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FOREST TALK Log price war hurting New Zealand; Pigeon Valley Fire spurs contractor changes; Nelson Forests explores new wood processing ideas; inaugural Hawkes Bay forestry award nominations open; mobile app helps improve forestry worker health; first Komatsu wheeled harvester draws interest in Kaingaroa; Ponsse return to NZ; Gough Group bought by Sime Darby; confidence wains as price drop bites; Hydraulink expands mobile hose service; SNI foresters give schools a Big Day Out; ForestTECH 2019 keeps up with pace of change; earning and learning.

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SHAW’S WIRE ROPES IRON TEST They say size matters when it comes to processing machines and the brand new Tigercat 890 and Waratah 626 combo working with Volcanic Plateau Logging in Kaingaroa Forest is a great example of that kind of thinking in action. It fair powers through the wood.

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NZ TIMBER Our quarterly venture into the processing side of the industry takes us to the southern flanks of the Kaingaroa Forest, to Reporoa, where postwood producer, PermaPine, talks about the challenges procuring the right wood for posts and keeping the plant up-to-date.

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WOMEN IN FORESTRY Our occasional series on how the fairer sex is actually fairing in forestry shines the spotlight on Megan Costello, Ernslaw One’s Engineering Manager for the Gisborne region.

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HE HEIGHTENED RISKS OF DRIVING TO WORK ON DARK, COLD, WET and misty early mornings was brought home in a tragic way recently when four young foresters lost their lives and another was seriously injured resulting from a vehicle crash in the Kaingaroa Forest.

The fact that it happened on what is considered one of the best stretches of logging highway in the world seemed to underline the fact it can happen anywhere.

The Million Dollar Highway running from Murupara through to Kawerau is fully tar sealed, wide and well contoured. Everyone is still trying to come to terms with how their van could have collided with a logging truck on such a good piece of road.

That’s for the police, WorkSafe and Kaingaroa Forest operator, Timberlands, to establish. Whatever the reasons, it serves as a reminder for all of us who regularly drive to and from forest workplaces to be extra vigilant.

This accident showed that it’s not just the twisting bush tracks, where danger can lurk around every corner, that we need to be aware of. There are just as many dangers on the public highways as we drive to the forest, but sometimes we forget that.

And once we’re in the forest, too many of us still tend to ‘drive to the radio’ and become a little blasé about the possibility of a fully laden logging truck or another light vehicle coming around a blind bend that we weren’t aware of.

We think that headlights or dust trails will alert us to someone coming in the opposite direction. It doesn’t always happen like that.

Even as the mornings get lighter with Spring now here, the dangers never cease. Sometimes the twilight is more dangerous than pitch black, especially when the rising sun is very low in the sky and can easily blind drivers when coming over a ridge.

It’s too late to bring back the four young foresters who lost their lives a few weeks back. As the people of Murupara mourn the deaths of Storm Lacy (22), Steven Pari (35), Te Tahi Brass (25), and Johston Ahuriri (37) let’s honour their memory by making sure that we take more care when driving ourselves and our work mates to and from the forest each day.

Above all, it’s important to remember that while travel conditions for early morning can be very risky, tragedies like this can happen at any time of the day and in any weather. Please be extra careful out there. NZL

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Log price war hurting New Zealand THE NEW ZEALAND WOOD INDUSTRY IS being crippled by the log price war and protected overseas economies, says the Wood Processors & Manufacturers Association (WPMA).

A WPMA meeting in Nelson heard that distortions in international trade were starting to make it difficult for local processors to be competitive globally.

CEO, Dr Jon Tanner, says the global playing field is tilting less in New Zealand’s favour and the local industry is fighting to survive.

He says international competitors play by a different set of rules, adding: “And all this, we believe, is being caused primarily by subsidies that are being paid out across the world that are supporting the industries we are competing with.

“MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Trade) likes to call them non-tariff barriers – let’s just call them the covert world of subsidies because they’re really, really, really hard to see.”

The elephant in the room, however, is log supply and prices, according to WPMA Chair, Brian Stanley, who says the global manipulation of pricing is hurting New Zealand processors and timber growers, pointing out that if everyone around the world paid the same price for logs, it would help their cause.

The government needs to come up with a plan to protect regional jobs, he says: “People must come first and this can’t simply be about providing a source of raw materials for export so that the real wealth is created elsewhere.”

Mr Stanley says it is strange that New Zealand is happy to import native timbers like

oak and mahogany for making furniture, yet we are not able to use our own native timber for that purpose.

“Certain New Zealand species can be sustainably managed for high grade furniture products and this would help the job opportunities for regions like the West Coast and Northland, so why aren’t we doing this?”

The government recently commissioned an inquiry into the log market, which was looking into barriers to fairer international competition.

Mr Tanner says it’s a good start: “We’ve certainly made the case for the issue. What officials are doing now is drilling into what we can understand about the sector and what’s supporting it around the world because we really don’t, as a global industry, understand that.” NZL

Pigeon Valley Fire spurs contractor changes FIRE SAFETY OFFICIALS WANT AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS TO learn from their counterparts in forestry after the cause of the devastating Pigeon Valley Fire last summer was pinned down to sparks from discing carried out in a farm paddock.

While the investigation into one of New Zealand’s largest plantation forest fires found that the cause was accidental, Fire & Emergency New Zealand says it was preventable. And it wants the protocols established with the forestry sector to manage work in hot and tinderdry conditions to be rolled out to agriculture contractors.

The Pigeon Valley Fire, which began on the afternoon of February 5, eventually burned around 2,300ha of commercial plantation forest, property and pastures, and had a final perimeter of 35km. A home and shed were also lost in the fire.

Fire & Emergency Principal Rural Fire Officer for Nelson Tasman, Ian Reade, says the report found the fire was caused by the use of farm equipment.

The fire was initially sparked by an agricultural contractor discing a rocky paddock. The report found that sparks from the discing equipment ignited dry grass in the paddock through either metalon-metal contact or metal-on-rock. Fuelled by southerly winds, the fire then quickly spread onto a steep, recently harvested hillside of forestry nearby.

“This fire proves that, in extreme weather conditions, a seemingly everyday rural activity can end up causing widespread damage,” Mr Reade says.

The weather conditions in the area during the six weeks prior to the fire were characterised by little or no rainfall, high temperatures and

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often windy conditions. The Nelson Tasman Rural Fire District was in a prohibited fire season at the time, meaning there was a total fire ban.

“It was the proverbial perfect storm,” says Mr Reade.

He goes on to say that the conditions Nelson and Tasman experienced this past summer were extreme, but not unique. Parts of Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, Bay of Plenty and Northland all had similar fire risk profiles.

It is likely these conditions will become increasingly common during summer in many parts of New Zealand, particularly on the eastern seaboard, he stresses, adding: “It’s important people take heed of our advice, which focuses on reducing the likelihood of fires starting and mitigating the potential damage to property if a fire occurs.

“There are many simple things people can do to prevent fires starting, from not using machinery which can emit sparks in hot, dry and windy conditions, to ensuring electric fences are not in a position or used where they could spark onto dry vegetation.”

Fire & Emergency officials keep in regular contact with forest owners and contractors during these conditions to discuss when and if work with machinery and chainsaws should be suspended at the hottest times of the days. But there is no similar contact with agricultural contractors and fire officials say this needs to change, otherwise similar events to Pigeon Valley could be repeated.

Meanwhile, Fire & Emergency NZ has also released fire investigation reports into two other fires that occurred in February at Atawhai and Rabbit Island and says it is likely both these fires were deliberately lit. NZL

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Nelson Forests explores new wood processing ideas NELSON FORESTS SAYS IT IS EXPLORING NEW WAYS TO MEET wood export market demand that will create jobs, increase domestic processing of logs in the Marlborough region and add value to the Top of the South economy.

With both Nelson Forests and Kaituna Sawmill owned by Australian company OneFortyOne, there is an opportunity for a broad approach to exploring new ways to expand.

Lees Seymour, OneFortyOne Executive General Manager New Zealand, says the company is exploring opportunities to process more logs on shore and to develop alternative wood chip markets.

He says that Nelson Forests has hired a project manager to do a feasibility study on a number of projects, with one being investigating the building of a facility that would enable the export of wood chips from Port Marlborough.

Chipping logs and forest residues would result in higher-value woodchip being exported, greater returns to Marlborough forest owners and improved environmental outcomes for the region. To increase volumes available, woodchip from sawmills could be added to the mix, including woodchip produced by the Kaituna Sawmill.

Another project under consideration is debarking export saw logs that are not suitable for processing in domestic mills. The de-barking process removes the need for fumigation of whole logs for export to some markets, such as China.

Nelson Forests and Port Marlborough have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that outlines how the two companies will work together through the feasibility phase and if successful through to implementation of the projects.

“The relationship we have with Port Marlborough is outstanding and we are very happy to be able to work with such a professional team,”

John Gilleland (far left), Chairman of OneFortyOne, with Port Marlborough CEO, Rhys Welbourn (centre) and OneFortyOne Executive General Manager New Zealand, Lees Seymour, at the Picton log marshalling yard. says Mr Seymour.

Rhys Welbourn, the CEO of Port Marlborough, says he is “delighted to be able to work with Nelson Forests to develop the feasibility and business case – this is good news for the port and good news for Marlborough”.

The Kaituna Sawmill currently processes about 115,000 tonnes of log per annum and is investigating options to increase the scale of the operation; again this will create jobs, increase domestic processing of logs and add value to the Top of the South economy.

Mr Seymour says that “in order to increase sawmill capacity there is the need to develop new woodchip markets, you can’t do one without the other.”

Port Marlborough exports approximately 700,000 tonnes of logs a year at Picton, with the capacity to export a million tonnes.

There is an opportunity for other forest owners to supply logs for chip export and woodchip producers to supply woodchip, and it is not limited to the wood from the company’s own estates or Kaituna Sawmill.

“If we could do it, it would be helping other forest owners as well, adding more value to the regional export pipeline,” adds Mr Seymour.

If the feasibility study is positive, he says the company believes it could start exporting chip by the end of the 2020. NZL

Inaugural Hawkes Bay forestry award nominations open HAWKES BAY FORESTRY GROUP HAS opened nominations for its first forestry awards campaign.

The awards will see heroes from the industry given the recognition deserved of their skills and achievements, emulating similar events around the country.

“It’s a chance for the industry to get together in one room and share in the celebrations which the industry does not do often enough,” says Chairperson Matt Croft.

“We have to be proud of the role forestry plays in the Hawkes Bay. The industry has been criticised for many things in recent times and we will do well by supporting good new stories around the second largest sector in NZ’s economy, which supports over six thousand jobs just in planting and harvesting alone.”

Categories cover individuals, as well as teams and companies, recognising the extensive skills and practical talents across

a diverse range of roles. Judges will be looking for great examples of best practice, high achievers and industry representatives who mentor others.

Nominations can be made online at www. hbforestryawards.co.nz until September 30 and anyone can nominate their co-workers, employers or self-nominate.

Winners will be celebrated at a special awards dinner on Friday, November 29 at the Napier Conference Centre. NZL

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forest talk

By Fiona Ewing, National Safety Director, Forest Industry Safety Council

Mobile app helps improve forestry worker health

Dr Tom Mulholland (left) talks to a Rayonier Matariki crew during the trial of the KYND health app last year.

IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF WORKERS AND YOU also improve safety and productivity.

That’s the thinking behind a health programme for forestry workers being run by the Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC) and Rayonier Matariki Forests that has now been extended – thanks to funding from the Forest Growers Levy Trust.

A pilot programme run last year aimed to see if the KYND mobile phone app could help individual workers improve their health and help the industry identify key health risks that need to be managed.

Research shows that in addition to affecting worker wellbeing, health problems can increase the risk of incidents occurring and affect a worker’s productivity.

The app was created by KYND Wellness group, set up by Dr Tom Mulholland – a medical doctor and former NZ Forest Service worker.

It enables people to use their mobile phones to store and track their physical, mental and social health information. The app also provides advice on how to improve their health.

During the pilot last year, nearly 800 people downloaded the app and entered their health information. Most of them did this after having a health check-up during roadshows and site visits involving Dr Tom and his team. These events were run by FISC with support from the Forest Industry Contractors Association and Rayonier Matariki.

As a result of the pilot, 226 workers were alerted that they have high or elevated blood pressure. Another 38 were alerted that they have prediabetes or diabetes and 80 people were alerted they were at risk for depression. Follow up emails were sent to 106 high risk forestry workers to help them come up with a plan to improve their health and lower their risks.

KYND also provided anonymised data about common health risks in forestry. Top of the list were smoking, high blood pressure, fatigue, diabetes, high cholesterol, weight and depression. These are all health problems commonly seen in the general population. However, this was the first research that showed the extent to which they affect forestry workers.

For the first time forestry companies had some evidence on which to base

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their wellbeing initiatives.

The pilot programme has now been extended to the end of this year, thanks to $200,000 in funding from the Forest Growers Levy Trust, which invests proceeds from an industry log levy in areas like research, development, careers and promotion and safety. The commitment and support of Rayonier Matariki is critical to the success of the extended pilot.

Over the coming months, 11 of its Bay of Plenty crews – totalling 100 workers – will be further supported to use the app to improve their health and wellbeing. The extended pilot will test the apps’ ‘stickability’ – whether workers keep using it and find it helpful.

