Shaws Iron Test: A long reaching Beast
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...
NZ Logger Feature Sections September 2024
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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...
"if a tree falls in a forest...?"
Forest Talk will hear it!
