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NEW KOMATSU FOR TRESIDDER
NEW MACHINERY FOR MCS MCS has taken delivery of a SANY SY305H full Ensign guarding package with high and wide with a 1730 log grapple from Shaw’s. The machine is performing the fleeting, loading and shovelling duties on the job in Northland, working out of Whang ārei.
Beau and Jen Tresidder of Tresidder Toa from Napier have recently taken delivery of a new Komatsu PC 300LC-8. It has a full Active Heavy Duty Forestry Guarding Package and is fitted with a Waratah HTH 625C. Beau commented to John Kosar of Komatsu Forest NZ that he is very impressed with his new Komatsu PC 300LC- 8 “Heaps of power, both in the tracks and for the head”. Pictured from left: Mike Lepper (Active Engineering), Mason Elliot, Les and Gail Tresidder, Jovan Hanley, Tamatoa Higgins, Beau Tresidder and John Kosar (Komatsu Forest NZ), Nick Boult (Finance NZ), Karl Christenson (Waratah NZ) and Dawn Murton. Photographer – Peter Kay.
NEW GEAR FOR MOUTERE TIGERCAT/DUXSON COMBO FOR MARLBOROUGH HARVESTING Currently operating in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough Harvesting owner, Richard Marden, has added a Tigercat LS855E to his fleet fitted with a Duxson FX142 felling head, commissioned onsite by Donaldson Mechanical. It is working in tandem with a winch assist on the steep slopes of the Wairau Valley.
48 NZ LOGGER | April 2021
This new Hitachi ZX360LC-5B Processor package was recently delivered to Moutere logging, working in the Tasman Pine Forest on the Whangamoas in Nelson. This machine features a Trinder side door, forestry cab, high lift boom and arm guarding package, with a Waratah HTH624C fitted. Operator, Bailey Arnold, says it’s smooth to operate and quick to process, adding the cab is very comfortable and he sees a huge improvement in performance and operator control. The base is stable even with trees at maximum reach which is more than his last 40 tonne machine. Sold by CablePrice Nelson.