At the same time, the app will be modified to make it more forestry specific, including adding new health measures relevant to forestry like hearing and vision testing. Videos will be added showing workers how to improve aspects of their health and notification tools will be developed.

The KYND team will also work with health providers to enable doctors and occupational health nurses to add a person’s health information to the app. All personal information entered by health professionals and individuals is securely stored and subject to privacy regulation.

At the end of the year the pilot will be evaluated to see if the app has achieved the goal of creating a tool that can help forestry support the health and wellbeing of its workers.

KEY HEALTH RISKS IN FORESTRY Anonymised data from 774 forestry workers involved in the initial pilot of the KYND app last year showed the following risks: • Smoking • Waist circumferences that suggest a high risk of injury (e.g. getting out of machinery) and long-term disease such as type 2 diabetes • Elevated or high blood pressure, indicating an increased risk of a heart attack or stroke • High cholesterol and unhealthy cholesterol ratios indicating an increased risk of cardiovascular disease • Blood test results that indicate either pre-diabetes or diabetes • Sleep issues • Risk of moderate to severe depression. NZL

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Komatsu wheeled harvester a first in Kaingaroa The new Komatsu 951 6-wheeled harvester working in the CMH Contracting thinning operation in Kaingaroa Forest.

THE FIRST WHEELED HARVESTER OF ITS type has gone to work in Kaingaroa Forest as part of an experiment to see if it can improve output and environmental outcomes for production thinning.

The brand new Swedish-built Komatsu 951 is working with a new thinning operation started up by Conan Hemsworth, of CMH Contracting, and both he and Timberlands are cautiously optimistic about early results.

With European-made wheeled harvesters currently working in thinning operations in Otago and mid-Canterbury, this latest move could signal a trend.

Conan says he has been pondering the way production thinning is currently done and says: “Someone needed to do something different and wheeled harvesters seemed to be the way to go.

“Europeans harvest a lot of wood around this size and they make it work. I looked at some of them in Australia where they have a four thinnings regime. The size of trees on their second thin are similar to what we are thinning here and they were doing very well.”

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After finishing a clear-cut contract at the end of last year Conan put forward a proposal for a wheeled harvester-led production thinning job in Kaingaroa Forest and Timberlands decided to back him.

“Like me, they were a little bit nervous, but they were looking to have a contract out there trialling a machine like this and I wanted to give it a go.

“The reason I went for it is a bit of environmental, but also the standard of quality of what I leave behind. Tracked machines are good when just going down rows, but in tight fits they expose the roots and do some damage. The 951 is much gentler on the ground and also moves a lot faster through the bush.”

The choice of a six-wheeled machine was based on what he saw in Australia, where Komatsu 951 harvesters are used in a number of production thinning operations.

With an overall length of 8310mm and a centre pivot that turns 40-degrees in either direction it can easily move around trees.

The cab also turns to face where the crane is directed and can tilt 16-degrees either side

on sloping surfaces to provide extra comfort for the operator.

Power is provided by a Tier 3 AGCO POWER 6-cylinder diesel engine that delivers 210 kW DIN (285 hp) output through the six driving wheels – those on the front bogies can be fitted with band tracks for extra traction, but the CMH machine is getting by without them on the pumice soils.

The crane has a squirt boom that extends the reach to 10.3 metres and the machine is paired with a Komatsu S172 harvesting head with rollers that open up to 713mm.

All-up weight of the Komatsu 951 is 22,620kg, which compares favourably with tracked harvesters used in thinnings and the head adds an extra 1,675kg.

Conan says that since the Komatsu 951 went to work at the start of winter it has proved the concept of delivering more production and reduced soil disturbance at the hands of operator, Paul Jones.

Komatsu Forest NZ’s General Manager, John Fisken, says the 951 has already created a lot of interest. John believes we will see more in our young forests in the future. NZL

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Darryl Diack’s brand new Ponsse Elephant King forwarder was first to arrive.

Ponsse returns to NZ FINNISH FORESTRY EQUIPMENT BRAND, Ponsse, has marked its return to the New Zealand market with the sale of three new machines in the space of a few weeks.

The last new Ponsse machines – wheeled harvesters – sold here more than 15 years ago for a specific project and were regarded as a one-off at the time.

But, having established a foothold in the Australian market in recent years, Ponsse is now looking to become an ongoing supplier to New Zealand forestry, with local sales/service agents working through master distributor, Melbourne-based Randalls Equipment.

Two new wheeled forwarders and one wheeled harvester have recently been delivered to customers in Southland and Davin Frankel, Sales and Service Manager for Randalls Equipment, says they have created a lot of interest among Kiwi contractors.

“Since establishing Ponsse in Australia five years ago we’ve sold around 35 machines there, mainly the Elephant King forwarder

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and about 10 harvesters,” says Davin.

“For New Zealand, our focus will be on Ponsse forwarders, particularly around forests in the south of the South Island and central North Island. We also see opportunities for wheeled harvesters in production thinning.”

The interest in Ponsse on this side of the Tasman was driven by customers and an equipment specialist in Invercargill.

Brett McIntyre, who runs 2 Tyre Tracks and Hire Ltd, has been interested in the Finnish brand for some time and got the ball rolling after discussing the possibility of bringing Ponsse forwarders here with contractors, Darryl Diack and Aiden Thwaites. A trip to Australia to see Ponsse machines in action cemented the interest and Brett’s company was appointed as an agent for the South Island to Randalls Equipment.

Within a few months, Darryl Diack took delivery of an 8-wheeled Ponsse Elephant King forwarder, the top model in the range, capable of carrying a 20-tonne load. That

was followed by Aiden Thwaites’ smaller 15-tonne payload Ponsse Buffalo forwarder and a Ponsse Scorpion King harvester, both 8-wheeled models.

“We’ve seen a big shift back to forwarders and I always thought Ponsse would be ideal here after seeing them in Europe,” says Brett.

Darryl’s interest also goes back a few years, saying: “My brother is one of the better forwarder drivers around and he got me looking at them. Longevity was the appeal.

Something that will last.”

Since his 23.7-tonne Elephant King arrived he has been impressed with the performance in his ground-based, clear-fell operation working for Rayonier in Southland forests.

Darryl says it is easily pulling capacity loads, even in wet and boggy conditions, adding “it’s a totally different machine to other forwarders”.

Aiden bought his Ponsse pair specifically for production thinning operations around the lower half of the South Island.

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Above left: The new Aiden Thwaites Ponsse Scorpion King wheeled harvester, hard at work in last month’s snow.

Above right: The Ponsse Buffalo forwarder for Aiden Thwaites arrives on the wharf.

Originally, he looked at importing second-hand Ponsse machines from Europe but couldn’t find any under 20,000 hours on the market, “which is a good indication that people hold onto them for a reason”.

Aiden is surprised at how capable the harvester is coping with larger trees – it is fitted with a Ponsse H7 head capable of cutting up to 600mm diameter wood. And, he too, is impressed with the load-carrying of his forwarder.

Both Darryl and Aiden benefitted from trainers sent out by the factory to help commission each machine following their sale and this will be a feature of future deliveries.

All Ponsse machines imported to this market are powered by Tier 3 engines supplied by Mercedes-Benz. For those working in steeper forests, Ponsse can build forwarders that incorporate a winch-assist system straight out of the factory using German-built Herzog winches.

Looking ahead, Randalls Equipment says it is in no hurry to push sales in the New Zealand market and is concentrating on building the sales and service support first.

“Don’t want to sell a machine where we can’t provide the support – both Ponsse and ourselves want the customer to have a great experience when they purchase from us,” says Davin. “With Brett appointed as our sales and service agent in the south, we are planning to do the same thing in the North Island, around Hamilton or Rotorua.” NZL

Goughs bought by Sime Darby GOUGH GROUP, WHICH HAS HANDLED THE CATERPILLAR BRAND in New Zealand for more than 90 years, is being sold to another transport and equipment specialist, Sime Darby (NZ) Holdings.

The local subsidiary of Malaysian-headquartered Sime Darby Berhad has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with privately-owned Gough Holdings to acquire Gough Group. And it appears that the forestry business played a part in making the deal happen in the first place.

Gough Group, known mostly as ‘Goughs’, has the Caterpillar dealership with service territory in New Zealand and interests in the transport and materials handling business in New Zealand and Australia.

The New Zealand Caterpillar dealership has a rich history spanning 90 years, making it one of the oldest dealerships of Caterpillar equipment outside of the United States.

Separately, Gough Group’s transport and materials handling businesses span across construction, infrastructure, transport and power system industries, distributing a wide range of premium global brands, such as SAF, Palfinger and WABCO in New Zealand and Australia. Gough Group currently employs approximately 950 people across a network of over 50 locations in New Zealand and Australia.

Sime Darby Berhad’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Jeffri Salim Davidson, says: “The Gough Group transaction provides a rare opportunity for us to enhance our relationship with Caterpillar and gain exposure to the construction and forestry sectors in New

Zealand, further reinforcing Sime Darby Industrial’s footprint in the Asia Pacific region.

“The Gough Group’s transport and material handling portfolio will complement Sime Darby Motors’ commercial truck business in New Zealand, enable growth in aftersales operations and broaden our suite of franchises, essentially strengthening our position in Australasia.”

Gough Group grew its revenue by more than 18% in 2018 to NZ$540 million from the previous year, driven by improvements in sales for both its Caterpillar and transport, and material handling businesses.

Sime Darby Berhad says it is excited about investing in the next stage of growth to build on Gough Group’s leadership position in the New Zealand and Australian markets.

In Australia, Sime Darby Berhad is represented by Hastings Deering, one of Caterpillar’s leading dealers, as well as through Sime Darby Motors’ dealerships for BMW, Volvo, Ferrari and Rolls Royce in Brisbane and Porsche in Sydney.

In New Zealand, Sime Darby Motors operates the Continental Cars and City Nissan dealerships in Auckland representing brands such as BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, Audi, Ferrari and Nissan. It also has a Commercial Transport arm representing brands such as Volvo, Hino, Mack and UD Trucks.

The transaction, which is subject to New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office approval and the typical completion conditions, is expected to be completed by the end of September. NZL

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forest talk

Confidence wains as price drop bites

by Phoebe Milne and David Evison, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury

1. Introduction The Forest Industry Contractors’ Association business confidence survey was carried out in July 2019, when 62 logging contractors were contacted. Participants were asked five questions relating to their business intentions over the next six months. Our thanks to all those contractors who took the time to participate in the survey.

2. Logging contractor responses a. Business conditions “Do you think conditions for your business are going to improve, stay the same or get worse in the next six months?”

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b. Employees “Are you likely to increase, maintain, or decrease number of employees over the next six months?”

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c. Spending on capital equipment “Are you likely to be purchasing new machinery or equipment over the next six months, no plans to buy any equipment, or selling?”

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d. Feedback from customers “Do you receive adequate information from your major customers so that you can plan for change in your business?”

Trends over time There has been a major decline in business confidence since the February 2019 survey.

Overall business conditions and employment are both netnegative at -29% and -3% respectively, and at their lowest scores since the survey began in 2010. Investment at +26% is close to its lowest score. Feedback from customers, is net positive at 24%, but at its lowest point since June 2016. Recommendation at 85% is close to its highest recorded values – recommendation is characteristically the most positive business confidence score for logging contractors. NZL

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Commentary on the five business confidence measures • 86% of respondents are expecting business conditions to either stay the same or get worse over the next six months. Of this, the number expecting business conditions to worsen has increased from 15% in February 2019 to 44% now.

• The number of logging contractors looking to buy equipment for expansion and replacement has dropped by 13% and 12% respectively since the February survey. The number of people looking to expand or replace equipment now sits at 48% combined (down from 73% previously). With this, there has been a large increase in the number of contractors looking to sell equipment (while making no purchases), up to 21% from 6%.

• While 79% of participants feel like they get adequate feedback from major customers, 45% of these people feel well informed, which is down from 73% in the previous survey.

• 87% of participants would recommend logging as a good industry to work in which is about the same as the previous survey.

Trends in logging contractor business confidence (Jun 2010 to July 2019) The % net positive response rate provides a summary of business confidence for the period.

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Hydraulink Tokoroa is on-call 24/7 for its customers, including the huge Kinleith pulp and paper plant right on its doorstep.

Hydraulink expands mobile hose service THE NEW ZEALAND HYDRAULINK NETWORK IS EXPANDING ITS go-anywhere capabilities with a growing fleet of 4WD service vehicles to keep its customers’ machines working.

The new fleet is allowing the company to deliver improved services to remote and vital sites to avoid downtime.

One branch office that exemplifies this ethos is the hard-working Hydraulink Tokoroa branch, which has grown its mobile fleet to include a number of 4WDs service vehicles.

“We handle a lot of forestry-related business, amongst others – some of our jobs can be up pretty rough and remote roads,” says branch manager, Doug Griffiths.

Mr Griffiths, who heads a team of 12 Tokoroa staff, including four mobile techs, is among Hydraulink service providers at more than 400 service outlets across Australasia. They bring essential hydraulic hoses, fittings and safety-compliant and traceable service expertise to locations as diverse as damp, mountainous logging locations, through to Australian outback mining sites – scattered across thousands of kilometres.

“Our South Waikato business can extend over large distances,” says Mr Griffiths.

“When customers can’t get to us, they need us to find a way to get to them. Forestry work crews, for example, move around a lot from placeto-place, they are always on the move, so location and knowledge of the area is key. Having five service trucks on the road in the South Waikato means we have good coverage and minimise down time.

