NZ Logger July 2022

July 2022

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FOREST TALK Forestry registration soon underway; IKEA converting NZ land for plantations; New owners for New Forests; Farewell; NZ partners with California on climate; Quayside Holdings acquires chunk of PF Olsen; A free pass for agriculture?; Māori question government climate intentions; Managing planting season disruptions; Planting still strong; Consider growing ‘black diamonds’; Forestry Congress focuses on youth; NZIF award and scholarship applications open; Marlborough inland port taking shape; On workplace culture and safety.

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SHAW’S WIRE ROPES IRON TEST The NZ Logger Iron Test team joined the Lealand Logging 040 crew at a gently sloping compartment in the Timberlands-managed Kaingaroa Forest. Here 100 tonne per pay load doubles cart out about ten times a day on average, with the help of a new John Deere 624P wheel loader.

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SPECIAL FEATURE: LOG LOADING A phrase like “It’s the way we’ve always done it,” stands as an open challenge to ISO whose track record of innovation shows it to be pretty relentless in finding safer, smarter and faster ways of doing things. Its latest log loading innovations are no exception.

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WORKER WELLNESS Despite the forestry industry’s proactive approach to health and safety, it remains an industry at heightened risk. The increasing popularity of cannabis and other drugs does not mix well with steep slopes and heavy machinery. We take a look at what can be done to address the issue.

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Tackling the hard stuff HISTORICALLY, FORESTRY HAS BEEN ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S MOST dangerous industries on an injury rate per worker basis. The increasing popularity of cannabis and other drugs has only exacerbated the situation.

As business owners and managers in this safety-sensitive industry have found that they are now held responsible for creating a safe and healthy environment under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, this includes ensuring workplaces have robust drug and alcohol policies, employee education and drug testing programmes in place.

We take a look at how companies are tackling this, particularly in the aftermath of increasing recreational drug use with COVID lockdowns. A success story in Northland shows the benefit of different stakeholders working together.

Also in this issue is an intriguing Special Feature on log loading. ISO’s fleet of fluorescent green trucks stand out like a beacon, and the firm’s profile at New Zealand log export ports is equally prominent. Safety and efficiency are top-of-mind at ISO and served as the driver behind a string of recent innovations in the log transport and loading process. Plenty to get your teeth into in this one.

In case you missed it, we also offer an overview of the recent FICA and Safetree Conference held in beautiful Queenstown. The combination of motivation, industry developments, skills and regulatory overviews (plus goodold fashioned humour) did not disappoint. Despite being postponed twice, courtesy of COVID, the event was as professional and efficient as ever for the audience of forest owners, managers, contractors, policy makers, government representatives and workers.

The ethos of the conference was that good leadership and good workplace culture are prerequisites for positive health and safety outcomes, and that all workers have a right to come home to their whãnau and feel engaged with and fulfilled in their work.

As we go to print, Matariki is around the corner. We hope you made the most of this time with your whãnau, taking the time to rest, celebrate, reflect on the year gone by and plan for the future.

Until next time, stay safe.

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Forestry registration soon underway FROM 6 AUGUST THIS YEAR, LOG TRADERS AND FORESTRY ADVISORS operating in New Zealand will be required to register under a new regulatory system being developed by MPI under the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Act. The launch of the registration system will be a significant milestone for the forestry and wood processing sector and the businesses and people who work, invest, trade, and provide advice across the sector, says Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service, adding, “It is a step forward in strengthening the integrity of the forestry supply chain and enhancing transparent and openness for those in the sector”.

The registration system aims to ensure logs grown in New Zealand are bought and sold in a transparent and professional manner. Registration will be a legal requirement for any business acting as a log trader and individuals providing forestry adviser services. People operating in these areas should be aware of the benefits of being registered, as well as their obligations.

The range of forestry matters covered in the Act include advice on the establishment, management, or protection of a forest, management or protection of land used for forestry, appraisal, harvest, sale, or utilisation of timber or other forest produce, and the application of the emissions trading scheme to forestry activities.

According to MPI, those required to register under the Act will need to pass a fit and proper person test and comply with regulations and practice standards to support a more transparent and open market for log sales and professional advice. This also aims to provide investors and forest owners with greater confidence in the forestry sector, including in the advice they receive on the management and valuation of their forestry assets.

Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is currently working on developing the registration system, including building the core IT infrastructure and portal for lodging and processing of registrations.

For the purposes of the registration a log trader is a person, in trade, buying, or exporting logs grown in New Zealand, processing logs they have grown themselves, or a person acting as an agent for another person doing any of those things.

Forestry advisers are individuals who in the ordinary course of business provide advice on one or more of a range of forestry matters. They may also act on behalf of another person in relation to the sale and purchase of timber, or other forestry products, make inspections or prepare reports in connection with a forestry advisory service.

There is a one-year transition period for log traders and forestry advisers to get registered before penalties will apply from 6 August 2023. NZL

IKEA converting NZ land for plantations INGKA GROUP, THE LARGEST FRANCHISEE OF IKEA STORES internationally, has received consent to buy more sheep and beef farming land in the South to convert to forestry.

The Overseas Investment Office’s April decisions include a successful application by Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ and Ingka Investments Management NZ, from the Netherlands, to acquire some 1118 hectares of land in Koneburn Road at Waimumu.

The applicants are owned by Ingka Investments BV, the investment arm of Ingka Group, one of 12 different groups of companies that own the Swedish furniture and homeware giant.

In a statement, the company stressed the property — like its other two New Zealand acquisitions — would be planted in plantation forestry, not used for carbon farming.

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Koneburn, owned by Brian and Dawn Copland, has been in the Copland family for four generations. For the past 27 years, it has been leased by Mr and Mrs Copland’s daughter, Deborah, and her husband, Jon Wood.

The sale price was withheld. The decision summary said the applicant had been granted consent to acquire the land under the special test relating to forestry activities.

The summary said the company intended establishing and maintaining plantation forest — predominantly radiata pine — over parts of the land at Koneburn assessed as being best suited to forestry.

The company estimated new planting of about 977ha of the land which was best suited to planting after allowing for infrastructure (4.9ha), native plantings (52.5ha), unplantable (43.3ha) and various setbacks (31.3ha).

It has proposed subdividing and selling about 9ha, including a house and three sheds.

Last year, it got consent to buy 5500ha sheep and beef station Wisp Hill in the Owaka Valley and it acquired the 610ha Old Hill Rd property in Central Hawke’s Bay in April.

At Wisp Hill 300ha of gorse has been removed. The first 274,000 of three million seedlings have been planted — including more than 40ha of manuka with the potential to support up to 200 beehives — and 20km of new, all-weather roading have been laid. NZL

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New owners for New Forests MITSUI & CO AND NOMURA HOLDINGS have entered into an agreement to purchase a 100% shareholding of New Forests, global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies.

The agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to be completed by December 2022, will see Mitsui become a 49% shareholder and Nomura a 41% shareholder, with the remaining 10% shareholding retained by New Forests’ staff.

Mitsui has been a shareholder in New Forests since 2016 and will increase its shareholding from approximately 23% to the 49%.

Mitsui and Nomura will provide capital to support New Forests’ strategic growth initiatives and the global expansion of its investment platform. In addition, New Forests will leverage Nomura’s global distribution network, particularly across Japan and more broadly in Asia.

Mitsui and Nomura share New Forests’

commitment to sustainability and vision to see investment in sustainable land use and forestry as central to the transition to a sustainable future – including addressing climate change and the conservation of nature; supporting the transition to a circular bio-economy; and contributing to the prosperity of communities where New Forests operates.

As part of this agreement, founder, CEO and Chairman David Brand will continue with New Forests until 30 June 2025 and focus on strategic initiatives and growth opportunities.

Mr Brand says, “New Forests has achieved a great deal over the past 17 years, growing institutional investment in the forestry asset class and re-imagining the investment opportunities in rural landscapes. The rising need to substantially increase investment in sustainable land use, along with increasing investor interest is creating an opportunity to accelerate the growth of New Forests.” NZL

Farewell

THIS MONTH WE SAY GOODBYE TO our Advertising Manager, Trish Barnett, after more than a decade of being part of the NZ Logger family. A familiar face to many of you, we wish her well in her future endeavours.

