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

 
  • Battling wilding pines

    Battling wilding pines

    Tangata whenua guardian group, Tunaiti Kaitiaki Rōpū and Waikato Regional Council are partnering on a project to prevent the further spread of wilding pines ...

  • Boosting freight delivery

    Boosting freight delivery

    Priority investment in road improvements and projects in the north and south of Auckland will eventually ease major freight and transport bottlenecks, says t...

  • Kiwi ingenuity

    Kiwi ingenuity

    The estimated 1.5 billion-plus global audience for this year’s Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup will witness not only spectacularly fast races from the AC75 ...

  • Looking forward

    Looking forward

    Don Hammond joins the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of New Zealand (WPMA) as the new Independent Chair this month. He was appointed after a t...

  • Next steps in East Coast clean-up

    Next steps in East Coast clean-up

    Forestry Minister, Todd McClay, has announced the establishment of the ‘Tairāwhiti Forestry Action Group’ to expedite wood clean-up in Gisborne and help impl...

  • On loggers and leaders

    On loggers and leaders

    Loggers, Gods and soldiers are awake early to get the day started, as writer, Colin Smith, discovers waiting in the carpark of the Pan Pac mill, just north o...

  • Pumping Full Blast

    Pumping Full Blast

    “It's interesting to see how Eltec has designed the Eltec FBL277L B series - compact/zero tail version of the bigger 317 model that we tested a couple of mon...

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