NZ Logger Magazine | September 2024
September 2024 Shaws Iron Test

Shaws Iron Test: A long reaching Beast

     Story & photos: Tim Benseman

It seems like quite a while ago that we tested a Cat machine so we are all ears when Terra Cat territory account manager, Mark Costello, tells us what they’ve changed in this new Next Gen 568. 

“We basically redesigned everything. New engine, new pump, new control system, all hoses are out of the cab now, new rear-entry cab, new windscreen design which you will see is amazing, more track power, dual slew motors… the list goes on.”

Arriving at McCormick Logging’s operation is like driving into the C...

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September 2024 Breaking Out

A race against time

On a misty morning in June, Flight Logging’s Gordon Flight brought down the last tree in the Central North Island forests managed by NZ Forest Managers (NZFM) that ha...

September 2024 Looking Back

Looking Back: Cant hooks, pinch bars and snig chains...

To borrow from the popular World War One ditty, ‘Where have all the young men gone?’: “Oh where have all the sawmills gone? Either left derelict, or gone to scrapyards...

Forest Talk

 
  • Alliance to drive central North Island ecological recovery

    Alliance to drive central North Island ecological recovery

    Kaingaroa Tipu has revealed details of a $2 million partnership agreement with Hawke’s Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (FLRT).  The agreeme...

  • A well-matched pairing

    A well-matched pairing

    This month, NZ Logger has been out in the forest near Wairoa to take a look at Razors Edge Contracting's new Waratah FL90 felling head riding on a John Deere...

  • Forestry filming the start of something big

    Forestry filming the start of something big

    A decade ago, Ivan Turdeich was sent by his boss, Ron Thomasson, on a visit to Canada to see first-hand the Tigercat operation. He came back armed with a sle...

  • Conference speakers to highlight practical new technologies

    Conference speakers to highlight practical new technologies

    Next month’s HarvestTECH & Woodflow Logistics Conference in Rotorua will showcase some genuinely ground-breaking new machine technologies.Two key technology ...

  • Early weed detection tool

    Early weed detection tool

    A new Smart Weed Alert Tool (SWAT) will help New Zealanders stay one step ahead of weeds.“Detecting new weed invasions early gives us the best chance of erad...

  • Forestry challenges bigger than consenting

    Forestry challenges bigger than consenting

    Gisborne District Council says forestry is an important part of the region’s future, but there is also a need to manage environmental risk and protect commun...

  • Forest sale supports investment strategy

    Forest sale supports investment strategy

    Tasman District Council’s Howard Forest and the neighbouring Porika Block have been sold, returning a combined $6.085 million and supporting the council’s lo...

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