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NZ partners with California on climate NEW ZEALAND AND CALIFORNIA HAVE signed a cooperation deal on climate change. The Memorandum of Cooperation will facilitate the sharing of information, experiences and research in reducing emissions as well as working together on projects that are good for the climate.

“Taking action on climate will secure our environment and our economy, so it makes sense to partner with allies in this shared problem,” says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

“We both aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century.

This agreement means we’ll work together to share expertise and experience and collaborate on projects that help meet each other’s targets.

“As the fifth largest economy in the world, California will be a significant player in the global low-emissions transition and an important partner in our efforts.

“We each have comparable, broad-based plans to emissions reduction, and know it will take every sector of our economies playing their part.

“As a result we both have ambitious

policies for zero-emission transportation on land and sea, energy innovation, clean power generation, nature-based solutions and zero waste initiatives.

“The agreement provides a framework for cooperation across a range of sectors including on zero emissions vehicles, energy storage and smart grids, emissions trading schemes, and climate smart agriculture.

“No country is immune from the impacts of climate changes, so it’s just common sense to collaborate with like-minded partners to meet mutual goals,” she says. NZL

Quayside Holdings acquires chunk of PF Olsen QUAYSIDE HOLDINGS HAS ACQUIRED 44% OF PF OLSEN AS OF 10 June 2022. Direct Capital is selling its shareholding after 11 years as a shareholder.

PF Olsen is a leading provider of independent professional forestry services and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021. Across New Zealand and Australia, PF Olsen manages 372,000 hectares of forest, harvesting 5.1 million m³ of logs each year as well as planting 14 million trees per annum.

Quayside, as the investment arm of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, focuses on commercial returns for the shareholder and the wider community; supporting investments while investing responsibly for strong financial returns.

Quayside’s Chief Investment Officer, Brendon Barnes, says, “This transaction is the result of a thorough due diligence process.

Quayside sees a number of compelling growth opportunities in the

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forestry sector and the investment in PF Olsen will be the catalyst for many of these. PF Olsen is a household name with a long legacy. We are excited to work alongside the strong management team to grow the company for the benefit of our community and New Zealand”.

“During Quayside’s due diligence phase we were impressed with their investment strategy and particularly how well it aligned with our strategy and growth aspirations. The partnership with Quayside will allow PF Olsen to maximise these opportunities and continue to provide strong service for our clients,” adds Ross Larcombe, PF Olsen CEO. As a result of the investment by Quayside, PF Olsen will continue to focus on its key markets, customers and developing growth possibilities. There will also be further employment for the region, as well as opportunities for iwi and other community groups, with a strengthening of community relationships. NZL

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A free pass for agriculture?

AOTEAROA’S FORESTRY SECTOR HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO A proactive stance in the battle against climate change since it entered the ETS in 2008. In the 14 years since then there’s been a lack of real commitment from agriculture to join the fight, says New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) President James Treadwell.

The recent release of He Waka Eke Noa – Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership (HWEN) offers little hope for change, he says. He acknowledges forestry and agriculture must, and often do, work side by side. “Agriculture is a material export earner for the nation and its ongoing viability and success matters hugely, we also recognise that agriculture supports many individual farmers and rural communities.

“Unfortunately, since forestry entered the ETS over a decade ago, we have seen a lot of talk and very little action from agriculture to respond to climate change,” he adds. “This lack of action has compounded the problems New Zealand now faces, and sadly we don’t see HWEN offering any sort of decent roadmap to face the current reality we all must deal with.”

NZIF is calling for the Government to do the right thing for “NZ Inc” as a whole. “It’s time to stop buckling to the agricultural sector lobbying, and farmers with a ‘head in the sand’ denial of the real issues.”

Mr Treadwell asks, “Where’s the incentive in HWEN for farmers to seek advice or just get on with tree planting? As drafted, the HWEN proposals are no help: they’re more of a free pass for agriculture to ignore reality.”

NZIF acknowledges some positives from HWEN. It identifies forests as offset opportunities within farm systems – a positive outcome which will provide some breathing space while farm systems adapt.

Mr Treadwell believes it’s exactly the sort of action plan which should have been in place for the last decade.

However, there are some deep-rooted issues with HWEN he says: “NZIF finds it unacceptable that a farmer-dominated Board will retain oversight over the HWEN, and in particular future price setting for agriculture emissions. NZIF also believes the proposed levy price, 5-10% of the current market price for an NZU (a tonne of carbon) shows little commitment to climate change. It would also enable

farmers to profit from sequestration while paying little for emissions.

“A farmer could plant a small area in trees and enter the ETS selling their NZU’s for $70 or more, which under HWEN would enable them to then emit 10 tonnes of carbon for each tone they have sequestered.

HWEN therefore has the potential to allow agriculture to increase its emissions.”

In the past, the farming sector has claimed it shouldn’t be captured in the ETS because there is inadequate science or options to reduce emissions. But NZIF is calling this out as fake news, he adds. “Many leading farmers are demonstrating profitable livestock farming with reduced intensity of stocking and fertiliser. Farmers also have land on which they can plant trees. A portion of their land (10-20% depending on farm type) in trees would offset livestock farming emissions.”

The NZIF believes this “denial” is no longer an appropriate response.

Climate resilience is vitally important for all New Zealanders including farmers, says Mr Treadwell.

He adds that forests and wetlands are particularly important in this era of climate change, as they help moderate the impact of severe weather events. Hillsides denuded of forest cover shed more water during intense rainfall events, leading to more extreme flood events downstream, damaging downstream infrastructure, communities, and ecosystems. Forest and wetlands ‘soak-up’ intense rainfall and prevent or at least slow and reduce the impact of flood events. Trees on farms increase soil stability, and livestock welfare (shade and windbreaks).

“Planting of trees and restoration of natural ecosystems on erosionprone land, riparian zones, and wetlands in our rural areas needs to be a priority. This will increase carbon sequestration, water quality and biodiversity values. There should be no argument from the agriculture sector about the need to plant trees on their properties: it’s not just good for NZ Inc but it will also increase farming profitability.”

In the big picture, New Zealand is risking its future and potential reputational damage, he says: “Will our overseas consumers of high end ‘Pure New Zealand’ agricultural produce decide it is no longer so pure… And shop elsewhere? Only time will tell. But the New Zealand government has the opportunity to address imbalance and accountability around emissions right now. NZL

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Māori question government climate intentions THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING ENORMOUS damage to the value of whenua Māori and the future of Māori around Aotearoa through their current proposal to remove exotics from the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme, says leading independent organisation for Māori business, Te Taumata.

“Our Māori forestry leaders have been highlighting a potentially transformative opportunity to see massive growth in the Māori economy – with benefits flowing through every Iwi, hapū and whanau – by using what is otherwise ‘low productivity land’ to establish fast-growing exotic trees for the permanent category of the ETS,” says Te Taumata Chair Chris Karamea Insley.

“The Government seems unable to get past the coloniser mindset of telling our whanau how to use our lands and educating us on ‘doing our bit’ through the narrow constraints of the western view of land use,” says Mr Insley. “In doing so, they are denying Māori the right to use our land as we see fit, in what amounts to one of the largest confiscations of the value of whenua Māori in recent memory.”

Māori don’t need climate education, they

need the Government to stop preventing them from taking climate action, he adds.

“The Government’s latest announcements are frankly insulting at a time when the Government is proposing to legislate away Māori landowner rights, removing the single largest opportunity for Māori to engage in climate action.

“Māori landowners have a $7 billion opportunity to participate in the carbon economy. To make that possible, all the Government needs to do is… nothing.

“If our land is not tied up in red tape, we can ‘do our bit’ for climate change – as the Minister puts it – and for Aotearoa as well.

And we can do it without millions in cost to the taxpayer.”

Minister Shaw recognises that “transition should be led by Māori and that will require building Crown–Māori relationships and capability to work together as equal partners”.

“At present we have seen very little evidence of a commitment to this approach, as the Government continues to try to dictate their climate agenda to us, while hamstringing the single most effective opportunity for Māori-

led climate action,” adds Mr Insley.

“It is simply unacceptable to produce a raft of policies, followed by narrow focused and time-constrained processes that can scarcely be called consultation, and call it a commitment to partnership.