“We are experiencing very good growth in the South Waikato as a result of our investment in the right people and the right machinery.

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“Our current team is the biggest we have had – and the fleet is the biggest too. What customers value particularly highly is timely service.

If the customer can’t fell trees, or pull the wood, they aren’t making money. No-one likes downtime.”

His Hydraulink branch deals with timber industry customers ranging from small woodlot crews to the big mills, like Kinleith, across a range of machinery and brands. Its customers also include transport operators.

Hydraulink New Zealand National Sales and Service Manager Chris Cox says experience on the large and sophisticated machinery involved is vital to safety and efficiency, whether service is delivered at Hydraulink facilities or on-site at customer workplaces.

“It is very reassuring to customers that the people who arrived on-site are already familiar with the specialised needs of their machinery and worksites. This is not only such a time-saver – which translates into high efficiency – but also it is a great asset to high and uniform safety and compliance practices over many sites.

“One of our big pluses in branches such as Tokoroa – and through our associated mobile franchises – is that we have all this experience and capability concentrated under the one brand. The benefit of this is that customers know that the quality product and service they receive from one location will be the same excellence delivered to the same standards at other places.

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SNI foresters give schools a Big Day Out

AS PART OF THE ‘GROW ME’ PROGRAMME FOR 2019, FUNDED by the Forest Growers Levy Trust, Southern North Island Wood Council has now organised three Forestry Big Day Out bus trips for secondary school students in forest around Taranaki, Manawatu and Whanganui in recent months.

The goal for these field trips is to engage students and teachers with the industry in their local community and explain some of the processes involved. It is not easy to gain approval from schools and parents to get students out of the classroom for a day, and this involved numerous health and safety forms, permission slips and phone calls to ensure students turned up, but it was all well worth it.

Around 100 secondary school students and 10 teachers have been involved in these days, each with a slightly different element depending on the type of forestry available within a 30 minute drive of the schools.

The Taranaki day involved a visit to the KD Logging ground-based crew, tour of Taranaki Pine mill and a log scaling demonstration at the GJ Sole yard.

In Levin, Mitch Pine hosted a tour, while John Turkington staff showed off woodlot logging on a dairy farm and then treated students to a planting and pruning demonstration where they finished with a look at the rail loading facility in Palmerston North.

In Whanganui students viewed Whisker Harvesting no 2 sites, to see how ground-based logging on flat sand country works, followed by a trip into the hills to look at McDougall Logging cable harvesting. Teachers and students were amazed at how different these types of operations are and students lined up to ride in Ray McDougall’s Dodge Ram to be ferried up the hill to his crew.

Erica Kinder, CEO of the Southern North Island Wood Council, says: “Following up with schools and keeping students engaged with our industry is now critical and I’m sure in the following years we will find it

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Above: Students gather in front of the big Tigercat 880 at Whisker Harvesting no 2 crew’s ground base job in Santoft Forest for Ernslaw One. Below: Ray McDougall’s cable harvesting site, working for Arbor Forestry, outside Whanganui, was the setting for this student visit.

easier to arrange these trips with schools who are interested enough to request follow up field trips for specific classes.

“Wanganui Collegiate has requested a biology field trip out to a forest, while Feilding High School has requested information and help with a measurement exercise for their Maths class within their own forest.

“The end objective of this school involvement is to see more employees enter our Industry and it seems this is succeeding, as at least 4 students have approached us to help with enrolling at University of Canterbury School of Forestry for 2020. As well, several students now leaving school are looking for placements into work, but this can be difficult, given the lack of training available in our region, and their inexperience.” NZL

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ForestTECH 2019 keeps up with pace of change THE PACE OF CHANGE IN THE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND USE of data in forestry has mushroomed in recent years and it can be hard to keep up.

That’s why more than 250 resource managers, remote sensing, GIS and mapping specialists, inventory foresters and technology providers from throughout Australasia (and more recently SE Asia) meet up every year for the ForestTECH conference.

“Compared to other parts of the wood supply chain, it’s been the sheer pace of change around the collection, analysis and reporting of data collected for the forest estate that has continued to drive interest and support for this particular technology series,” says FIEA Director, Brent Apthorp.

“In recent years there has been a very short lag time (often less than six months) between the time research results are being relayed to forestry companies to the time that it’s being implemented operationally.”

Previous ForestTECH events have seen new data collection technologies unveiled along with advances in processing and better interpreting the big data streams now routinely being collected out in the field. The task being grappled with by many forestry companies has been how best to sort through and use this collected data and convert it into something usable.

The focus for ForestTECH 2019, which takes place at the end of November, is “unlocking the true value of data”.

Disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, machine and deep learning, robotics, automation, daily satellite imagery, UAVs and the use of virtual and augmented reality are now increasingly being integrated into day-to-day operations of most forestry companies.

To help attendees keep up with the changes, this year’s ForestTECH will include:

• Pre- and post-conference workshops that focus on using geospatial tools and workflows, new technologies for collecting high-quality 3D forestry spatial data using portable, handheld devices and technology advances around hyperspectral and thermal imaging for precision forestry operations • Presentations from major forestry companies and global technology providers from outside Australasia, including Northwest Management (USA), DroneSeed (USA), GreenValley International (USA/China), SKYLAB (Germany), Swift Geospatial (South Africa), Forestal Arauco (Chile) and IDAF Forestry Consulting (Spain).

ForestTECH 2019 runs in Melbourne from November 13-14 and then in Rotorua from November 19-20. Details are at www.foresttech. events. NZL

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Earning and learning Rai Silviculture Director, David Koubek, far left with crew members David Alifeo, Shane Grant, Michal Milotinsky, Ladislav Rehorek and Joseva Nawaqavonovono.

WHEN THEY ARE OUT WORKING HARD ON the hills, the crew members from Nelson Forests contractor, Rai Silviculture, are also learning.

Recently, five Rai Silviculture workers were awarded level 3 certificates in different aspects of silviculture in a special ceremony in Renwick.

Rai Silviculture owner and director, David Koubek, is originally from the Czech Republic and is passionate about the forestry industry and its benefits for people.

As part of that, he actively encourages his staff to continue learning and to study for qualifications to demonstrate their skills.

And the awards ceremony gives him an opportunity to demonstrate that, with support from Nelson Forests and training provider, Competenz.

David says each of his workers has achieved something very special and that was worth celebrating.

“These are the guys setting the standard for forestry. They’re going to be the leaders,” says David Nelson Forests Managing Director, Lees Seymour, says forestry is providing opportunities for people to “earn an income and to learn new things”.

Lees, himself started in silviculture at 15: “My father encouraged me to get skills, to get the certificates I needed to do the job.

He wanted me to do it well and to do it safely – like you guys today. This achievement is fantastic.”

Denis Parsons manages silviculture operations for Nelson Forests and is impressed with how David has run his company, growing from three staff when he started to multiple crews.

David’s ability to recruit staff is a big positive for Nelson Forests, Denis says: “Without

David, we’d be struggling to achieve our work programmes…we set him personnel targets and he achieves them.

“David encourages his staff to aim for something. He encourages training. He likes to see them make it through. He likes to see this sort of thing happening.”

Another thing that David does, which really benefits Nelson Forests, is that his staff are all trained firefighters.

“Almost all his guys were in Nelson with the recent fires. That’s a big plus for us, knowing we have good cover during incidents of that kind.”

Two of the five men recognised for their training achievements are foremen, Shane Grant and David Alifeo.

David is from the Solomon Islands and has worked for Rai Silviculture for six years, but says study wasn’t really a focus where he came from.

“You just do the thing and learn from experience,” he says. “Here, they will recommend you do a certificate. It’s quite different. I’m really happy about it.”

He plans on more study: “I’m keen to keep going till I know everything and qualify.”

Shane has been in forestry for 20 years, but this is the first crew that has encouraged him to get qualifications.

“I’ve been here with David for three and a half years and I’ve finally got it. I’m pretty stoked really,” he says.

Shane plans to do more study towards other qualifications, adding: “I have three young kids at home, I’m trying to do the books – it takes a bit. My partner is a qualified early childhood teacher. She puts the kids to bed and she helps me.”

He says the stuff he’s learnt over the years means he has been able to give the guys on his crew a hand.

Two of the crewmen – Michal Milotinsky and Ladislav Rehorek – are from the Czech Republic.

Michal says he came to Marlborough because a friend was working here: “In the Czech Republic I played ice hockey. I quit, thinking about what would be next, he called me and I came here.”

The friend arranged a meeting with Dave and he has been working at Rai Silviculture for four years now.

“At the beginning, it was hard, but with ice hockey I had some fitness.”

Ladislav says language was a barrier at first, but the guys on his crew taught him a lot: “They support me a lot, they teach me from the beginning.

“I started five years ago. The first month, I wanted to give up, I wasn’t fit. it was really hard.

I was a prison guard in the Czech Republic, so working here was quite different.”

He has been at Rai Silviculture for five years and is “so happy” to get his qualification: “I would like to do more study. The company is very supportive.”

Joseva Nawaqavonovono loves the work, although it was hard when he started four years ago. He didn’t know anything about the job, but was helped by others.

“Now I get to help other people, now I’ve got experience,” he says.

Joseva and Shane both cite providing examples for their children as key. Shane says his “young fella” is now six years old and loves forestry and its tools, while Joseva says when he and his children drive to Nelson or Kaikoura, he shows them the forestry plantings.

“I show them the hills, all the trees I have planted. They can tell other kids when going on school trips, my dad planted those trees.” NZL

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The new Tigercat 890 processor working with Volcanic Plateau Logging is the first of this model to arrive in New Zealand.

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T’S TEN YEARS SINCE STEVE YEOMAN AND HIS VOLCANIC Plateau Logging crew arrived in Kaingaroa Forest, so what better way to celebrate this significant anniversary than with an outsize present...such as the largest processor now working in New Zealand.

That’ll be the all-new Tigercat 890 swing machine, complete with a Waratah 626 Bigwood on the end of the boom and stick.

It’s the first to arrive in this country and after experiencing this big beast at work in our most productive forest, we won’t be surprised to see a whole heap more hitting the dirt here in the coming years, particularly where crews have to deal with big wood.

Size – and power – really does matter when it comes to handling trees that can weigh up to 5 tonnes – there’s no substitute for brute force.

And what a brute this Tigercat 890 is.

It not only stands head and shoulders above its existing competitors in terms of sheer size, the new 890 also lords it over the previous big boy in the Tigercat stable, the 880. Plus, it’s gone up in the power stakes, too.

For Steve Yeoman, it was this combination of the additional size (especially the reach) and the upgraded engine that swung it for him.

“I’ve been looking for a replacement machine (for his Sumitomo SH330) for nearly two years,” he says.

What took him so long? Put it down to a list of strict requirements that included a big machine with good reach, a rear-entry cab (for safety and training) and an engine that didn’t overheat from the heavy workload. It needed to be a big step up from what the crew was already using.

The old Sumi was purchased as a stock-standard excavator and

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then guarded for the forest, originally to carry out felling. Then it became Volcanic’s first processor, as the crew moved to become fully mechanised more than five years ago when the new Tigercat 855 leveller arrived. Fitted with a Waratah 625 it has done a good job, but Steve says it was struggling at times with the larger trees and he felt the need to go purpose-built for its replacement.

“I was close to buying an 880 and then I heard about the 890 when we were visiting the factory, so I decided to delay the decision,” he adds.

“I’ve got other Tigercat equipment, the self-leveller 855 and 635 skidder, so I was pretty familiar with their gear and I’ve also got a good relationship with AB Equipment.”

Steve has been slowly upgrading his machinery since transitioning into a fully mechanised operation to better suit the crew’s role, and the new 890 is one of the final pieces of the jigsaw. Another piece is sitting just a few hundred metres away – a winch-assist bulldozer from Performance Mechanical Engineering in Taupo, where Steve lives, which arrived a couple of years ago to tether the levelling Tigercat 855 harvester on steeper slopes.

Yup, Kaingaroa does have slopes that are steep enough and long enough to warrant such a piece of equipment. When your daily production target is sitting above 600 tonnes, you can’t afford to have your frontline felling machine sitting idle because it can’t work on the hill, as that would inevitably slow the flow of stems being processed by the new 890 on the skid.

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The higher performance provided by the Tigercat 890 and Waratah Bigwood head are helping Volcanic Plateau Logging meet its 600 tonneper-day production target with greater ease.

635 skidder to trundle them back to the skid where the new 890 turns them into logs for a Sumi 240 to stack, while a Bell tri-logger handles any fleeting duties and a Volvo L90 assists and also takes care of the loading.

The old Sumi processor wasn’t worth much as a trade-in, so it’s being retained to help out where necessary and to back up when the 890 is being serviced etc. Steve also thinks the Sumi will be good to keep as a training machine. It’s done 11,000 hours but is in pretty good nick, so there’s still a bit of life left in the old girl and its Waratah yet.

Always good to have options up your sleeve, because, in spite of its reputation as our highest production plantation forest, Kaingaroa is capable of throwing some curve balls. Not helpful when you still have to keep the numbers up and the forest manager, Timberlands, is talking about even more volume in the coming years.

“With this new processor, we are just future proofing ourselves to do bigger volumes,” says Steve.

