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GIBBS LOGGING GETS EC250DL FORESTRY CARRIER ELTEC/WOODSMAN COMBO FOR NIXIN Nixin Contractors has taken delivery of its second Eltec by Shaw's. This beauty is an LL317L fitted with a Woodsman Pro 850. Nathan is performing all the processing duties for the JNL crew just out of Masterton.
Holden and Maddy Gibbs took delivery of a new Volvo EC250DL at Te Kaha in the eastern Bay of Plenty. With the transporter towed by a grader for the first 3km then a 3km walk to site, the machine was sitting high above the Bay ready for work. The EC250DL will work alongside Holden’s EC380DL forestry carrier and two other Volvo's (EC290CL and ECR305CL) fleeting and loading for the crew. Sold and delivered by Ewen Satherley of Transdiesel.
TIGERCAT/WOODSMAN COMBO FOR HIGH COUNTRY HARVESTING Rhys Ferguson and Jamie Cook of High Country Harvesting (based in Waimate) have taken delivery of their first new Tigercat 890 fitted with a new Woodsman Pro 850 processor. The 890 replaces their older Tigercat 880 also with a Woodsman Pro 850. They had such a great run out of the 880 it was a no brainer to stay with the Tigercat/Woodsman combo. They went a bit bigger for the base this time as the added HP and lift power makes the job easier. Sold By Steve Varcoe of AB Equipment. Pictured from left: Rhys Ferguson and Jamie Cook.
NEXT GENERATION CAT FOR KING COUNTRY HARVESTING
JOHN DEERE FOR ROSEWARNE CONTRACTORS
This Next Generation Cat 336GC with an EMS traction line has been put to work with a hauler in the Tokoroa-based operation of King Country Harvesting for owners Paul Olsen and Will Marshall. Pictured with the crew, it is the second Cat unit to work in conjunction with the hauler, taking productive steep slope harvesting to the next level on the site. Sold by Terra Cat's Brent Van Der Burg.
When Rosewarne Contractors needed some serious might in the forest for stumping they looked to the 950K John Deere, seen here under the control of Rex making short work of large stumps high in the hills out the back of Pipiwai in Northland. Rex is an experienced dozer driver. It was his first time on a hydrostatic dozer and he says he can’t believe how intuitive the machine is. Sold and supported by the team in Whangarei.
48 NZ LOGGER | December 2021/January 2022