“We expect the Government to start from the beginning with us to show a true commitment as equal partners under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

While the Government is urging Maori to move from pine and other exotic species to native forest, many Maori have already planted pine in response to the Government’s one billion trees target and are collecting more carbon credits from the fast-growing forests than they could with natives – and they don’t want to switch.

Last month, Māori leaders and foresters met with Government Ministers about proposed changes to exclude the future permanent plantings of exotic forests like radiata pine from the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Māori say they are prepared to go to the High Court and the Waitangi Tribunal and various iwi are concerned that the change will breach their Treaty settlements. NZL

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Managing planting season disruptions RESEARCH COMMISSIONED INTO TREE PLANTING IN RESPONSE to the COVID-19 lockdown and potential disruptions to the One Billion Trees planting projects and the wider sector, provides welcome solutions to problems with which foresters and planters are all too familiar, says Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service.

“The newly-published research has enabled us to come up with strategies to successfully plant trees outside of the normal planting season, and also have a better understanding of how to safely hold back trees in nurseries without impacting the quality,” says Emily Telfer, Programme Delivery Manager, Forest Science at Te Uru Rākau.

With tree planting normally carried out in the middle of the year, significant work is required in nurseries leading up to winter to prepare a crop of trees and by landowners to prepare sites for planting.

“The yearly forestry planting cycle follows a sequential series of steps and is driven by biology, so the research set out to look at what mitigations can be utilised when the sequence is disrupted,” says Ms Telfer.

Managing disruptions to a planting season, site maintenance when planting is delayed, and ‘right tree, right place’ in an extended planting season were some of the topics covered in the research.

Ms Telfer says while the bulk of the research was undertaken as

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a response to the disruptions caused by COVID-19, the outcome is a package of new understanding which will be invaluable for tree planting in New Zealand.

“Disruptions to a planting season can have major implications, especially when you consider nurseries are carrying 50-60 million seedlings heading into a planting season to meet planting demands.

“If we need to delay plants leaving the nursery, there are a number of techniques which nurseries can use to keep plants in good health until the time they can be dispatched and planted.”

The research explored innovative approaches to manage sites that are unable to be planted in a season, including ways of increasing site fertility to increase the success and health of trees once they are able to be planted.

Among the options looked at were the potential to apply nutrientrich waste like treated dairy shed effluent and wastewater, and site preparations that made the most of existing slash to protect new trees from drying wind.

The One Billion Trees Science Extension team, in partnership with the Canopy Website team has summarised the key research findings into easy-to-read factsheets. The factsheets are based on work by researchers at Manaaki Whenua, Scion and Tane’s Tree Trust, and are available at Canopy.govt.nz NZL

Planting still strong THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES (MPI) UNDERTAKES AN annual survey of tree stocks sold by commercial forestry nurseries in New Zealand following the main winter planting season. The results are aggregated to produce estimates of total national sales, and then modelled to estimate the total area of planting by species and species group.

The most recent commercial nursery survey results show that 96.5 million seedlings were planted in 2021, which corresponds to an estimated 95 thousand hectares of new planting and replanting.

Survey respondents indicated their intention to plant 120 million seedlings in 2022. In 2021, twenty-nine commercial nurseries completed the survey, of which eleven supplied bulk sales of mānuka

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as their primary activity or in combination with sales of seedlings from plantation establishment.

The total area of forest planting in the winter of 2021 is provisionally estimated from the nursery survey data and associated modelling to be 95,000 hectares. The total area of new planting in 2021 is estimated to be in the order of 45,000 hectares. Replanting of harvested areas is provisionally estimated to be 50,000 hectares in 2021.

The 2021 nursery survey asked commercial forestry nursery managers about anticipated sale levels in 2022. All nurseries responded. Their estimates indicate that total seedling sales may increase to 120 million seedlings in 2022.

The full report can be found on the MPI website. NZL

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Consider growing ‘black diamonds’ A BAY OF PLENTY TRUFFLE COMPANY IS SHARING THE secrets of the industry in a bid to get landowners growing ‘black diamonds’ across the country.

Ohiwa Black Diamond Truffles is receiving more than $155,000 of Government funding over three years to share its knowledge with interested growers so New Zealand can grow enough truffles for a robust export industry. The business is also researching and developing new truffle products that incorporate the health benefits of truffles with traditional Māori rongoā (healing).

The business is run by Ohiwa-based couple Matui Hudson and Annette Munday. “We’d like to see Māori land trusts and farmers around New Zealand growing truffles on unproductive land. It’s an opportunity to make money out of land with poor soil, and could offer a sideline income for farmers if they planted seedlings beside trees used for riparian planting, for example.

The truffles on our Ohiwa plantation are grown beside oak and hazelnut trees, but pinus pinea trees are also suitable. To grow effectively, truffles need alkaline soil,” says Ms Munday.

“We’ve been trialling growing spores under New Zealand natives but have found their root system doesn’t support truffle growth – although we’re still experimenting.”

Since partnering with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) through the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund last year, they have held three workshops on truffle growing, with more lined up over the coming weeks.

“We’ve already received orders for around 10,000 inoculated truffle seedlings from several hapū, and we’ve helped a Kawhia whānau set up their truffière,” says Ms Munday.

Truffles can fetch between $2500 and $3500 per kilogram, and set-up costs per hectare for growing truffles range between $35,000 and $70,000.

Ms Munday says each tree is capable of yielding 200 grams to one kilogram in well-managed plantations.

“The truffle industry has significant export potential as New Zealand businesses are currently unable to keep up with overseas demand,” says Steve Penno, director of investment programmes at MPI. “Growers could potentially earn significant sales revenue from the eventual harvest of truffles on often marginally productive land.”

Truffle hunting season began last month, using trained dogs to sniff out the truffles. Members of the public are invited to join in the fun at one of Ohiwa Black Diamonds Truffles’ public hunts. NZL

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Forestry Congress focuses on youth FUTURE FORESTERS NEW ZEALAND IS SUPPORTING A GLOBAL effort to unite forestry young professionals to promote, grow and raise awareness of the importance and opportunities of the forest sector.

At the recent World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea which called for a halt in deforestation and forest degradation and the promotion of sustainable forest management, New Zealand Future Foresters was a key part of the launch of the Global Network for Forestry Young Professionals (ForYP).

A statement issued at the Congress called for “meaningful reforms in the area of sustainable forest management, and building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests, which can only be successful with the full engagement of all stakeholders, particularly the youth.”

Executive Member of Future Foresters New Zealand, Alfred Duval, says this was the first World Forestry Congress with a substantial youth focus and youth-led sessions.

“The Congress recognised that forests are long-term solutions to an array of the world’s problems and therefore engagement of young professionals is essential in setting forest objectives because these will be the sector’s future leaders,” he says.

“In New Zealand, we are not experiencing the issues of deforestation the way the forest industry youth of some countries are, since our plantation forests have been established to prevent harvesting of native forests and are highly productive.

“Future Foresters was asked to showcase to the Congress the success of our Young Forester’s initiative so that others from around the world could witness the benefits of uniting and promoting youth for careers in forests.

“All young forest professionals at the Congress agreed on the need to protect and enhance the natural environment while providing the most sustainable resource the world has to offer. Even though we all experience forests differently, we are all on the same page.

“We are making both production and environmentally enhancing decisions now which won’t be realised for decades to come. That gives me huge passion for forestry in New Zealand, and around the world,” he says.

“Communications technology makes it easy to interact with forestry colleagues in different parts of the world, and we’ll be on a learning

Executive Member of Future Foresters New Zealand, Alfred Duval, with a delegate at the World Forestry Congress. curve to appreciate the priorities, methods of working and issues in other parts of the forest world.”

Mr Duval says the likely priorities for Future Foresters’ involvement with ForYP is to showcase the far-reaching career opportunities regardless of an individual’s background.

“We want to showcase to young Māori, young women and men, from all backgrounds, that a future in the forest industry is one that is diverse, rewarding, and sustainable where you can find your own passion and niche.”

CEO of the New Zealand Forest Owners Association, David Rhodes, who also attended the ForYP launch says it’s vital to give voice and encouragement to the next generation of the industry.

“They are in tune with the issues of tomorrow and for our policies and positions to be robust we must include their voices. This network will help achieve that” Chairperson and Founder of ForYP, Elaine Springgay, of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, adds, “Youth bring energy, innovation and are change makers. Yet youth feel excluded from the forest sector.