“You have good blocks and ones that aren’t easy. We’re getting average 2-tonne size trees out of here. It’s good P size. But we do have some more difficult blocks coming up. It’s a real mixture, we are one of the steep slope ground-based crews in here, so our P size is pretty variable.

“Although we are doing around 600 tonnes a day in here our average is normally around 650 tonnes. We need that – there’s a bit of machinery to pay for.”

And it’s all processed into logs, which might surprise some people who aren’t familiar with the modern Kaingaroa Forest. Many assume that the Kaingaroa Production Plant (KPP) at Webb Road processes all the stems logged in this forest. But since capacity took off after the

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restrictions of the mid-2000s to bring the age class back into balance, the forest is delivering much more than KPP can handle, so there’s a growing number of crews that have to turn stems into logs out on the skids.

That, in itself, can lead to some logistical issues, as Steve explains: “In here we need to hold onto quite a bit of stock, compared to other forest owners.

“That’s why we move around. And the whole trucking fleet’s a bit different, you’ve got to be able to take trailer-down trucks – not all the time but if you can, it definitely gives you more options and you move your tallies. If you limit yourself to trailer-up then you can struggle to move your wood. That means you hold onto a bit of stock, you have to leave your trucks enough room to turn around on your skids. It’s not back in or lift your trailer off, you’ve to be able to turn around, trailerdown.

“So we just move it around and de-phase it a bit, and don’t stay in one spot. You can lose a bit of time walking (the machine) but you make up for it when you turn up and there is a whole lot of wood waiting there to be processed. It’s a big forest, run on factory lines, it’s become a big beast now, doing 4 million tonnes a year and it’s going to do more in the years to come.”

It’s way different to when Steve started here in 2009, when Timberlands was still holding back a lot of volume.

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The big Tigercat 890 is more-than capable of handling stems weighing in excess of 2 tonnes.

Well, it has been full speed ahead up to now, but the sudden price drop at the end of June has caused even large forest owners to become more wary, and contractors like Steve are being held to contract volumes for a while.

He’s not unhappy about that. It’s given the crew time to adjust to the arrival of the 890 and fine-tune the operation to be ready for when numbers crank up again.

When the NZ Logger Iron Test team turned up, the new Tigercat had only been on site for just over two months and while it is already showing its paces, Steve admits “it’s a big machine and you want to be in the right situations for it”.

He says that regular operator, Rob Hastings, is still getting used to the big newcomer, adding: “But when he jumps back into that (pointing to the old Sumi processor), he’s happy with the Tigercat.

“When we serviced the 890 recently it was out for half of the day and Rob jumped on the Sumi to keep working and…no, he was happy to get back in the 890, he just loves the reach. The operating part is just taking a little bit of getting used to. Just getting the feel for it.”

But it’s definitely working for Steve. He says: “I’m already getting what I want from it. Less fuel consumption, good performance, the overall package is coming together well.”

And he expects the 890 to continue earning its keep for some time, saying: “We did 11,000 hours on the old one and you hope that we’d do a lot more with a purpose-built machine. It’s not felling, just processing, so it shouldn‘t get beaten up. Got a good operator, he looks after his stuff. So, 10,000 hours would be a gimme and anything after that would be a bonus. You look at the Sumi and even though it’s done 11,000, it still looks good, so, potentially the Tigercat might do 20,000.”

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“The decision was left up to us on this machine,” says Steve, “but going forward, Timberlands may have more to say on the subject of felling heads.”

We know exactly what he’s talking about. Fixed felling heads are the current topic of conversation within the industry, as regular readers of NZ Logger will know. Their ability to guide a tree to the ground to lessen breakages and bunch for yarders to grapple on the hill has caught the attention of forest owners looking to maximise the value of their crop.

But will it work in every harvesting situation?

“I’m not sure,” says Steve.

“They are feller/bunchers, not feller/shovellers. I’ve got to shovel it off the hill – they call it chucking off the hill for a reason and you do get a bit of breakage in there, but a fixed head isn’t designed for shovelling.

“We actually had Tigercat do a demo, right here, with a SATCO fixed felling head on it. I thought it did well and it’s definitely something I’ll be watching with interest. But if I’ve got to get the wood off the hill and get it back over the hill, it doesn’t work in situations like ours. I watched the one down in Nelson and it was precision bunching, beautiful for hauling with a grapple – I can understand that. But if I’ve got to get the wood off the hill I just don’t know for myself if I could make it work. I’ll probably look and see how other people are doing it first.”

Right now, Steve has got a SATCO 325M fall & trim head fitted to the Tigercat 855, which also has the ability to process for a short time, if required as it also has an optimiser, which gives him yet another option.

“When I first went fully mechanised the thought was that I should just get a straight felling head,” he says.

“But when I talked to the forest owner they were like ‘but you need to de-limb in the cutover because it distributes the nutrients throughout the stand’. So we went that way and it’s worked for us. You can shovel it off the hill, feed it off the hill, it’s delimbed. But if they want us to go

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Before going into the mill, the logs are first taken to a holding stack.

The Tigercat 890 has the largest reach of any general forestry processor. fixed then we can’t get the branches off and we’d have to throw another machine at it. They’ve come out and done studies here and it will be interesting to see what they decide.”

It will, indeed. In the meantime, the focus of attention is on the new Tigercat 890 and Bigwood combo, which is working at one of several skids established by the Volcanic crew in this block to suit the logistics equation.

Rob Hastings is completing the last of the stems recovered from this part of the block before shifting to another skid just over the hill.

We never fail to be impressed by the sheer physical presence of the new breed of swing machines that have been coming out of North America in the last half-dozen years and the new Tigercat 890 takes that formula to new heights. Literally.

If there’s a taller processor or loader working in the forest, I’d like to see it. At 5,420mm, it is another 150mm higher than the Tigercat 880

and it just shades out the John Deere 3756G (5,180mm) and Cat 568 (4,954mm). It’s also taller than a Madill 3800, but it could be a close thing with the yet-to-arrive Madill 4000 model (there’s no height shown on the brochure, but it appears to be very similar dimensions to the 890).

Height is all very well, and yes it is important for providing a good view of the skid, but that wasn’t the key reason Steve chose the 890.

He wanted the extra reach, and he’s got that in spades. Stretching out a massive 12,190mm, the Tigercat 890 can push out the Waratah to grab stems from much further away than any similar size general forestry processor on the market fitted with an under/under boom and arm set.

That’s another two metres of reach over the standard 880 boom and arm.

In practice, it means Rob can sit the machine in one spot, grab any of the stems delivered by the skidder and place the logs in the appropriate

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piles for the loader, without needing to move much at all. Makes for a very efficient process.

The 890 is bigger in a number of other respects. Weighing 47,900 kg, including a very solid counterweight to balance the 4,850kg Waratah, it is 7 tonnes heavier than the 880, boasting a lot more metal to support the bigger boom and arm, which is assisted by a larger swing bearing to provide increased capacity and swing torque. Tigercat has also engineered the twin swing drive system to reduce gear tooth loads and a massive single-piece, forged pedestal strengthens the undercarriage and improves durability.

A new, longer F7-172 heavy-duty 10-roller track frame with a wide stance car body gives the 890 exceptional stability on lumpy ground.

Tigercat says the track components were co-designed with European specialists, Berco, to provide maximum durability for tough forestry use – very useful on the abrasive pumice soils in Kaingaroa. The ground clearance has also gone

up 27mm to 737mm.

The more powerful track motors deliver 367kN of tractive effort, up from the 880’s tractive effort of 334kN. Ground speed remains the same as in the 880, with a top of 4.2km/h in rabbit and 2.3km/h in turtle – not super-fast but reasonable for shifting between skids.

The new machine also runs the bigger Tigercat FPT N87 engine (in Tier 2 spec), which delivers 245kW (330hp) at 2,000rpm, against the 880’s 230kW (308hp). That extra power is necessary to help shift the heavier machine and drive the hydraulics.

The 890 actually shares the modular main hydraulic valve with existing Tigercat 800 series carriers, so any crews running an 875 loader or 880 processor, for instance, can swap around some of the parts.

Meanwhile, new larger capacity valve sections are used for main, boom and stick circuits to provide higher flow rates and improve efficiency.

When Rob powers down the big Tigercat and opens up the electrically operated bonnet and side flap door, you really do appreciate the extra space around the componentry. A techie can climb down into the void between the engine on one side and cooling system on the

Sitting high up off the ground, the operator has a commanding view of the skid site.

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Left: The Tigercat 890 arrived in New Zealand ready to work in the forest, including a standard right corner post on the front for additional protection.

Above: With such a long reach, the Tigercat 890 doesn’t have to move around very much on the skid to place logs.

other to perform any maintenance or repairs with ease.

Speaking of the all-important cooling system, it has plenty of capacity, which was high on Steve’s wish list and comes with an automatic variable speed fan and an automatic reversing cycle to clean the heat exchangers – again, vitally important for the dusty summers in Kaingaroa.

Access up here and to the rear door of the cab is afforded by the wellpositioned stairs, protected by plenty of railings. You wouldn’t want to be climbing up the side of a machine this high.

The cab itself needs no introduction. It’s served Tigercat 800-series owners very well over the last few years and is among the nicest workstations in the forest. Plenty of room for an instructor to stand behind the seat for training purposes and storage for boots (Rob likes to keep the floor spotless, so works in socks). It’s all very light and airy with huge windows that stretch from floor to roof, providing an unrivalled view of the skid. The windows in the floor, tucked under the foot pedals, for the operator to see the tracks are also retained.

I’ll let our Iron Tester, Stan Barlow, explain the controls and cab environment in his column on page 34.

Back on the ground, Rob opens up the vast storage compartment in the riser under the cab to point out the easy access to the four bolts that allow it to tilt forward for transporting. In addition to holding spares, there is also a canister for the fire suppression system. The docket trap door is an interesting feature, but it isn’t used in this operation.

Rob’s very complimentary about the LED lighting package, describing it as “excellent – I just fire it up first thing in the morning and there’s so much light you can see everything. Probably twice the lights I had on the old Sumi. Poor old Mikey (loader operator) gets a bit blinded with all the lights shining down”.

Rob is an old school logger “been in the bush forever, done a lot of jobs, skiddy, loading on machines, always in this area and around Tokoroa” and has worked at Volcanic Plateau Logging almost ten years.

But he’d never previously operated a processor prior to the old Sumi.

“Steve turned up on my doorstep one Christmas – knocked on the door, handed me a pile of books and said here you go, happy Christmas, here’s what you’re doing next year,” says Rob. “I had absolutely no clue on how to drive a processor. I had been shovelling wood and driving skidders and all that, so I was familiar with

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machines, but not the computer, the head. That 625 had a computer on it, just like this one. It was a bit of a baptism of fire really. I was dropped right in there.

“But I got through it. A few long days, some stressful, but we all managed. Then when this one (890) turned up I thought, here we go again, but it’s not been too difficult.

“It’s very different. This machine has a lot more power than the old one. I can grab big logs from anywhere on the stack and slew them round, no problem. The old girl, she would have just crawled around and it was a real mission sometimes. The numbers we were doing, it was just tiring and you were just mentally buggered at the end of the day because you were struggling to make it work. Whereas this does everything so much easier. You don’t feel like you are under pressure all the time.

“This machine has a lot more of everything really. But it took me a little while to get used to it, especially the height. It is very stable. It’s just quite high. And because you are much higher, once you start building up the piles, with the old you would have to be looking up and stretch out, but with this one you can see everything and you just reach out and grab what you want. So easy. Great visibility. Love it.

“It’s much easier to keep up with the 600 tonnes limit now.

“I like the room inside the cab and the comfort – room to leave boots to keep the cab floor clean. It’s like a modern-day car in there. The rear entry is so nice. The AC is real good. I turned it on one day by accident and it got cold very quickly. The old girl used to get seriously hot in the summer. You’d be cooking by 1pm. I don’t think I’ll have any problems in the summer with this one.”

It’s time to fire the machine up again. Rob has left half the pile of stems for Stan to perform his part of the Iron Test and he slips into the back of the cab to provide some pointers, in particular giving advice on which of the 12 individual cuts and various lengths that are required from this block.

The TimberRite computer system does all the hard work, but Stan still needs to know which of the myriad of buttons on both hand controls to push for the right cut. Always a learning curve for fresh operators.

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some very large stems and spit out precise logs in next to no time. The updated valve bank in the venerable Bigwood provides it with the speed of the 625 and it has impressed Steve with its performance.

“It’s going well,” he says, “I have a good relationship with Waratah especially on the service and back up and that‘s one of the reasons I’ve stayed with them.”

Some of the stems here are much bigger than the 2-tonne average, but the 890 doesn’t miss a beat, effortlessly lifting and then swinging them around as if they are half the weight, thanks to the dedicated slew pump. And thanks to that meaty counterweight and a 1,300-litre fuel tank on the rear, it’s very stable, too.

The weighty wood and extra size of the 890 doesn’t seem to have much effect on fuel consumption. Steve reckons it is averaging in the high 20s most of the time. Put that down to the energy recovery swing system on the boom’s closed loop drive that feeds power back to the engine when swing decelerates, reducing fuel consumption and recovering energy for other machine functions.

It’s a very handy feature to have on a machine like this.

Even though he’s the owner, Steve has yet to slot himself into the seat of the big 890 to experience it for himself. Right now, he’s just happy that it’s doing the job it was purchased for and he’s got an operator who is now very much at home behind the controls.

