yea...
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