“They would like more employment opportunities, mentorship and career development. At the same time, we need to ensure that we are not fostering generational division: the ‘young’ versus the ‘old’.

“Each generation brings value to the proverbial table. In order to build a green, healthy and resilient future with forests, the different generations need to recognise the strengths of the others and empower and support each other.” NZL

NZIF award and scholarship applications open APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS offered by the New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) Foundation for 2022. The total value of awards offered is $24,700.

The awards open for application are: • A Future Forest Scholarship for post graduate research of up to $10,000.

• The New Zealand Redwood Company Scholarship of $5,000 for an undergraduate scholarship at the University of Canterbury School of Forestry.

• One or more Otago Southland Awards up to a combined total of $5,200 to assist a project or projects of relevance to forestry in the

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A Mary Sutherland Scholarship of $1,000 for a polytechnic student.

A University Undergraduate Scholarship of $1,000.

A Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate scholarship of $1,000.

Student poster prizes at the NZIF Conference (1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of $800, $500 and $200).

Further details and an application form are available on the Foundation web page (https://www.nzif.org.nz/about-us/nzif-foundation/ ) Applications must be received no later than 22 August 2022. The awards will be announced at the Awards Dinner at the NZIF conference being held in Auckland from 11-13 September 2022. NZL

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Marlborough inland port taking shape THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSOLIDATED HUB TO SUPPORT logistics for the primary industries of the Marlborough region is taking shape with the announcement that QuayConnect, the logistics division of Port Nelson, will develop an inland port at Riverlands, south of Blenheim.

Jaron McLeod, QuayConnect General Manager, says, “Marlborough Importers and exporters will be better served with a facility on their doorstep offering container and product storage and warehousing connected to an established logistics service.”

The Marlborough Inland Port will be located immediately adjacent to New Zealand’s largest wine bottler, WineWorks Marlborough. This will enable the efficient transfer of stock to and from the bottling plant and the use of electric tugs to reduce emissions. The Inland Port will also have storage capacity for empty and full containers, tanker and tank container (ISO) wash facilities and repairs.

The key requirement in any logistics supply chain is to remove waste. The supply chain established by QuayConnect moves empty wine bottles in trucks from Port Nelson, after they have been devanned from containers to Blenheim bottling facilities, and the trucks return with a full load of export wine. This system, established in 2017, saves approximately 1,600 tonnes of carbon a year from reduced truck movements.

The initial phase of the Marlborough Inland Port is on a 1.4-hectare site with 2.6-hectares immediately adjacent reserved for future development. The Inland Port will contain 5,000m² of warehousing

for storage and packing and a facility for container operations and storage. The facility is planned to be completed by the end of 2023.

For Port Nelson, this development is part of a wider supply chain strategy to further build efficiencies and responsiveness for Marlborough’s importers and exporters so they can continue to be price-competitive on the global market. NZL

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On workplace culture and safety Story: Hayley Leibowitz

AS ALWAYS, THE FICA AND SAFETREE conferences did not disappoint with the combination of motivation, industry developments, skills and regulatory overviews (plus good-old fashioned humour). Despite being postponed twice, the Queenstown-based event was as professional and efficient as ever for the audience of forest owners, managers, contractors, policy makers, government representatives and workers.

Starting with Safetree, the ethos of the conference was that good leadership and good workplace culture are prerequisites for good health and safety outcomes, and that all workers have a right to come home to their whãnau and feel engaged with and fulfilled in their work – the idea that the way we think drives our actions and behaviours. While Fiona Ewing was missed, moving on after close to a decade with the Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC), John Lowe replaces her as National (Acting) Safety Director for FISC. The first speaker, Callum McKirdy spoke on leading culture by stepping into the leadership role. He emphasised the importance of tapping into difference rather than similarity. While a values fit is good when choosing employees, he said divergence as well as convergence help figure out risk, planning and strategy.

He explained the need to design, harness and tweak cultures within organisations for people to thrive. Rather than catering to the bell curve, ask the question: “Am I as a leader making the best use of the uniqueness/difference/diversity that is in my team?”

The gold lies in the valleys not the hills, he said, and where difference lies, lies the ability to make a difference.

Forever evolving and changing, culture is about caring, kindness, nurturing and trust, he added.

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Callum said neurodiverse people with ADHD and other dysfunctions are often drawn to practical industries like ours and leaders should tap into that innovation. Who are your outliers and fringe dwellers? Are you harnessing their uniqueness?

The takeaway of the presentation was three key leadership questions: • What are you working on?

• How’s it going?

• How can I help?

“Leadership is about creating an environment where everybody thrives. Every conversation you have with your staff is an opportunity to build or erode trust. Leadership is about stepping into a void. It should be uncomfortable.

You need to give more. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable,” he said.

“Nurture culture to make it safe for people to be themselves. How safe is it for your people to be themselves?

Next came some perspectives directly from industry players. Allan Laurie gave an overview of Forest Manager Certification looking at what’s good, what we can improve, how we’re tracking and key recommendations. Alan Paulson then took delegates through the process of tree jacking. This alternative to machine-assist has a lot to offer. Watch this space for a detailed look at the process.

Next came Wayne Dempster with an overview of the Plant & Structures Regulations as well as Safetree’s new Winch-Assisted Harvesting Best Practice Guide (pictured opposite, below).

On the lighter side, Keynote Speaker, Nigel Latta spoke about the psychology around health and safety. His colourful talk highlighted some important home truths. Training, experience and time add up to complacency, he said.

Complacency combined with overconfidence, fatigue, stress, not saying sh*t, summit fever,

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panic and bullsh*t “will F you up” said Nigel.

The antidote to all of those? Pause, Breathe and Think.

“We are social creatures and leaders should think about how they make people feel, ‘he said.’ “Building culture is a vital aspect of health and safety. Making people feel safe and included is really important. Expressing vulnerability is really important. People must be comfortable to make a mistake or to say Stop the bus. Make it okay.

“This all takes intention, focus and effort.

Model and encourage other people to pause, breathe and think. Do everything you can to make it easy for people to feel active and involved in health and safety without making it feel onerous. There is no place for ego in a team. Work on it. Every day make people feel safe, part of the team and that they can talk about it and keep them focused on the mission, to go home safe every day,” said Nigel.

Next came two enlightening workshops by Lance Burdett and Shelly Davies. Lance spoke about adapting to our busy world. The brain looks for negative things, for differences, not similarities, he said – because that’s where the risk is. When holding things inside and not getting them out your head, you start catastrophising. This spirals and the thoughts become overwhelming. 80% of our memory is of bad things because that’s where the risk is, he explained.

What can you do about it? Three things – read, write and talk. Plus there’s sleep, being grateful and focusing on the spiritual.

“Debrief your day by talking about it. Get the emotion out. Review it. Dig deeper. Go over what you did well and what you would do differently. That’s when you learn from your past,” he said.

Lastly, Lance suggested, “Slow your

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breathing, your heart, your thoughts. We are more similar than dissimilar. Go with your heart, not your head because your heart knows best.”

Shelly got right to the point with her talk on Lessons in Badassery. “It starts with saying thank you to compliments, reframing our weaknesses as strengths, having boundaries and setting expectations,” she said.

“You don’t have to be everyone’s cup of tea – don’t give your power away by making choices based on what other people will think… be someone’s margherita.”

Reiterating the theme of the previous speakers, she emphasised, “Show up as me. To become a rockstar, be a rockstar – If you want to be something, show up as that thing. The world only knows what you show them! Life is not what’s going on around us. It’s how we respond to it. We are in control of our feelings. You are inside your head, not them. Pause, question and reframe what you tell yourself.”

Focus on FICA Day 2 began with the FICA end of the conference. FICA Chair, Ross Davis and CEO, Prue Younger spoke first. Ross highlighted the importance of promotion, education and getting the word out there, helping the public to understand what the forestry industry does and how we operate.

Prue highlighted what many of the previous days speakers had said about creating psychological safety in the industry and “starting the conversation”. She took a look at the organisation’s new Strategic Plan incorporating partnerships, vocational education and strengthening contractor certification. Now refining the view of two years ago, the plan lays out the best of who we are, how we work and what we are working towards, she said.

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She pointed out that there are two primary pillars: • Promotion – strengthening social licence, encouraging people into the workforce and growing the voice of contractors, along with support.