In a high production operation like this, that’s all you can really ask. NZL

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iron test: Stan Barlow

FOR SUCH A BIG MACHINE, THE TIGERCAT 890 feels surprisingly light and easy to operate on the skid. It’s quick, too.

I was expecting an arm-wrestle, but there was none of that.

In fact, the controls are very sensitive, so you have to be careful – there were a couple of instances where I jarred the machine but that was more during drop cuts to avoid slabbing any wood, which required me to adjust my way of operating.

The further into the test I got, the more impressed I became. It makes so much sense to have a purpose-built processor, instead of an excavator-based tracked machine doing log making.

Listening to Rob talk about what he could do with the old one and what he can do now, such as the handling of logs, there were a couple of big logs that he pulled out and with this machine it was like, nothing. He couldn’t do half of the stuff he’s able to now.

And it’s so smooth, even when driving the

1: The cut plan for Volcanic Plateau Logging contains up to 25 variables.

2: The Waratah HTH626 seems to have been around forever, but it still performs exceptionally well in its latest Series 2 guise.

3: The top bonnet and far side hatch door are opened hydraulically and the manual doors on this side reveal easy access to filters and the huge radiator.

4: Stairway to heaven – great access to the rear-entry cab and plenty of safety railings.

5: A ladder down into the engine compartment for a mechanic to work on the ‘hot’ side (left) and ‘cool’ side (right).

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tracks up onto a log to stabilise the machine, there was no fuss or jerky movements.

You do have to accept that the cab is very high and when travelling there was a bit of rocking around. But when you are cutting logs, having that big fuel tank and counterweight on the back gives it that extra balance when dealing with really big stems. Overall, I thought it was very stable, even when I had that long boom out at full reach it felt really stable and always under control.

The big plus is the superb view from up there.

You can see what you are doing and – very important – you can see what the other machines are doing. Even down to the glass in the floor to see the front of the tracks and a wide-angle rearview camera for protecting your tail.

The stairs up to the cab make it easy to climb up – when reaching out, there should be a handrail there and it’s there with this Tigercat.

Anyone who has operated a processor will be familiar with the controls, they are pretty standard.

On the right is the trigger for your drive rollers, open/close, feed in and out on the drive rollers,

Iron Tester, Stan Barlow. harvest up and down, then you’ve got eight little buttons for your grades and then you’ve got the two bottom buttons which are for pruned/ unpruned logs. And on the other side you’ve got more buttons, because you’ve got different lengths as well. Not being used to this machine, I found it confusing trying to remember which buttons did what, but Rob kept reminding me.

Operate it enough and you’ll get used to it.

The optimiser was going most of the time and we just changed it according to what defects were

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Above left: Iron Tester, Stan Barlow, feels right at home in the cab of the Tigercat 890.

Above centre: Easy access to filter from the ground.

Above right: Volcanic Plateau Logging owner, Steve Yeoman (right) and Tigercat 890 operator, Ron Hastings (left). on the logs, which was easy to do through the TimberRite.

On the left is the trigger for the knives open/ close, saw buttons, which was interesting as both saws work off one button – you hit a toggle button to change the saw from main to top. It

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automatically defaults to main saw when you finish. Find end and head tilting functions for when you go to pick up the stem are also on this side.

I can’t recall operating a processor with such a long reach and it makes life very easy on a busy skid. The Bigwood was a lot faster than I

remember, too, with that new valve bank. Rob has actually got it dialled down, as he reckoned it was too fast.

In the hands of someone like Rob, who has the right operating skills and the technique you’re just pumping logs in a machine like this. NZL

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produce play a central role in the farming, horticulture, viticulture, construction and marine industries.

The mill has its roots in Kaingaroa Forest where Sharon and Bruce Whale began producing peeled roundwood, until the NZ

Forest Service asked them to relocate and they bought the current site in Reporoa in the late seventies. In 2004, PermaPine, a private company with a number of shareholders, bought the business.

PermaPine also has a partnership in a

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Richie Maki trims the poles in his Volvo EC140C excavator.

smaller second processing site in Rotorua and between the two sites employs 80 staff. Upgrades over the years have included increased peeling capacity, increased drying and treating capacity and additional land, with the site now a

roomy 32 hectares.

Its main log suppliers are Timberlands, Hancock and Blakely Pacific. With the primary product being roundwood with a diameter up to 250mm and the main processes being peeling, drying and

treating, this sector comes with its own challenges.

Site Manager, Ian Piebenga, explains: “The products we produce are mostly round and product outturns are dependent on the size and quality of logs we receive

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from our log suppliers. A good portion of our log feedstock is sourced from the very tops of harvested trees.”

He says that with increased mechanisation in the logging industry segregation and recovery of these smaller diameter logs is often overlooked.

“We see a continual challenge in working with our forestry suppliers to ensure they’re capturing that value and those logs that we want for small round posts,” says Ian. “The volume at the heads of the trees is small. These logs have a lot of value for us, they also have value to the forest owner, but logging contractors are generally paid by volume, and so have less incentive to focus on recovering value from this portion of the tree.

“Alignment of the objectives for us as a customer with those of the forest owner and those of the logging contractor are important in segregating and recovering these top logs. Good management of the logging operations focusing on recovery and log quality is also required.”

As one of less than 20 plants producing roundwood around the country, Ian says it’s important to “keep on the front of the wave”. PermaPine does this by investing in compliance, health and safety, environmental initiatives and, most importantly, says Ian, its people.

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Of course, these aspects overlap. A number of the team have previously worked in forestry and logging and PermaPine has brought something of these experiences these experiences to the company culture.

“We’ve got five vans out there to transport our staff to and from work. It’s a little like the model most forestry and logging contractors employ,” says Ian. “Probably half our labour comes from

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Rotorua and the other half comes from Reporoa, Taupo and Turangi.

He jokes that there are less excuses for staff not to get to work with the van provided, but this approach is really about reducing the company’s environmental footprint, a priority that is prominent throughout the mill.

The largest bi-product by volume that is produced by Permapine is peel. Along with sawdust and chip, these untreated residues go to the animal bedding market

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during winter or as fuel for burning.

Ian points out that burning their own residues means less truck movements and a reduced reliance on fossil fuels: “We maximise our use of electric power and minimise our use of vehicles that burn fossil fuels.”

And the company’s new wood biomass boiler project is a big part of that.

“We currently bring additional wood residues in from surrounding sawmills and remanufacturing plants for fuel,” says Ian.

“Installing a new biomass boiler will allow us to use our own residues as fuel rather than bringing residues into the site.

It’s also about reducing truck movements in our manufacturing process. We’ll just continue to look for opportunities to reduce our environmental footprint.”

This begins with sourcing logs, sustainably grown Radiata Pine, from local forests such as Kaingaroa. Wood supply agreements are typically quarterly, says Ian. “Logs are either cut to length and then peeled for smaller products, such as the roundwood posts and our poles, while the bigger and longer products are peeled to the size and length they come in from the forest.”

Then the wood needs to be dried and, most importantly for Radiata, preserved for durability.

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as retaining walls, and H6 for marine applications.

It’s not only PermaPine’s applications in the agriculture, horticulture, farming and construction sectors that mark it as a true Kiwi company, some 95% of the company’s business is domestic. Nonetheless, PermaPine is still impacted by the global platform since most of the applications its products are used for are export focused.

“All those industries like wine, Kiwifruit, they’re reliant on export returns for their development,” says Ian. “So at times such as the global financial crisis in 2008/9, there wasn’t a lot of development. That really impacted our sales through that period because businesses were mainly focused on survival.”

How did the company get through it?

“We just downsized really and worked our way through. That’s all we could do.

“We continued looking for new markets but at that time they were hard to find.

When times are bad it’s about riding through those periods. You need to be prepared, managing through economic

cycles is imperative, and if you’ve prepared for them you can get through and then opportunities will arise when activity picks up again. There were some casualties in our industry in the GFC which led to consolidation of manufacturers.”

Ian adds that with some competitors dropping out of the roundwood market, there were opportunities and that’s when

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Being in the central North island helps too, says Ian, adding: “We’re really fortunate to be here where there’s a very good log and timber supply, good market for our residues, a good supply of labour and with a good infrastructure, too.

“There’s lots of trucking capacity and things like that. So it’s a great region to be processing logs” But it continues to be a challenging business, particularly since wood processing and forestry is a notoriously

hazardous industry.

“From a health & safety perspective, we see continual challenges in ensuring our staff are safe and accident free,” says Ian. “A lot of our focus is around compliance – product compliance, environmental compliance, health & safety compliance.

It’s important to keep upskilling. A lot of the training is on the job but also it’s important, particularly from a compliance perspective, to back that up with NZQA training.”

He points out that markets have been “really buoyant” for a number of years and

Above: Peeled posts awaiting drying and then preservation.

Below: The wood biomass boiler project is progressing well.

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still look positive “but maybe not quite with the same activity levels as they have been over the last few years”.

As to the current Chinese log jam, Ian says: “What happens in China affects the whole world. They’re so globally significant. So there will be some impact and we just need to manage our way through that as best we can.”

Part of the solution lies in buying appropriate plant, adds Ian: “The wood processing industry is very competitive and that’s why there’s been so much consolidation over the years, you need to always focus on maintaining a good cost structure. So where we can buy or purchase good value used equipment, that’s our preference.”

He says ultimately the focus is on producing a quality product and supporting customers. Most importantly, people are key.

“We have an approach that no-one’s role is any more significant or important than anyone else’s,” says Ian. “We continue to upskill our staff. We find that really rewarding.”

A number of staff initiatives are testament to that. Health & Safety & Compliance Manager, Michelle Skiffington, says driver licencing, a wellness programme,

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shared lunches, a strong focus on female empowerment, numeracy and literacy programmes and suicide awareness are all currently part of the company’s training and development of staff.

“When I started here last year, we had a 23-year-old guy that worked for us who committed suicide,” she says. “It touched a lot of people. They were just dumbfounded. So we introduced a suicide awareness programme that makes you think about these types of things that could be happening in your work environment.”

She says the aim was to educate people about the signs of suicide and what they could say to help somebody in that state of mind.

“It was actually surprisingly alarming how much suicide had touched everybody.

Just in family environments,” adds Michelle.

“Somebody knew somebody that had done something like that or had heard of it, or knew of a family member. So it was really, really valuable here. People took that information home and started helping people. And it made us talk about it, whereas before it was just this big elephant in the room.”

This was followed by a wellness programme, a 12-week challenge for staff

to lose weight and eat healthier. “We brought a local woman in to give nutrition advice and, of 30 staff who began the challenge, a dozen kept it up, losing a combined 100 kilograms.”

“In NZ it’s all about the booze and the food. It’s a cultural thing,” says Michelle.

“And it’s not just health issues that are important,” she adds. “There’s more to life than just getting up, going to work, doing your eight hours and looking at your pay cheque. You know we spend 80% of our lives at work. There’s got to be happy times. There’s got to be rewarding times.

We’ve got to make friendships and deal with what’s going on in our environment.

“And some people take a lot of that home and that affects families. We need to deal with that.”

PermaPine’s social development extends to supporting women in crucial roles.

“The more women we have out there the better we all get along,” says Michelle.

“Men tend to tame it down a bit. Having women in roles like loader operators, they’re good operators, they look after the machinery, they take a lot of care.”

Ian agrees, pointing out that PermaPine now employs 12% women, adding: “We’re particularly proud of the role of women in our business.

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“I think women positively influence the behaviour of our men and the women facilitate more of a family culture. They’re good machine operators, work in the treatment plant, as drivers, supervisors and support staff – they are good role models. They’re good planners and are typically strong communicators.

“And in a team leader’s role, women can be more direct without men being affronted or taking offence. Our men respect them strongly. Women have a lot of authority here and they’re willing to be authoritative.”

He adds that the changing needs of staff over time are taken into account.

As staff get older we may be able to move them into less physical roles or into machine operating roles to still utilise their

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experience and skills.

With 15 Volvos and one Caterpillar (13 wheel loaders and three excavators) there’s no shortage of machinery to operate, including a recent arrival, the latest Volvo 90H. With a workshop on site, as well as a team of fitters and a mechanic, all servicing is done on site.

“That works really well. We prefer a model where we have our own staff here doing work rather than calling people in, and that’s about familiarity with our plant and it’s about response time,” says Ian. Still, the goal is to reduce the amount of manual handling, he says: “That’s a goal for the next few years. We’ve been fortunate that we’ve had a good safety record. It’s not because the work is safe, it’s more because we’ve got a high level

Above left: The (not so) camera shy Taisha Nathan leans out of her L90F. Above right: Despatch team leader, Fiona Hay. Below: Drivers stand by your machines.

Opposite page top: Team PermaPine line up for a group photo.

of awareness here and staff feel that the business genuinely cares about them.

“Our focus on safety is not just because we want to be compliant, it’s because we care about our staff.”

Operations Manager, Ian Potter, explains that this arises out of the key focus on performance improvement.

“We’re really trying to look at our machine centres on an individual basis and identify the bottlenecks and downtime issues and we’re focused on improving those,” he says.

“We’re looking at the process flow of wood and with our electrical and mechanical team really working hard on reducing all those hang-ups, downtimes and stoppages. In particular, linking it in with guarding and improvements around

safety of our workers.

“So we’re doing a lot of work around isolation systems and tracking systems, which gives us really robust health and safety protection for our workers. We’ve focused on it this year and it’s probably in its infancy but we’ve already eliminated access into some of the high hazardous areas through that process.”

