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

 
  • Big swing yarder production with yoder running costs

    Big swing yarder production with yoder running costs

    Morepork Forest Harvesting’s Harvestline Mk 4, combined with a Sany SY415 Pro, is the focus of the Iron Test in October’s NZ Logger.When Morepork co-director...

  • Complementary expertise brought together through agreement

    Complementary expertise brought together through agreement

    An exploration of integrated clean energy, forestry biomass and infrastructure opportunities for next generation bio-industrial precincts in the Bay of Plent...

  • Feds have positive views on Labour’s climate change policy

    Feds have positive views on Labour’s climate change policy

    Federated Farmers is backed Labour’s plans to tackle the incentives driving productive farmland into forestry, but it has serious questions about wider plans...

  • Forest owners' major pest control contribution

    Forest owners' major pest control contribution

    New Zealand’s forest owners are having a huge impact on the country’s pest control.  A new survey shows almost $4 million was spent by large forest comp...

  • Northland Forestry Awards 2026 to be a night of celebration

    Northland Forestry Awards 2026 to be a night of celebration

    The Northland forestry industry will celebrate the nominees and crown the winners this week at its gala awards night.The 2026 Northland Forestry Awards will ...

  • Reminder of obligations follows prosecution

    Reminder of obligations follows prosecution

    A fatal incident near Dannevirke has resulted in prosecution and a reminder of the obligations of forestry businesses.Trevor Beale was prosecuted by WorkSafe...

  • Students’ reflections on forestry conference

    Students’ reflections on forestry conference

    Five University of Canterbury School of Forestry students were given the opportunity to attend August’s New Zealand Institute of Forestry Conference in Duned...

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