• Education – upskilling contractors, prioritising safety in the workspace and increasing safety.

“COVID has been a bit of a b*tch. The last few years have been challenging but forestry has navigated pretty well through the restrictions and traffic lights. Providing information and keeping the industry well-informed was good.

We can’t stop China shutting down to isolate or the Ukraine war but there will be sunshine.

There will be travel again. It’s a changing world and we must move on with it,” said Prue.

Mental Health, bringing in new workers, a micro innovation challenge and a new website are all on the cards.

Simon O’Grady then gave an overview of the Safetree Certification revamp. Last year a tactical group engaged with the industry and seven recommendations came out of that, namely: • A new Industry Charter • A new Governance Model • A new software platform • A new Certification Model • More resources for certification • Improved audit resource and framework • Clearer, more regular communication “We will never stop this,” he said.

“Participating in the process framework”, performing and the need to partnership are constantly developing.

No stranger to NZ Logger, Rien Visser then offered an interesting input with his look at 12 years of tracking logging costs and productivity in New Zealand. This overview of changes in

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mechanisation, costs and crews over the years held delegates’ attention.

Finally, Julian Kohn focused on the National Contract Template Update. One of the key drivers of the project is to address the imbalance between contractors and forest owners/managers, he said.

At the project stage an industry advisory group spoke to stakeholders regarding issues with contracts, gathered in contracts and reviewed them in terms of format and usefulness/practicality. They also reviewed the standard NEC contract with a view to adapting it to forestry standards and developing a set of standard clauses that are easier to read and understand.

Now at the pilot stage, Julian said it’s time to test, iron out wrinkles and present an option to the industry to use when developing and negotiating contracts with clients Next came a day of fun and a night under the stars of the Skyline Gondola in the snowy mountaintops. NZL

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REMEMBER THAT TIME YOUR BOSS DECIDED HE was going to make your work conditions a lot better? That’s what happened to Napi (pronounced Nar-Pea) Martin running the new-to-New Zealand John Deere 624P wheel loader for Mark Lealand of Ngongotaha-based Lealand Logging.

For operator Napi, growing up in the remote and iconic logging village of Minginui and starting out on the ground in planting and pruning crews in neighbouring Whirinaki Forest, he got used to handling rough conditions and hard work. There was plenty of jamming spades into the ground where seriously hard rock is rarely far from the surface (picture Skid 15 Road for those who know the area) and climbing trees in steep and slippery terrain. But as we get older those hard yards catch up and it is appreciated when a job and its conditions get easier, quieter and more comfortable.

That is part of what inspired Mark Lealand to seek out the smoother running and roomier cab of the 624P and bring the first one in from Davenport, Iowa, USA via Terry Duncan of AgrowQuip, Rotorua. Mark could see he had a real asset in Napi with his advanced skill levels at the controls and his dedication to the job and was looking for ways to reward that dedication and experience.

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exterior is the biggest innovation, allowing the operator’s seat to shift right back so operators can stretch out their legs (a good drawcard to keep your operators in the seat as long as possible).

A close second in the innovation department is soft hydraulic stops so the operator gets less feedback from the machine, something operators have been wanting for decades (even though some of them are too tough to admit it), but more on how that works later.

Third must be John Deere’s Quad Cool system which is a pure stroke of genius for keeping the machine temperature at a sustainable level.

Although Quad Cool isn’t brand new it hasn’t had a lot of coverage given that it is such an important feature for machine longevity, operator comfort and cleaner air for operators. Cool oil, cool hoses and cool engines equal cleaner air in the operator’s seat.

The NZ Logger Iron Test team joined Napi and the Lealand 040 crew at a gently sloping compartment about five minutes’ drive south of the Murupara log rail yard in the Timberlands-managed Kaingaroa Forest.

Here 100 tonne per pay load doubles cart out about ten times a day on average, although according to foreman, Jim Blackburn, “There isn’t really a consistent pattern… sometimes nothing for a day or two then they all come pouring in, but it’s never an issue, there is plenty of room.”

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quieter than the old one (a John Deere K series) and way quicker and stronger hydraulics as well. I was really surprised how fast it was. And the day it arrived we had it loading a truck with the K series. While we could hear the K working on the other side of the truck, the P series closer to us was almost silent.”

Iron Tester, Shaun Field, agrees with the quiet, smooth and quick verdict. “It’s almost like it’s electric, I found it quite unreal to drive. I wasn’t really considering a jump to a different machine but when I am done on harvesters this will definitely be an option for me,” Shaun says.

You can read more about that in his Iron Tester column on page 26.

Running on instinct In the Lealand Logging’s 040 crew, the John Deere wheel loader is used mostly for fleeting off the processor and loading out oversize “double” log trucks. It joins an older K series John Deere wheel loader, a John Deere levelling processor, John Deere grapple skidder and John Deere grapple loader along with a Timberpro with a fixed felling head.

Although the wheel loader can be seen as somewhat of a niche for big skid, rolling country harvesting operations, the speed and mobility and beak load size make a lot more sense than a grapple loader much of the time. When you see its efficiency, it is surprising there are not more of them in use.

With the big doubles not technically being allowed to turn around with a load or part load on due to catastrophic steel wheel rim breakages, wheel loaders save the day if an underestimation has occurred at a skid and somebody needs to scoot down the road to another skid and back quick smart with a decent volume of logs, and all that while being about

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half the weight of its tracked cousin.

We only need to watch Napi for a minute on the loader to realise we have a maestro operator on our hands. He is running it like an extension of himself and the 15-tonne machine suddenly becomes what can best be described as nimble.

“For me,” Napi says, “I handle these logs like this machine is a knife and fork and these logs are my food, it is that instinctual. I get complimented on it all the time and I appreciate that respect, mostly from the log truck drivers you know. They say it is a privilege to come in here and get loaded, and I, in turn, have a huge amount of respect for them too, bringing these trucks in here all day and half the night. And as well as working in a timely manner, whether it’s one load or ten loads a day, we are doing it safely all the time.”

Shaun is keen to get in the machine but first we throw open all the doors and see some serious thought has gone into the design. A conscious effort has been made to remove the cooling radiators away from engine heat, and instead of layers of coolers they are on both sides of the machine and on top with a huge hydraulic fan with infinite speed at the rear. This is protected by a large steel guard which Napi approves of, saying, “Some people don’t think about what they are backing into so that guard is a good feature.”

Shaun climbs in for his test drive and gives a fairly decent account of himself, a little bit rusty at first but pretty soon he has integrated himself into the flow of production and is fleeting like a pro.

After about 40 minutes of fleeting, he hands the machine back to Napi and soon after that it is smoko time. A bit over halfway through smoko we hear the jake brake of a large Western Star off-highway log

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truck coming down the nearby incline. This one is owned by M & W Calteaux Transport of Murupara and is trailer down as it rumbles past us to a turn-around bay further up the slope before returning to be loaded. It’s excellent timing for us to see the wheel loader at the money-making end of the job and get some photos of the load out.

Tag team load outs with the two John Deere wheel loaders and the tracked grapple loader mean these oversize trucks are out the gate in around 15 to 20 minutes, minimising production disruption and keeping the truck drivers and owners happy. The previous day one double had a 104-tonne payload weighbridge docket, basically threeand-a-half normal on-highway truckloads - and to have that loaded so quickly and transported with one driver is an enviable amount of efficiency.

Stable and smooth The best way to describe the Lealand 040 crew activity is smooth. You can see the experience in the smoothness of the operators and that, coupled with quite a few million dollars’ worth of equipment and huge skids (compared to woodlot skids and cramped hauler pads), makes for a smooth pathway to the nearby log rail yard. The all-weather stability of pumice underfoot in the cutover and a large and dedicated group of forest roading contractors completes the winning formula for a stable and smooth operation in Kaingaroa. It changes logging from a human struggle to meet target while coping with terrain and ground surface conditions, to a longer game of consistent large volumes on big, reliable modern machines day in and day out. That isn’t to say it’s logging on an airport runway… Kaingaroa still has some rollover

type terrain, it’s just that if it gets wet it won’t break the bank like it can elsewhere.

