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New Cat 558LL
ISSN 1176-0397
Making the big move XLam ramps up production
End of an era at PF Olsen
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Woodlot Harvesting’s Cat 558LL is one of the first to go to work in New Zealand.
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PAKIRI KOMATSU WILD CHERRY KOBELCO This new Kobelco SK300LC-10 High and Wide specification excavator was recently delivered to Lincoln Ellis and the team at Wild Cherry Logging and went straight to work at the 8 Mile in Lake Taupo Forest. The machine is fitted with an Active guarding package and Ensign 1730 Grapple (Devine Engineering install).
Mark and Kiritea Nyhoff, of Gisborne-based Pakiri Logging, have taken delivery of a new Komatsu PC 400LC-8, which has an Active guarding package and is fitted with a SouthStar QS630 processing head. Operator, Prince Wills, is very impressed with the “effortless� way it goes about its work. Pictured, from left, are Tihei Patuwai, Jade Tidy Rewita, Lance Porter, Te Waa Puke Puke, Prince Wills, John Kosar (Komatsu Forest NZ), Moana Jay Kenworthy and Tinus Barnard (Komatsu Forest NZ). Photo: Mark Graham (Heavy Equipment).
COMBINED JOHN DEERE
WISE SATCO & CAT
Pae and Chris Clark, of Combined Logging, have added a new John Deere 1910E to their ground base operation and kept the other unit for further duties in another crew. Seen here on delivery at Ahipara, where the crew is logging the golf course right on the coast are, from left, Clifford Urder, forwarder operator Adam Gee, Pae Clark, Tony Curl and Marty Ward.
Chris Wise, from Havendale Logging, has fitted this new SAT325T with Dasa5 optimiser to the CAT 336F processing under his swing yarder in the Masterton area. Operator, Richard Neuman, was all smiles when it arrived and he says the balance of the two is just right, adding that he is very impressed with the speed of the head and how easy it was to set up.
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CURTIS TIGERCAT Hemi and Wiki Curtis, of Curtis Logging, have taken delivery of a new Tigercat 625E skidder spec’d with band tracks and chains for their ground base crew working north-west of Whangarei. The 625E is a recent addition to the Tigercat 6-wheel drive skidder family that generates 231hp from its Tier 2 FPT engine, has a longer wheelbase than competitors and a massive 21ft² plate tine grapple. The new 625E is keeping good company, hauling away from a Tigercat H855C harvester to feed another Tigercat H855C processing on the skid. After only a few drags operator, Glen Hauraki, was already impressed with how quiet the engine was, how stable it felt and how much wood he could pull. Pictured with the new beast, from right, are Glen Hauraki and Cullen Curtis who also gets behind the joysticks when required.
SINCLAIR SATCO Russel Sinclair has taken delivery of SATCO 325MT head. SATCO has an option with this series of heads to put two single knives instead of the double knife, which gives room for a small top saw and weight doesn’t change. Operator, Lance Holden, in centre of picture, is impressed with the new design, including the new hosing configuration and he says there is no loss of holding power when felling.
DOWN & OUT SOUTHSTAR
CAT FOR HUBBARD
Dean James, owner of Down & Out Logging, has put this SouthStar QS635 Grapple Processor head onto a Sumitomo SH350HD-5. This is the first Grapple Processor to be sold in to New Zealand, combining the versatility of a grapple and the functionality of a processor into one effective head, which reduces the amount of equipment required.
Johnson Hubbard, of Hubbard Logging (son of Rodney and Ngahuia Hubbard of Ronga Logging, Rotorua), has taken delivery of his first owned and operated machine, a Cat 552 leveller with Woodsman 750 processing head. The decision was made for a full multipurpose machine that spends most of its time falling, trimming and bunching in the Mamaku forest. This 552 also has the ability to walk onto the skid and process timber for the log loaders to fleet and load out. Sold by Shayne Kennedy from Gough Cat.
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