And that always comes back to social development for PermaPine. Ian Potter says staff are also supported through budgeting, counselling and opportunities like driver’s licencing and the numeracy and literacy programmes which are extended to family and partners.

Though not a family business in the traditional sense, he says “we treat our employees as if they’re part of a family.

And what you do for your own family we try to bring into the workplace”.

Essentially, he says: “What we’re really trying to do as a business is position ourselves for the future. We want to be in a position where we can flex our business easily to take the upsides but also be costeffective and efficient if the market does drop or if there is a downturn. So it’s about being able to flex your business.”

And that’s not about expanding, he adds, “it’s about using our assets more efficiently. We’re increasing our productivity through managing our uptime and our performance.”

Ian Piebenga agrees: “This business thrives not because of management, it thrives because of the team of people we have here. NZL

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Women in Forestry

By Hayley Leibowitz

Megan Costello, in the big outdoors, where she feels most at home – here in the Rip Forest where she was doing a post-construction skid audit.

I

T WAS TIME SPENT ORIENTEERING with her father around Vancouver Island as a teenager that seeded Megan Costello’s love of the outdoors.

She’s come a long way since then (both physically and metaphorically) currently in the role of Ernslaw One’s Engineering Manager for the Gisborne region, overseeing road construction, harvest planning

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and resource consents. In between the paperwork she manages to supervise crews and contractors and tackles health and safety, not to mention being mother to two girls and inaugural winner of the 2019 Eastland Wood Council Gough Women in Forestry Award.

What spurs her on? “It’s the problemsolving nature of the work,” says Megan,

“doing something practical and hands-on, using a combination of experience and intuition to solve an issue.”

Asked about the award, Megan says though she was honoured and it felt like “an accumulation of the effort I’ve put in throughout my career”, it’s the fact that it highlights that there are women in the industry that are contributing that is most important.

Eastland Wood Council’s Kim Holland agrees, saying this is the first year the Council has had an award that acknowledges women in the forestry industry, and there was a high calibre of entries.

“Megan is passionate about the industry, and also about promoting career pathways for young women. She readily involves herself in any forest industry careers days such as the Careers EXPO, and takes time to speak to girls at Gisborne Girls High School,” says Kim. Megan explains: “We have to engage with career advisers, teachers and kids on their level, day-in and day-out and make them aware of these careers and opportunities.

The visual face of the industry is so different from the work that’s required and if you don’t have family involved in it you won’t have that awareness.”

“Growing up I lived in a town that had a mill and there was a harvesting presence but not as significant a role in the local economy as in Gisborne. When you’re a kid you see what’s on TV and what’s around you, which is lawyers, doctors, nurses. But you don’t have that exposure to a lot of industries and logging is one of them. It’s quite invisible.”

She believes the industry needs what women can bring, adding: “It’s that attention to detail. Right now the industry is going through a change in regulation and everyone’s trying to get their heads around it and how to apply it. Regulation is verbal.

A lot is in the wording and nuance. The guys tend to want to get out in the field and get on with the job. Women have a tendency to step back. It just seems to be a natural fit.”

She points out that women excel in areas like forest ecology, health & safety management, mapping and planning in general.

“There’s nothing to stop them,” she says.

“I don’t see that there should be any barriers.

Studies have shown that the more diverse your workforce is, the better outcomes and the more profitable it can be.

“What women do is bring a different perspective and a different way of looking at problems. Building that diversity in your workforce can only improve outcomes and profitability. That’s being recognised across the board.”

And it allows for team work, Megan adds, with women being less about ego and more about the team.

She goes on to say: “The women in the industry have established a good reputation for themselves. It’s about allowing different strengths to fit together in the jigsaw, making your organisation stronger. Women out in the bush on the machines, for example,

tend to have a good reputation for being thorough and detailed, taking care with their work and not taking shortcuts.”

Her advice for men: “Don’t be afraid to hire female employees because they’ll work their guts out for you. They’ll work extra hard to be taken seriously. They’ll commit to you and deliver. Training and development won’t be wasted.”

Kim agrees, saying there are plenty of women working across the forestry industry from the ontheground crew, to machine operators, right through to Chief Executives.

“Our recent cohorts of Generation Programme trainees have seen approximately 50% young women entering the industry,” says Kim. “They want to work outdoors, and they are keen to earn good money. They all have a ‘can do’ attitude. It is great to see our contractors and companies taking on more women, as they have a lot to offer. And with the move to mechanisation, women are able to move into machine operations.”

Of course, there are the inevitable

questions of attitudes towards women in this traditionally male-dominated industry, but Megan says once people figure out ‘where you fit in’ the relationship becomes positive.

She adds: “I may have to explain my history and background a bit more than a man would. People need reference points but beyond that you can develop the relationship.

“I think once people get to know me a little bit they appreciate where my strengths are and how they complement them. I’m not going to pretend I know how to run a machine but I do know how to help deliver outcomes. I don’t tell them how to do their job.

“Issues around money can be quite emotional and it can be a challenge when you have to be confrontational. But for those contractors, it’s their business, their livelihood, so you have to respect that.”

As to her future, Megan sets her sights high, considering consulting for flexibility with hours and even looking at running for local council (though she sees herself in

Below: Megan Costello is presented with the inaugural 2019 Eastland Wood Council Gough Women in Forestry Award by Wayne Baker, Forestry Industry Sales Manager for Gough Cat. A visit to Tolaga Bay and posing with the Hingangaroa me Iranui carving as part of the Tikanga/Te Reo level 4 course Megan Costello is completing with seven other Ernslaw One staff members.

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her current position for at least another five years). Why politics? It comes back to her love for forestry.

“There is only one Gisborne councillor at the moment with a forestry background,” she says.

“The industry plays such a large role in Gisborne, there’s definitely a gap. The industry doesn’t need special privileges but it does need deeper understanding, more nuance and perspective. It’s about diversity and I don’t know if Council has that level of diversity right now.

“Farming interests are well represented and Council has its own challenges, having to be responsive to voices of community.

Sometimes the forestry industry is not acknowledged. There are a lot of people trying to do the right thing but it’s harder for those who are when they’re not understood.”

In terms of the way forward, ultimately though, she says “we’ll have to evaluate and make sure we’re doing what’s right for our family”.

And her answer to how she balances motherhood with work comes from a mother’s heart, saying: “I feel guilty all the time.”

Nonetheless she feels she’s one of the lucky ones, adding: “Being a mum able to work in my chosen profession at the level I have, I see that as a privilege. I’m really well supported. I worked through both my pregnancies and stopped going to the fields at about 23 weeks. But I was supported and able to make that call. I was able to go part time.”

She points out that there’s still a long way to go in terms of establishing paternity leave “to really establish that level of equality”.

“At the end of the day because men don’t have that paternity leave when they have kids, they’re pushed back into the workplace as the breadwinner,” adds Megan.

“So it sets up that dichotomy right from day one. Stay-at-home parenting is still really stigmatising for men. It’s a challenge

for sure. School hours themselves don’t fit in with a lot of jobs and school holidays.

“We manage it with an au pair. It’s important to acknowledge that we’re not managing on our own,” she says of her Harvesting Manager husband. “We have help.”

Megan urges young women to have confidence in the skillset they bring and not to doubt that they can contribute because, she says, there is that room and space for them.

“Don’t be afraid to ask questions because all you’re going to do is gain a better understanding,” she stresses.

“Don’t be afraid of what your limitations are. Acknowledge them and move forward.

You don’t have to be an expert in everything, just know your boundaries and work to your strengths. Say yes to opportunities because you never know where they could take you. Don’t be afraid to stand your ground.”

After all, Megan is proof that it can be done. NZL

Megan Costello is presented with the inaugural 2019 Eastland Wood Council Gough Women in Forestry Award by Wayne Baker, Forestry Industry Sales Manager for Gough Cat.

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top spot Safety/performance/quality

Close results in Period Two

SPONSORS – They don’t have to do this but they choose to!

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They believe in what we do and what you do.

Participating Companies This competition wouldn’t be what it is without our participating companies.

We understand the commitment it takes from them to be part of Top Spot and value their ongoing support and feedback.

Our ongoing thanks to Rayonier/ Matariki Forests, Wenita Forest Products, Port Blakely, Crown Forestry, Brand Logging, CMH Logging, Hauraki and Moehau Logging, Thomassen Logging, Te Waa Logging, Lakeland Cable Logging, Logged on Logging, Pakiri Logging, Inta-Wood Forestry, Otautau Contractors,

Heslip Forest Contracting, Waikato Forestry Services, Hodgson Silviculture, Makerikeri Silviculture, NJ Simns Forestry Services, SAS Forestry, XMen Forestry, Central Forestry Services, Mangoihe Logging, Kohurau Contracting, Tohaia Forestry Harvesting, Kuru Contracting, Dennis E Hayes Logging, Swain Logging, Lumberjack Logging, Ernslaw One, Blue Wood Logging, Mike Hurring Logging, McCallum Logging, Whisker Logging, Kaha Logging, Lahar Logging, Dempsey Logging, Moutere Logging, JBD Harvesting, McDougall Logging, Forest View Logging, Kimberley Logging, Dewes Logging, X Men Harvesting, Pakiri Logging, Storm Logging, Lumberjack Logging, Eastside Logging, Veal Forestry, McHoull Contracting, Johnson Forestry Services, Pride Forestry, Halley Forestry, Penetito Forestry, FM Silviculture, Forest View Forestry, Wayne Cummings, Rodco Forestry, Johnson Forestry, Pro Forest Services, Eastside Logging and Norwest Logging.

Into safety?

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Contact Shane Perrett on 0274 781 908, NZL 07 3483037 or at primefm@xtra.co.nz.

Jake Lockett, of McDougall 95, was second in Breaking Out Cable for period two of 2019.

Paneta Wiari, of Kaha 15, was fourth in Breaking Out Cable for period two of 2019.

Luke Kirk, of McDougall 95, was first in Manual Tree Felling for period two of 2019.

IT’S ABOUT ATTITUDE, CULTURE AND BELIEF – in doing the right things even when this may not be easy. For some participants, that’s simply the difference between ordinary and excellence.

And while we recognise the absolute top results in each function, we acknowledge excellence runs deep, as the latest results show a number of participants sitting just below those at the top.

Unfortunately, it’s not apparent from the second period results table published here, as we don’t have the space to carry all the placings for Top Spot.

So, while we congratulate those in the published table, they need to realise there is no room for complacency with a lot of other participants close behind.

So a big ongoing thank you to our Strategic Partners – STIHL and NZ Logger and sponsor SWAZI. The best way to keep our industry working is to get out and support those businesses that support New Zealand.

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HARVESTING RESULTS – PERIOD 2, 2019 FUNCTION

BREAKING OUT CABLE

INDIVIDUAL

CREW

MOANA KENWORTHY

PETER LLOYD

PAKIRI 24 MCDOUGALL 95 PAKIRI 24 KAHA 15 MCDOUGALL 95 BLUEWOOD LOGGING 5 KAHA 15 PAKIRI 26 MIKE HURRING THINNING BLUEWOOD THINNING MIKE HURRING LOGGING KIMBERLY 22 KAHA 15 MCDOUGALL 95 KIMBERLY 22 BRAND 103 BRAND 107 BRAND 101 BLUEWOOD THINNING BRAND 101 MCCALLUM 30 SWAIN 10 DEMPSEY 8 MANGOIHE 5 WHISKER HARVESTING 2 BRAND 107 BRAND 103 BRAND 102 LLOYD LOGGING

1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 1ST 2ND 3RD 1ST= 1ST= 3RD 1ST= 1ST= 1ST= 1ST 2ND 3RD 1ST= 1ST= 3RD 1ST= 1ST= 3RD 1ST= 1ST= 3RD

PETER DEMPSEY

DEMPSEY 8

4TH

CHARLES WIPAKI

MOUTERE 7 KAHA 15 MCDOUGALL 95 JD HARVESTING MANGOIHE 5 MOUTERE 8 LAHAR 4

1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 1ST 2ND 3RD

JAKE LOCKETT JOSEPH DAVOREN PANETA WIARI LUKE KIRK

MANUAL TREE FELLING

SHANNON TODD CHRIS WINTER LESLIE TIDY MARTY BLYTHE

FORWARDER

DEVON STEWART KELVIN STRATFORD JOHN DEWES

SHOVELLING

WIREMU STEVENSON CODY SCARRO JOHN BEACH

GROUND BASE EXTRACTION

PERRY EYLES LEE TOMLINSON

MECHANISED FELLING / PROCESSING (COMBINED)

MATTHEW BALDWIN NIGEL HUTCHINSON SAM ABEL DAVID MCCALLUM

MECHANISED FELLING

LYLE SWAIN ANTHONY DEMPSEY BRAD ATKINSON

MECHANISED PROCESSING

COLIN WROE LUKAS ASHBY SHAUN GRAHAM

MACHINE OPERATION ON THE LANDING

QC / RETRIM

MARK ALLEN

RICHARD CARMICHAEL RINGIA MAKIAKAMA RICK MEEUUSEM MITCH SKELTON

YARDER

KELVIN BOUSKILL SMILER KATENE

PLACING

Brand Logging’ successful threesome, from left, Lee Tomlinson, who was firstequal in Ground Based Extraction, Mark Allen, who was first-equal in Machine Operation on the Landing and Perry Eyles, who was also first-equal in Ground Based Extraction, for period two of 2019.