Napi ponders the comforts of the new loader and says, “You could put me on a heap of junk loader, Allis-Chalmers or whatever I started out on 40 years ago, I can still load these things, but you feel it. Back in the day we had to build a ramp to get the logs up over the bolsters,

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it was that bad. Now we have this high lift on the John Deere, more than half a metre of extra lift and that makes it heaps easier to do this job.”

The crew is obviously a well-oiled machine too and Lealand Logging has a long history in Kaingaroa, with Mark owning the crew for going on 34 years along with three other crews – most of them fairly consistently in Kaingaroa capitalising on the steady and reliable work that large corporates have provided in a win-win working relationship.

Mark got into the industry as a cross cutter for Don Stanaway’s crew and then bought out that crew in the eighties.

Jim (foreman) has noticed a reduction in export grades going out lately and a switch to more local markets as the forest managers try to head off any problems with a slowdown or even rumoured halt of wood going offshore due to issues in China.

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So what are the downsides to the 624P? One possible future issue is the Ad Blue. Wait, isn’t that just if you don’t fill it up?

“Historically, contamination has been a teething issue with Ad Blue,” says John Deere/AgrowQuip salesman Terry Duncan, adding, “We haven’t had any issues with it yet, touch wood and Ad Blue is something that will eventually be in every new machine. Understanding how to store and handle Ad Blue is also improving.”

Jim concurs, saying, “There are definitely contamination faults with the Ad Blue sensors on some brands of machinery, then it puts the machines in limp mode, and you can’t get them out of limp mode, and it can be a disaster. Contamination can be real, water, possibly condensation, but we think it’s often faulty sensors and a whole lot of other issues with Ad Blue. Like anything new, there will be teething issues that we just have to work through and at the end of the day we have to embrace this technology for the sake of the environment.

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Functional features With 185 years of machinery manufacture behind it, John Deere probably does have the smarts to make a reliable Ad Blue engine. Still headquartered in the USA and with around 69,000 staff worldwide, the company turns over roughly $39 billion a year and occupies number 87 on the US Fortune 500 list.

The new 624P’s engine is Tier 4 and 192HP, that’s 50HP stronger than the previous K model. The fuel tank has an extra 79 litres of capacity at 299 litres and the hydraulic pump has increased from 177LPM to 261LPM. As well as shifting the new, upgraded aircon unit outside the cab to give more leg room, the P series has a dual tilt steering column to further enhance operator comfort and space.

The new electrohydraulic (EH) control adjustments make for reduced operator fatigue by softening hydraulic stops and selecting how abrupt the log forks or boom stops are when the rams reach the end of travel or when the lever of the joystick is released. This is very welcome for reducing fatigue - and that feeling that you have done a few rounds with Mike Tyson on a bad day.

There’s nothing like misjudging ram travel while focussed on some task and getting jolted, and then trying to get back into the flow of work again. Anything that can reduce those shock loads is welcome and bodes well for all of us older operators dreading RSI/OOS and having to pace ourselves to not get injured from soft tissue overuse.

Less jolting is always good for operator and machine, it means less swearing and more uptime.

Another innovation is to personalise multi-function buttons 1 and 2 through 10 options within the monitor, including log fork vibrate that creates a slight vibrating action for precise control when dumping, or

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EH Precision Mode that allows for fine metering of log fork or boom movement. So, if an overuse pain emerges, there are adjustment options an operator can look into to reduce negative effects of repeat actions during the day.

Operators can set and store up to 10 different attachment configuration settings including flow, responsiveness and other modes through the monitor.

The ground level servicing of filters and even refuelling at ground level, all located on the left side behind the cab door makes for a far safer workplace, especially on those frosty Kaingaroa mornings when ice on catwalks and steps can be a real threat to safety even when being extra careful.

John Deere eliminated 40 potential hydraulic leak points during the redesign of this machine over previous models and figured out how to remove 4 hydraulic crossings of the articulation point - which is nice to know when contemplating the monthly hose-doctor invoices.

Cooling and innovations around it are critical in logging operations, as things get faster and hotter, more dust is raised, and more fins are clogged… and so they get hotter and so on. John Deere’s Quad-Cool places the radiator, air-conditioner condenser, intercooler, and hydraulic, transmission, and axle coolers in a unique boxed configuration that’s isolated from engine heat, boosting efficiency and durability.

It is nice to open the doors and see single coolers well back out of the heat of the engine. The rear fan then sucks air in through the rear grill and pushes it out the side and top coolers. It also does a reverse blow to help keep the coolers clean. It will be interesting to see if there is a way to use this system in excavators and other forestry machinery in the future. NZL

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Above from left: Iron Tester, Shaun Field, crew owner, Mark Lealand, crew Foreman, Jim Blackburn and John Deere AgrowQuip salesman, Terry Duncan observing the new loader at work.

Below: Napi Martin is stoked with his new John Deere wheel loader.

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AMPLE POWER I AM USUALLY ON A TETHERED FELLING MACHINE AND I HAVEN’T operated a lot of wheel loaders. They are not that common really. My last one was ten years ago actually and it had a bucket, but I have loaded logs with one before for sure and you never really lose the feel for it once you’ve got it.

Napi gives me a brief rundown of the controls and a demo of what goes where in the fleeting, and I climb in for my turn.

All the footsteps and handrails are in good spots.

My first impression is that the John Deere 624P is spacious compared to the K model on the other skid and in general compared to other loaders I have run. The seat is comfortable, and as I am the same height as Napi I don’t need to adjust it at all. I notice it has a seat heater and seat cooler which is mint. I start up and it is super quiet. The John Deere screens are familiar from operating their other forestry machines.

The rear camera is very good, it has a good wide view and is sharp.

I don’t set off the rear radar but hey, good to know it is there working to alert me if something or somebody is there and I miss them while focussing on handling logs. The radar is like the proximity sensors on a car, which is a massive bonus on a busy skid like this.

I just put the loader in drive and it works perfectly without me needing to deal with the gears. It has ample power for the job at hand, a wicked amount actually. The responsiveness of the controls is the best I have been in - real smooth, like crazy smooth.

On the old models the forward and reverse was on the steering wheel, but with this one it is on a joystick with the beak open and close, so I have to be careful not to drop the logs instead of backing up or vice versa, but I iron that out pretty quick.

Most of the time I am running this loader I am chatting to 040’s feller buncher operator on the radio, which is located right in front of the joystick, so it’s easy to use. Often radios are just thrown in as an afterthought but having it in a convenient place saves a lot of time when you add it all up over the day.

How Mark and Jim have set this skid and logging job up is really well

planned and laid out. Always has been. Makes it easy and quick for the operators.

The Ensign forks are good. They have the high lift kit which is a bit difficult to grab with as the forks won’t lay flat on the ground, but you need the extra height with all the off-highways otherwise you can’t get over the higher bolsters.

The loader has good speed loaded and unloaded. You are always going to lose a bit of stability when you have a big load in the beak, but it barely affected operation.

I can definitely say wheel loaders have come a long way. It is almost as if this thing is electric, it is so quiet and strong. I wasn’t really thinking about wheel loaders as a future option on my horizon but now I definitely am after running this one. NZL

Iron Tester, Shaun Field (left), and regular John Deere 624P loader operator, Napi Martin, discuss the smooth hydraulic stops on the new machine.

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N THE GOOD OLD DAYS LOADING SHIPS was done with a lot of labour. Crated goods were loaded into cargo nets which the ships’ cranes then hauled aboard.

Stevedores then manually stacked them in the hold.

Of course, containerisation transformed much of the business of shipping, and of shipside handling operations. However, if you watch logs being loaded at most ports around the world it won’t look much different to the old-style cargo net process, except they are loading logs rather than boxes.

Logs still arrive at the ship’s side by loader or on a trailer. The ship’s crane lowers strops which are manually wrapped around the logs and the crane hauls them aboard. On the ship they are unhooked, then the stevedoring crew on deck uses small diggers with log grapples to line them up neatly in the hold or up against stanchions lining the ships deck, stacking the load height 12 to 15 metres above deck level.

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Having to attach strops around logs every few minutes is hard physical work, not to mention hazardous. Releasing the strops, which could easily be under tension, can be even more hazardous, even if the closest workers are reasonably well protected in a machine cab.

While some log loading operators still use this process, ISO has revolutionised the log loading process for its customers at Tauranga and Gisborne ports, so that it now takes some 50% fewer people and less time to load the ship and send it on its way.

