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
Farewell to a forestry stalwart
Jim Childerstone, long-time columnist for NZ Logger, recently passed away. Along with forestry and writing, he was a man of many talents – fencer, shearer, s...
Gene editing research to benefit NZ forestry
As part of research aimed at improving wood quality and producing materials to support New Zealand’s bioeconomy, Scion has launched the world’s first field t...
“Investment boost” welcomed by wood processors and manufacturers
A new tax incentive, “Investment Boost”, that allows businesses to immediately deduct 20% of the costs of new assets (or second-hand assets purchased from ov...
Janus electric now trading on the ASX
Janus Electric Holdings, the pioneering Australian manufacturer of electric truck conversion systems and swappable battery infrastructure, commenced trading ...
Largest Australian forestry land acquisition in a decade
In a landmark acquisition, forestry and sawmill business, OneFortyOne, has taken ownership of the former New Forests-managed Limestone Coast plantation fores...
Massive port access fee increase “a cash grab”
In an unpleasant surprise for the freight industry, Auckland Council-owned Port of Auckland has announced that Port access charges for road transport operato...
Solid and reliable
When our Iron Test team arrives at A&R Logging’s Patutahi swing yarder operation, the recently upgraded i.Log Madill 124 is pulling logs downhill. The team i...
"if a tree falls in a forest...?"
Forest Talk will hear it!