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Chris Winter, of Kaha 15, was third in Manual Tree Felling for period two of 2019.

Wiremu Stevenson, of Kaha 15, was first-equal in Shoveling for period two of 2019.

Cody Scarrow, of McDougall 95, was third in Shoveling for period two of 2019.

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Anthony Dempsey, of Dempsey 8, who was third in Mechanised Felling for period two of 2019.

Colin Wroe, of Whisker Harvesting 2, was first-equal in Mechanised Processing for period two of 2019.

Peter Dempsey, of Dempsey 8, was fourth in Machine Operation on the Landing for period two of 2019.

Charles Wipaki, of Moutere 7, was first-equal in QC / Retrim for period two of 2019.

Richard Carmichael, of Kaha 15, was first-equal in QC / Retrim for period two of 2019.

Ringia Makiakama, of McDougall 95, was third in QC / Retrim for period two of 2019.

Rick Meeuusem, of JD Harvesting, was fourth in QC / Retrim for period two of 2019.

Kelvin Bouskill, of Moutere 8, was second in Yarder operation for period two in 2019.

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www.fica.org.nz

Business Confidence To many of you this will not be news majority of you have mentioned this in conversations I have had on occasion these last few months but it always interesting to know that from a consensus we are on the same page. Annually FICA engages with UC in , exception the trends are pretty accurate. I would like to acknowledge the numbers of respondents from our membership thank you all for contributing between 25-30% logging & silviculture contractors over our total membership, as I know it’s often hard to get hold of you all between working hours away from reception and knowing you are in family time after hours. I was keen to provide more the additional comments made to our interviewer than the trends that are also included in this issue of the magazine

recommendation is that the industry was a good place to work. level, but a majority of our respondents signalled no change so that’s promising that a majority of our members have contracts with long term stability.

Training

, heard in the recent announcements by the Ministry of Education with their new establishment of a multi polytech structure, but through the submission that FICA jointly put in to the reform with NZFOA, we need to follow through with all meetings being held in the next few weeks. It looks like we might be involved with the Primary Industries sector moving forward and need to ensure we have our say at the table with the other primary sectors. Our industry has a far greater need for funding as we deliver more than often to distant remote locations.

Skills Shortage was also a hot topic but the industry needs to ensure we know exactly what that shortage looks like, as four months ago we were advocating that we literally did not have enough people to enter the industry and pick up the roles that were vacant, some four months on we cannot say that with the need the right skilled personal in the right jobs, we are short of skilled operators and that is only going to get more important as we embark on mechanisation and technology improvements in industry is in need of professionals.

The key that came out of the survey was the skills and qualities of the people we want in our industry and the top 6 in order of priority were: • Reliability, commitment and good work ethics • Good attitude and character • • Experience • Getting out of bed and want to do a day’s work • Clean & drug free It was also noted from some interviewed that there was a much greater number of contractors out there and almost , and depleting the labour pool, which has resulted in spreading ourselves too thin. The supply and demand equation is wrong,

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Prue Younger, CEO Message loggers out there and too much wood more young people into the industry with training to task and on site training was a common tone and that these young people needed to be trained to be ready to work. And from silviculture contractors the situation is planting trees has been elevated with supported a similar working environment if not improving going forward with many indicating that they will increase their workforces.

They also mentioned that the feedback from their major customers was pretty good and they felt well informed of the current industry environment so that is great to hear.

Training for silviculture

voted

was unanimously

from leadership to management to negotiation. And interestingly the skills and qualities for silviculture employees, pretty well mirrored the loggers comments and views. They felt more aligned to asking the real question as to how can we get New Zealanders to work and while we do, we need immediate help from Immigration NZ to get more migrant workers in the interim to avoid missing vital contracts for silviculture, this had to be priority. Again they voiced that the right balance had to be recognised and the right applicants were required by providing ongoing training to empower forestry employees to be seen as a core trade.

Pay rates have been the challenge for this sector and wages need to be matched with physical demand and skill. Many recognised that many forest owners have supported the Forest , living wage so we hope that this is the case highlights the need to work on improving the lack of trust between contractors the industry and it s been at the centre of discussion that the living wage will do this.

On a positive note, many commented that FICA is doing a good job and it s representing its members well, with a comment made to keep on doing what you are doing. Many contractors expressed very strong support for FICA and its work programme. Equally a good message that came through too, which would be hugely , out to members along with statistical data to empower contractors with knowledgeable facts when going into negotiations or expanding their business.

And, at this stage, I think the take home point for me is just to continually feed our membership with industry information and make sure we are pre-empting change rather than rescuing those The recent industry downturn, which in this commodity market has occurred three times in the last twenty years, means we can burning in winter!

Thanks again to UC, David Evison and Phoebe Milne for their contribution and to the industry for sharing their comments.

new iron

MANGOIHE SUMITOMO

TOMBLESON CAT

Mangoihe Logging has taken delivery of a new Sumitomo SH300TL-5, complete with a Priceright guarding package, Doherty hitch and Ensign grapple and hanger. Steve Harris, co-owner and operator, is very happy with all facets of the machine, which is working in full-time road lining, and he says the versatility and performance makes the job easy. The machine was sold by Mardi Pritchard, AB Equipment.

Nick from Tombleson Logging has taken delivery of a new Cat 538LL Forest Machine. Driven by a powerful Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, the purpose-built 538LL is matched with an Ensign 2430 grapple. Nick and the team are very happy with the performance of their new machine, which was sold by Mark Costello, from Gough Cat.

KOMATSU TRACTIONLINE FOR MCCORMICK

DG GLENN’S NEW JOHN DEERE

Kerry and Connor McCormick have purchased this Komatsu PC300LC, which was converted into a Tractionline tether base by EMS in Rotorua. The machine joins the other recently delivered Komatsu PC300LC with a fixed head grapple on the job in Kaingaroa Forest. Kerry and Conner like the advances and power of this new set-up. Delivered by Paul Roche and the team at Komatsu Forest, along with Chris Hancock and Jono Cuff from EMS Rotorua.

DG Glenn has taken delivery of another John Deere 959HM, adding to the company’s impressive fleet. The felling head is a Woodsman Pro FH1350C and the combination with the John Deere is making short work of lowering the timber in the Hawkes Bay.

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CAMPBELL DOOSAN

OLSEN CAT

Craig and Jeff, of Campbell Contracting in South Canterbury, have taken delivery of a new Doosan DX300LL complete with a live heel and Ensign 1730 grapple to put in their woodlot operation. The new machine is performing a number of duties and they are very impressed with the reach and lift power at full reach, not to mention the slew and track power. Pictured, from left, are Craig Campbell and Jeff McNeilly. The machine was sold By Steve Varcoe, of AB Equipment.

This Cat 548 Forest Machine is a new arrival for Sam Olsen, from Olsen Cable Harvesting. The 548 replaces an older Cat 320DFM. Operator, ‘Bear’, has been looking forward to putting it to work on fleeting and loading duties in the Tokoroa region and was not disappointed when it arrived.

HYUNDAI FOR KD LOGGING

BRAND TIGERCAT & SATCO

The latest version of the highly successful Hyundai 30-tonne grapple loader has been delivered to KD Logging. Porter Equipment says the new model incorporates the great spec levels and unbeatable value customers have become accustomed to in a genuine factory-built forestry package. Owner, Kim Danz, is rapt with the new addition to his fleet, which complements his Hyundai R290 fitted with a SATCO 323 processing head – maximising production. The sale was made by Porter Equipment Taranaki Territory Manager, Dave McSorley.

Tony and Simon Brand, of Canterbury-based Brand Logging, have taken delivery of their first new Tigercat H855E harvester, fitted with a SATCO 324 processor. The machine was delivered into their operation in Balmoral Forest in North Canterbury and operator, Matt (aka Baldy), is very happy with the operation and performance. Pictured, from left, are Simon Brand, Tony Brand, Sam, Matt (operator), Matt, Dan and Brian. The machine was sold

by Steve Varcoe, of AB Equipment, Christchurch.

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MORE SUMITOMOS FOR MOREPORK After a seamless and impressive run with the Sumitomo SH240TL, Sid, Brian and Brad made the easy decision to order this SH300TL for their fleet. With a Devine guarding package, Doherty Hitch and Ensign grapple, this package is taking on a diverse number of the jobs for Morepork in the Whanganui Region. The Morepork crew is pictured with the new Sumi, which was sold by Mardi Pritchard, from AB Equipment.

JENSEN CAT Jensen Logging has taken delivery of a new Cat 336F harvester, equipped with a Southstar QS 635. The 336F was guarded by Ensign and was delivered by Mark Costello, from Gough Cat.

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JENSEN KOMATSU Russell and Margaret Jensen, of Jensen Logging, have taken delivery of a new Komatsu 875 forwarder for their thinning operations in Kaingaroa Forest. Russell says: “Over the years this is the sixth Valmet/Komatsu forwarder we have purchased from ‘Honest John’.

They have given us a very good run with minimal down time.”

Pictured, from left, are Pete Gibbs (operator), Rachael Brown, John Kosar (Komatsu Forest NZ) and Pete Earle (Komatsu Forest NZ).

RENNER TIGERCAT Peter & Wendy-Lee Renner, who own Rangiora-based Renner Logging in Canterbury, have taken delivery of another new Tigercat.

This new 632E skidder replaces their previous 630D. Scott Renner, operator, is very impressed with the extra pulling power and the new features on the big 632E, especially the increased ground speed. Pictured, are Scott and Peter Renner with the new machine, which was sold by Steve Varcoe, of AB Equipment.

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KOMATSU HARVESTLINE FOR H & J

DEERE & WARATAH FOR JODY KNOWLES

This Komatsu PC400LC, owned by H & J Forestry, underwent a conversion by the team at EMS Rotorua and the end result is a great Harvestline package – a real credit to the EMS team. Sam Johnstone and the crew are very impressed by the line speed and the resulting tonnes this unit can produce. The machine is based in Whanganui.

Delivered by Paul Roche (Komatsu Forest) along with Chris Hancock and Jono Cuff from EMS.

Jody Knowles has added a John Deere 959MH harvest machine to his logging fleet. This John Deere runs a Waratah HTH625C processing head and is working in forests around Hawkes Bay.

SUMITOMO FOR H&H COROMANDEL CAT Seth and Belinda, from Coromandel Contractors, have taken delivery of a new Cat 538FM, which is working in the Whangamata area clearing skid sites and sharing other duties with their forestry roading division. The machine is running a Cat quick hitch, Cat rock bucket, tilt bucket and grapple. Mark Costello, from Gough Cat, sold the machine.

Terry Harland, owner of H & H Logging in Southland, has taken delivery of a new SH240TL Sumitomo log loader. Fitted out with a full PFS guarding package and PFS forestry cabin, Terry will keep this machine busy fleeting and loading on the skid, as well as shovelling and bunching as required. H & H Logging is a fully mechanised operation contracted to Craigpine in Southland and operates in forests and woodlots throughout Southland and Otago.

Pictured with his new machine is operator, ‘Stretch’.

September 2019 | NZ LOGGER 61

new iron TIGERCAT FOR BUTTON Dave Button, of Canterbury-based Button Bros Logging, has taken delivery of his third Tigercat leveller. Dave bought the first LS855C with the Tigercat FD5195 in New Zealand a while back and was very happy with the improvements made to the new D-series, including the long undercarriage and factory tether mount.

He has now taken delivery of the new E-series, which has the new cab with better vision, self-level button etc. Phil, operator (pictured), has been on the early C & D models and is impressed with the improvements on the new LS855E. The machine was sold By Steve Varcoe, of AB Equipment.

ANDERSON KOMATSU Southland-based Doug Anderson has a new Komatsu PC300LC, fitted out with a Mark Evans-built, fully customised guarding package. The machine is operated by Dylan Anderson and he and Doug like the ability to get around the cutover thanks to plenty of power in the drives, which is a hallmark of Komatsu Forest machines. Delivered by Paul Roche and the Komatsu Forest team.

BLACKHAWK CAT The team at Blackhawk Logging recently took delivery of a new Cat 326FL fitted out with an active guarding package and an Ensign 1530 on a manual quick hitch. Sold by Mark Costello, from Gough Cat.

HITACHI FOR LEE Canterbury-based Lee Logging has taken delivery of a new Hitachi ZX250L-5 high and wide, fitted with a new Ensign 1530 grapple and CablePrice Engineering guarding package. Also delivered was a new John Deere 1910E Forwarder.

62 NZ LOGGER | September 2019

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KOMATSU PC 400LC-8

L G 2 9 7 7 0

Price $695,000 + GST Phone 0272 379 160

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LG18594

This harvester has a full EMS build, boom and arm, tilt bonnet, cab etc.

The factory radiator and oil cooler have been replaced by an high flow radiator and oil cooler. Plus an auxiliary oil cooler in the counter-weight.

Base has done 3,985 hours. Base still has 2000 hours power train warranty.

Just had it’s 4,000 hours service.

The head has done 1700 hours and still has 2300 hours left on chassis warranty.

Has the latest optimisation timberite H16 computer system.

New colour marking which is not fitted.

Currently being used and will be available end of April early May so the hours will climb a little.