ISO was founded in 1995 as a stevedoring company, which fundamentally is the process of loading or unloading ships. Since then, the company has diversified into other businesses where it has seen opportunities to add value for customers. More often though, it needed to ramp up efficiency in these other operations to keep up with its ability to load ships. It is now a multi-

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faceted logistics company focused on port operations.

The company handles around 60% of New Zealand’s export log trade. It loads over 500 log vessels a year, around 11 vessels a week.

While logs – more than 25 million of them a year – feature prominently, ISO also handles a large portion of New Zealand’s kiwifruit exports, around 25% of the country’s pulp exports as well as container, breakbulk and all manner of other import and export operations.

Safety-driven A phrase like “It’s the way we’ve always done it,” stands as an open challenge to ISO whose track record of innovation shows it to be pretty relentless in finding safer, smarter and faster ways of doing things. That is better for the customers, it is clearly paying off in winning market share but, especially as it is safer, it also benefits staff.

ISO’s business development manager, Neil Weber, says that the issue of safety drove one of the innovations he introduced when he joined the company in 2014. In 2013 ISO won its first big contract in Tauranga for marshalling 2.5 million tonnes a year of logs – basically compiling ship loads of logs.

It had started marshalling in Napier in 2011 but the Tauranga contract was of a different order of magnitude and really got under way just as Neil joined.

The size of the new contract at Tauranga quickly highlighted a problem. Most of the logs are marshalled on the wharves but the client company had to store some logs just over the road in an off-port log yard. That meant double-handling and a straight additional cost.

At the time ISO was using conventional looking trailers, triaxle ‘bailey bridges’.

However, Neil says, the big issue was the need to repeatedly fling chains over packets of logs and unchain them again after a short

shuttle from the off-port yard. It was hard physical and “frankly” hazardous work.

“We’re a very, very safety-focused company and we don’t want people exposed to hazards or repetitive strain type injury, and with throwing chains there’s always that possibility.”

Even keeping staff prepared to do that job repeatedly was a serious challenge.

Finding a solution was a priority as the Tauranga business increased from almost zero short haul logs to around 250,000 tonnes a year.

Neil had made several industry trips to Australia, so he knew that there, as in some other countries, backboards were sometimes fitted to logging trailer units. It wasn’t a big leap from there to modifying a triaxle skel and making use of the container twist locks to install cage sides at either end. The change effectively created log bins, which hold the logs safely for their short journeys. With the logs caged, the sides could remain open in the centre for easy loader access. The bin design did away with the use of chains entirely, in one fell swoop solving drivers’ biggest issue and again, it saved time and money.

Above: Loading pulp into an ISOI Kenworth at the PanPac plant in Napier.

Opposite: One of the 550-tonne Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes in action at Tauranga.

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Neil Weber has overseen many of the innovations introduced to the ISO operation in recent years.

It seems so obvious now. It’s one of those ideas that make you wonder why no-one thought of this before. Few ports do log shuttles and ISO was so successful in winning business with this operation, it now has seven of the nine customers who use the off-port storage in Tauranga.

The trailers were built by Patchell Trailers, and Neil remains a big fan of their work. Clearly the bins are more enclosed than conventional trailers and although it may seem like it would be a solution for longer distance log haulage, it’s not.

Neil explains that the bin units are heavier than conventional trailers, so they would reduce the payload, and the empty trailers couldn’t be loaded onto the trucks, which is necessary to give the trucks enough traction on forestry roads.

ISO operates six log bins, two per B-train trailer set, with more coming later in the year. However, even now, that short haul business is not full-time, so the trailers can also be swapped out for curtain-sided bins.

They are actually modified containers with a curtain on one side, for handling bulk pulp, effectively creating bins suitable for packaged pulp.

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tonnes of pulp each year through the Tauranga and Napier ports, in both containers and in bulk. The pulp is all baled, but the bulk cargo is shifted by clamp forklifts which grab bundles of pulp bales using paddles at each side of the machine.

As Napier is the other port that needs log shuttles, the log bins and bulk bins combo is in use there. They can be exchanged in just a few minutes. ISO handles 250,000 tonnes of pulp a year in Napier. Neil says the Super-B units mean they can run 60-tonne gross weight loads of logs and pulp 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week in Napier.

And that’s not the end of the innovation with these trailers. Not all logs are of the same length. While the current bins are fine for logs of 3.9 to 5.9m they have room and payload capacity to handle more 3.9m logs per load. So now Neil and Patchells are developing a sliding mechanism making the back end of the bin moveable to allow two packets to be carried per bin.

On the road ISO started out as a family business initially by the late Les Dickson and then later on by his son, Greg Dickson, and then his son, Liam Dickson. The family-run

business branched out into trucking in the early 2000s when they won a contract from Carter Holt Harvey to handle 500,000 tonnes of pulp that all came into Tauranga on the rail.

Neil says the 10-truck fleet was an aging “fruit salad” of second-hand trucks in the early years: Mitsubishis, Scanias, Sterlings, bought first for pulp handling (bulk and containers) and then for some container transport between Auckland and Tauranga.

A couple of leased Isuzus were bought in around 2015. The first new trucks were two Freightliners mainly for line haul, which are still part of the fleet.

That fleet was also servicing the ISO warehousing and container packing operation in Tauranga, mostly timber into 40-foot containers – again mostly short haul, around 5000 to 10,000 containers a year.

The pulp side was around 20,000 containers a year plus 12 to 18 ships a year of bulk pulp.

As the innovations that have transformed the business started to stack up, I ask Neil if he can name a top 10. “Easy,” he says. “This is a shipping business, so they are nearly all three-letter acronyms.”

He rattles them off: “RSMs, ATS, MHC, Pre-Advice, Com 90, MLS, LMS, ShipSys, Log bins and pulp bins, Super-Bs, debarkers… how are we doing?”

More than enough.

One of them was ISO’s move to a fleet upgrade focused on running at HPMV loads.

At the time Neil says there were not a lot of options but the Australian-built Kenworth T410 fitted the bill. They opted for four 6x4s and four 8x4s for container haulage. Neil says a lot of drivers prefer having a bonnet in front of them rather than the cab-over design favoured in Europe, partly for looks and partly for perceived safety, along with easier access, important when you are getting in and out frequently each day.

ISO completed the order in March 2020 and the new trucks were all on the road by the end of November 2020. Neil says the Super-B configuration is a smart move for New Zealand and it reduces the number of loads on our roads for the given freight.

The distribution over more axles avoids any increased loading on the road but the extra capacity reduces the number of truck journeys.

“The focus on axle loadings here is much greater than just about anywhere else,” he says.

The fleet upgrade gave ISO a new look on the road, but the company was also making another move to expand its truck business significantly. This change was much less visible.

In January 2021 ISO completed a deal to take over Gisborne-based Williams & Wilshier/Pacific Haulage which runs 100 logging trucks, mostly Kenworths.

In January 2021 ISO completed a deal to take over Gisborne-based Williams & Wilshier/Pacific Haulage which runs 100 logging trucks, mostly Kenworths. They will remain branded in Pacific Haulage livery as the company has such a strong legacy in the region.

Onward and upward So, with the fleet sorted, ISO got back to looking at other ways to improve the business. Most of the innovations are home grown, but some have simply been ordered

and shipped in, like the massive Liebherr MHCs, or mobile harbour cranes that dominate the skyline at Mount Maunganui, their jibs reaching 75 metres in height.

It takes a company with serious backing – which ISO got when it became part of the Qube group in 2017 – to fund the purchase of not one but six of these 550tonne monsters, 18 months ago, each of which travels on 80 wheels. Three cranes are in operation in Tauranga and three in Gisborne.

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cranes are equipped with the world’s largest grapples, specified by ISO, which lift an entire trailer’s log packet at a time. No log wires are involved and there’s no one around on the loading berth. Queried as to why the largest grapples are found here in New Zealand, Neil says it’s all a question of scale. “We handle a lot of logs here.”

At Tauranga and Gisborne there’s the volume to justify the massive investment in the cranes. The economics only work if there is more cargo to move and the shipping available to take it when the extra speed increases the throughput.