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Equipment MONTH HITACHI ZX330LC-5G

2012. Hydraulic Hitch, GP Bucket, Tilt Bucket, ROPS Cab, Aux Piping, Reverse Camera, HRV's fitted to boom and arm rams.

9,882 hrs.

Auckland #E0519024

00 $150,000.00

SUMITOMO SH300-5 2014. Tidy low hour forestry spec with Satco 425 processing head.

7,992 hrs.

$328,000.00

Invercargill #E1118113

JOHN DEERE 624K

2010. Trinder log forks, Groeneveld auto lube, rear radiator guard, full mud guards, one owner driver from new. 16,342 hrs.

Nelson #E0718076

00 $76,500.00

W NO 80K $1

JOHN DEERE 624K

2013. Hydraulic quick hitch, auxiliary piping, auto lube system, lever steer, new 20.5 x 25 rims. Tidy loader. 5,091 hrs.

Christchurch #E0419010

00 $168,000.00

2007. Good tyres. Tidy grader with push block, rear rippers, auto lube, rear view camera. 11,007 hrs.

Whangarei #E0719035

00 $95,000.00

JOHN DEERE 624K

CATERPILLAR 525C

2013. Auto lube, log forks, GP bucket, as new tyres, guarding, rear camera. 9,250 hrs.

Grapple Skidder, Good condition. 12,260 hrs.

Rotorua #E0519022

VOLVO G940

00 $115,000.00

Nelson #E1018109

00 $155,000.00

VOLVO EC360CL

Waratah HTH626 Big Wood head. Devine engineering ROPS, FOPS, OPS and forestry guarding. 16,000 hrs.

Hastings #E1217095

x 00 $225,000.00

TIGERCAT 630C

2008. Tidy low hour skidder with winch. Near new front tyres and good rear tyres 6,160 hrs.

Whangarei #E1018102

00 $165,000.00

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CATERPILLAR 336D

Full bonnet, Ensign grapple. New hanger bracket also included.

12,682 hrs.

Palmerston North #E0819060

00 $200,000.00

HITACHI ZX160USRLC

2004. TROPS canopy & body guarding. Tidy machine. 9,141 hrs.

Christchurch #E0719047

00 $58,000.00

JOHN DEERE 848H

2011. 35.5 x 30 Firestone tyres, 6000 series winch, dual function grapple. 9,585 hrs.

Christchurch #E0819054

00 $188,000.00

HITACHI ZX280L-3

HIATCHI ZX210K-3

2011. Satco grapple. 12,520 hrs.

Palmerston North #E0819061

2008. High rise cabin with ROPS frame, Satco grapple. track gear getting worn. Has recently had new engine fitted. 15,500 hrs.

00 $175,000.00

JOHN DEERE 909KH

Winch, grappler comes with a set of ecotracks. Tidy machine good to go. 8,555 hrs.

00 $290,000.00

HITACHI ZX250LCH-5G

2014. New track chains, top rollers, bottom rollers, sprockets & idlers, walkways both sides, 4 track guards per side, JB hydraulic coupler, new bucket. 6,686 hrs.

Christchurch #E0819084

00 $70,000.00

TIGERCAT 630B

2010. Southstar Felling Head.Well serviced and looked after.

16,686 hrs.

Whangarei #E0819083

Wellington #E0819071

00 $148,000.00

Palmerston North #E0819055

00 $120,000.00

JOHN DEERE 648G III

2007. Has recently had new turbo and injectors fitted, runs well ready for work 9,929 hrs.

Palmerston North #E0819056

00 $125,000.00

W NO 95K $2

HYUNDAI ROBEX 300LC

2013. Tidy low hour 30T machine. With quick hitch and rock bucket. 3,132 hrs.

Invercargill #E0819075

00 $180,000.00

HITACHI ZX280L-3

JOHN DEERE 770GP

2009. Satco 630 felling head fitted. 10,432 hrs.

Palmerston North #E0819062

Branch Network

00 $177,500.00

2012. Imported from John Deere network by CablePrice directly.

Comes with 17.5 Titan Rims/tires. Complete with Front Pushblock and factory rear rippers. 4,055 Hrs. Whangarei #E1018108

x 00 $307,500.00

Rotorua 117-131 Tallyho Street (07) 349 0610

Palmerston North 20-28 El Prado Drive (06) 356 1880

Greymouth 65 Preston Road, Blaketown (03) 769 9005

Whangarei 43 South End Avenue, Port Whangarei (09) 470 0433

Auckland 1102 Great South Road, Panmure (09) 270 1360

Gisborne 15 Solander Street, Awapuni (06) 867 0928

Wellington 41-51 Bell Road South, Gracefield (04) 568 4289

Christchurch 29 Waterloo Road, Hornby (03) 349 0610

North Shore 39 Anvil Road, Silverdale (09) 426 1280

Hamilton 29 Norman Haywood Pl (07) 850 8429

Hastings 1400 Omahu Road (06) 879 8170

Nelson 5 Kotua Place, Richmond (03) 541 0200

Invercargill 203 Clyde Street (03) 211 0256

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Brightwater yarder parts + servicing – 70 main/tail shafts in stock Sept – genuine Witchita 19kk parts in stock Sept – Gears all engineered parts available

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Floor Stock on Hand Recently traded low hour HTH624C head only. Never fallen a tree.

Available now, balance of new warranty applies.

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0274 864 227 Price $200,000 + GST

Waratah 624C

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FL95 Series II Brand new floor stock, Fixed saw box felling head with 1000mm log cut. Ready to replace any existing felling head plug and play. Auto tension main saw $85,000

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FL85 Series II Brand new Floor stock, small felling head ideal for small 20 ton carrier, auto tension saw $65,000

Extra heavily reinforced model for the toughest jobs in the forest and excavator applications, Strong cushioned cylinder reduces shock loads, ž Saw unit SC300 Integrated mounting of saw motor, No hoses in the saw box, Simple installation Introductory Pricing $38,500

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Waratah 852 Log Grapple

Waratah 864 Log Grapple

Heavy duty fleet and stack grapple. High pressure cylinders allow mains pressure to be used in grapple circuit.

Price $27,750

Heavy duty fleet and stack grapple. High pressure cylinders allow mains pressure to be used in grapple circuit.

Price $29,550

USED

New Waratah SG360RS Grapple with Supersaw 650S

USED

Waratah 618C Upper and lower delimb knives along with topping saw are standard features on the HTH618C.Short, robust chassis that can easily be positioned in tight spots while thinning or taking on the bent and ugly timber for which this model is famous for.

Price $130,000.00 + GST excluding automation

USED

Rebuilt 626 Bigwood

Waratah 622B

Waratah 625C - Under Rebuild

Rebuilt 626 Bigwood - New motors, line bore, new pins, hydraulic valve bank reseal, repaint. New TimberRite automation system.

TimberRite Head only. Softwood spec. Ready to go

Just traded 625c with TimberRite Optimisation computer system, auto tension mainsaw and ž topsaw. Our Waratah technician will partially or fully rebuild this unit to meet your needs. Talk to us today.

As is price $42,500.00

*prices exclude GST and are valid for a limited period.

Jason Huitema - Customer Support +64274864227 www.waratah.com

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ContactMarty MartyororBruce Bruce Contact Ph027 027324 3249091 9091 Ph 79Chambers ChambersStreet, Street,Tokoroa Tokoroa 79 enquiries@cdlloggrapples.co.nz enquiries@cdlloggrapples.co.nz

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Re-grip for winter with our Nokian and Maxxis combo deals.

CHOOSE THE HARDEST WORKERS. Call us on 0800 NOKIAN (0800 665 426) or email info@nokian.nz to find a dealer.

Like Nokian, Maxxis understands how to make tyres stand up to the roughest of conditions and keep working hard, day after day. So this winter, we have combo offers so you can go further not only in the forest, but also on the roads that get you there. Talk to us about your requirements today.

www.maxxis.co.nz

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FOR SALE: Clark F665, 666, F667, Cat 525B Grapple Skidder, JD648G, TJACK 460, 560.

DOZERS: Caterpillar, D4H, D6C, D6H, Komatsu D65 + D85, tie back dozers, D85/21.

Excavators: Caterpillar 320, 322, 325, 330, B,C & D. Hyundai 250/9 Volvo 240C log rigged.

Teebar manufactured and sold. Wheeled loader WA470/3.

Lakeland Heavy Machinery Ltd

Branches now in the NZ LARGEST RANGE OF SKIDDER FORAND SALE:BETTER Clark 664, 666C, 666B, F67 Grapple Skidders North & South Island CHAINS, HEA HEAVIER Komatsu D65/6 and D85/21 log rigged, CAT 936, 950B and Komatsu WA470/ wheeled loaders, buckets or forks.

Forestry Tyre Chains NZ LARGEST RANGE OF SKIDDER

Branches noNZ w in LARGEST the North & South IslSTOCKS and

Super Heavy DutyHEAVIER AND BETTER CHAINS, 35.5x32 - Weight 10000kg 30.5x32 - Weight 950kg 29.5x32 28L Super Heavy Duty 23.5x26 30.5x32 - Weight 950kg

Forestry Tyre Chains

OF DOZER

NZ LARGEST + DIGGER STOCKS CHAINS, OFROLLERS DOZER + DIGGER IDLERS, CHAINS, SPROCKETS ROLLER available Roller rebuilding/reshells Track press service IDLERS, Mini Excavator tracks SPROCKETS

35.5x32

Heavy 29.5x32 Duty

30.5x32 -23.5x26 Weight 650kg Heavy Duty Machines

30.5x32 - Weight 650kg

Zaxis 270Standard with teebar. Teebars in stock.

D7H with30.5x32 winch - Weight 365kg Machines

Roller rebuilding/reshells available Track press service available Mini excavator tracks also available

PC350/6 with teebar or grapple DYH with winch

Cat and Komatsu Pumps Komatsu Pumps

WE QUOTE HEAVY TRACK CHAINS WE DUTY QUOTE HEAVY DUTY TRACK CHAINS BONING OUT DISMANTLING 525 CAT 518,CAT 525A B & C, Clark, WRECKING, SKIDDERS, John Deere TJack.

BULLDOZERS, LOADERS, Excavators all makes, CAT EXCAVATORS All Models, 3x 33OD Cat, FOR SALE: Dozer parts

NYLON / FIBRE DRIVE GEARS NYLON / FIBRE DRIVE GEARS

CAT D5B, D6D, D7H D65 & D85 KOMATSU POA TRY US WE ARE FOR WORTH IT! SALE: More Machines On Our Website NEWParts PARTS, CAT, KOMATSU, New Clark off the shelf MACHINES $2476-$6884 + gst.

Grouser Bar From $36 per 3 EXCAVATORS metres HITACHI & SUMI ADJUSTERS DOZERS + DIGGERS Scrap Handling units also 32.5x32 FIRESTONE available Used Tyres RECOIL SPRINGS AVAILABLE 126-136 View Road, PO Box 1976, Rotorua Email: info@heavy-machinery.co.nz • Phone: 07 347 0765 • Fax: 07 349 2325 • Mob 0274 945 886 ROTATING GRAPPLES TO FIT 1 TO 40 TONNES ROTATING GRAPPLES MACHINES $2476 to 30K + gst.

TO FIT 1 TONNE TO 15 TONNE Shears, dredge buckets

126-136 View Road, PO Box 1976, Rotorua Email: info@heavy-machinery.co.nz

• Phone: 07 347 0765 • Fax: 07 349 2325 • Mob 0274 945 886 Check our website for more info www.heavy-machinery.co.nz

Check our website for more info www.heavy-machinery.co.nz

EXCAVATOR WORLD

Hokitika South Island BULLDOZERS EXCAVATORS SKIDDERS

ALL NEW STOCK

ORS EXCAVAT FOR SALE

er in 0/3 30 tonn Hitachi EX30 et or grapple. ck bu r de or nice + GST $39,000

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Buckets Cabins Final Drive Parts Grapples

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Pump Parts Ram Seal Kits ROPS Slew Drives

ALL MAKES, NEW WINDOWS, NEW DOORS + PANELS, NEW RADIATORS AND COOLERS, ENGINE KITS + GASKETS, COMPUTERS, FINAL DRIVES AND PUMPS

reduce downtime.

3 WAYS COOKES CAN HELP MAXIMISE ROPE LIFE AND REDUCE DOWNTIME

Swage 6x31

Larger blocks

BriLube

Our Swaged 6x31 rope bility and increased bend cycles, meaning reduced downtime. Ensuring optimum performance from your graple yarder.

Are your blocks part of the problem? Increasing the diameter of your blocks means increasing the bend cycle performance of your ropes lowering your production costs.

Forestry ropes work hard and fast and with this generate heat and loss of lubricant. Brilube 30 will ensure you get the maximum life from your wire ropes.

YOUNGS LIGHTWEIGHT HEAVY DUTY HAULBACK BLOCKS. When using quality rope, complete the package with Youngs quality blocks.

High Strength Alloy Steel Sheaves

Price Competitive

Timken Taper Roller Bearings

Quality U.S Manufacturing

S PEA K T O T HE T E AM TH AT KNOWS THE R O P E S Northland Lana Power 029 773 0744

Tauranga Lance Godfrey 027 480 9589

Upper South Island Mike Beleski 027 479 6806

Auckland/Waikato Andy Palmer 027 474 6032

Rotorua/Lower North Island Dave Caulfield 027 474 2809

Canterbury/Lower Sth Island Steve Marshall 027 434 7148

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