The MHCs can load a ship with over 35,000 tonnes of cargo of logs, faster than the ship’s own cranes – that’s when they are even working. Neil says the frequency of shipboard cranes being inoperative is increasing due to a number of factors, including that they’ve been used for years on all sorts of bulk cargoes and operated by people in ports all around the world with widely differing levels of skill. This is a prime example of ISO taking control of a new area which benefits everyone involved in the process.

The new mobile cranes highlighted the

need for another innovation. Traditionally the 30- tonne max ships’ cranes hoisted tracked machines – diggers – aboard to distribute the logs evenly. Typically, being the smaller 16–20-tonne machines, they struggle to keep up with the capacity of the mobile cranes. As the mobile cranes can also hoist heavier diggers aboard, ISO is moving to using a 30-35-tonne machine which can handle a bigger grapple and reposition many more logs at a time. Neil also says ISO

is also developing a remote-control digger, which a driver can operate from the safety of a room onshore, anywhere.

“That’s really one of the drivers of innovation. We are always looking at the safety of staff and if we think we can find a way of doing the job while making it safer for staff, we’ll do it. Or we’ll take a look at a completely different way of doing things.”

Another bought-in innovation are the Com 90 devices developed in Sweden,

Above: Logs are checked through an ATS (auto tally station) before being loaded onto a ship.

Below: Containerised pulp on the move from PanPac near Napier.

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another solution to the perennial problem of chaining logs. The Com 90 unit, the first in New Zealand, has both hydraulics and a worm gear built into each stanchion of a log trailer. The hydraulics fling a pair of arms mounted at the top of each stanchion across the load of logs and they grab each other with a simple hook and loop arrangement.

The worm gear then pulls the arms down tight, and it keeps up the pressure, hugging the logs even tighter if they settle.

Neil says at around $100,000 per unit they are not cheap, and they have to be mounted on trucks with hydraulics to the trailer. The one unit ISO is running is currently under evaluation.

Scaling up Other innovations have been developed in-house or in association with a partnering company. Robotics Plus is one such partner and one of the big breakthroughs it has been

ISO has been trialling a Swedish Com 90 log securing system on this Isuzu at the Port of Tauranga. involved with are the RSMs or robotic scaling machines. Three have been installed in Mount Maunganui. There are now 14 machines working in ISO operations with others due to be installed at other log ports soon.

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Above: ISO trucks can be quickly converted from carrying containers to having the innovative log cages fitted for short-haul loading work.

Right: Driver, Levi Rahui, checks the twist locks after the log cages have been fitted into place.

or log management system. Today, every log has to be measured and tracked. When logs are loaded in the forest the driver is supposed to count each log, which is harder than it sounds, says Neil. It was a constant headache, trying to reconcile packets of logs when they arrived at the port.

Now drivers send ‘pre-advice information’ to ISO when they pick up a load of logs in the forest. The logs are graded there, and the large end of all logs receives a painted mark. The driver sends photos of each load to ISO’s pre-advice system, which is unique to ISO, so it knows what’s coming.

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the logs ‘scaled’ - that is the small end diameter of all logs would be measured with a ruler and a scanner would record the measurement. The amount of millable timber in each log is obviously important, and that has to be measured at the smaller end.

“In the past it was a process that could see drivers hanging around in a queue at the port for an hour or more depending on a number of factors,” says Neil.

The first process when a truck arrives at the port is for each log to have a barcode ticket stapled to its small end, a key ingredient of the LMS. Then the drivers simply drive into the back of a large shed containing the RSMs. They stop under a

caged gantry and the RSM’s powered boom laden with cameras rolls down and up between each packet of timber. It scans and photographs all the logs and tickets on both truck and trailer for the scaling software to process every piece.

On the control screen you can see the RSM has automatically measured the dimensions of every ticketed log. In a few minutes the driver is through and heading onto the port to unload. With three lanes in operation, the RSM shed can handle more than 300 loads a day, so there’s virtually no waiting.

ISO’s 14 machines are currently processing 1200 loads a day through Marsden Point, Gisborne, Napier, Timaru, and Bluff.

Logs on the move.

“It’s been a real boon to the transport companies – not that they would ever admit that,” says Neil. “They love coming to ISO; it’s four minutes for scaling every time.”

The E-scaler operator, Midas Te Kakara, who comes from one of several families with more than one member working at ISO, is also happy to admit it was good for him too. A job in a nice warm office beats scrambling about in the rain, measuring logs with a ruler and a scanner.

Some RSM images also came in handy when one of ISO’s customers, a log exporter, received a query from an overseas customer who complained its order of logs of a certain volume turned up about 10% less than ordered. They wanted a substantial discount. As the data tracking is so comprehensive the exporter simply asked ISO for the scans that showed every log in the customer’s order. The complaint was hastily withdrawn. “It must have been some other supplier,” says Neil, with a grin.

ISO also receives 40-50% of the logs it exports through the port of Tauranga by train. The track terminates at the edge of the log yards. The train can’t go through the RSM bays, so the measuring process is still done manually, as described above – but not for long. Again, working with Robotics Plus, ISO has developed a mobile log scaler, the MLS. This fully automated

driverless machine, which looks like a big square letter ‘n’ on wheels can find the train, straddle the carriages, and roll along the length of the train scanning as it goes.

The space given over to log marshalling yards, and of course the off-port yards, indicates the scale of the marshalling operation required to keep sending a log ship out every day. That’s where another piece of ISO innovation comes in. Shipsys is the ship-side equivalent of the LMS. As the LMS tracks and accounts for every log coming into marshalling from the forest, Shipsys manages the packaging and loading of logs onto ships, ensuring the right consignments go on the right ships to the right ports. And it has a simpler version of the RSM, the ATS. The ATS or auto tally station is a shed containing a drive-through scanner which checks every log into a consignment going aboard a ship, again replacing people having to scramble around a trailer with handheld scanners.

Embracing change At the beginning I mentioned how in the good old days when the wharves were swarming with people manually handling cargo. Advances in freight handling have removed much of the physical labour and ISO’s innovations have reduced much of the risk in the tasks that remain. But

this doesn’t necessarily reduce jobs; the raw numbers say otherwise. By increasing efficiency and moving into other operations and making them work well too, ISO has increased its staff from around 600 in 2014 to 1100 now. The jobs have changed and become much safer.

It’s almost an afterthought when it takes minutes to drive past the log operation at just this one port, but we end up at TKL’s (Tauranga Kiwifruit Logistics) cool store, run by ISO, where consignments of kiwifruit are marshalled. Here ISO manages all of Tauranga’s bulk ship kiwifruit exports on behalf of TKL and Zespri – scanning pallets into the cool store for night loading and, during the day also loading directly onto the vessel.

As we leave the port gates, Neil gets a scheduled call to meet a contractor at another large shed sitting on a large yard just outside of the port. It is being upgraded to further refine another part of the log-handling process.

It’s clear there’s always something on the go at ISO. “I never get bored,” says Neil. “There’s always something new to do. We’re never satisfied with what we are doing today.

“I personally get a lot of satisfaction from helping make people’s lives better and especially safer. That’s always a big motivation.” NZL

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Worker Wellness

Story: Rod Dale, Group Technical Manager, The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA)

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ESPITE THE FORESTRY AND LOGGING industry’s proactive approach to health and safety, it remains an industry with heightened risk. People must work on steep slopes, with tall heights, and with heavy machinery, making worker safety absolutely paramount. Sadly, according to WorkSafe, the forestry industry has had, historically, one of the highest rates of fatality among others in New Zealand.

Having worked with the forestry industry for over 15 years, I understand the unique challenges it faces, as well as the commitment of many forest owners to mitigate risks in work sites. One of the safety-related challenges is that the use of illegal drugs is not uncommon among workers. In fact, according to the NZ Drug Foundation, 15.3% of the adult population in New Zealand has used cannabis in the past year, that is around 635,000 adults. In addition, 1.2% of Kiwi adults (around 40,000) have consumed amphetamines.

Furthermore, COVID infections and lockdowns have left many workers selfisolating for weeks. Substance use increases with prolonged time away from work. It’s a bad coping mechanism for dealing with challenging situations. Unfortunately, workers high on drugs or suffering from their after-effects are more likely to be involved in workplace incidents.

Now that we’re past the Omicron peak, it is an opportune time to restart with a safer forestry working environment.

Health and safety collaboration in Northland The most important decision for forestry owners and managers is to take a united stance towards health and safety. One of many admirable examples within forestry I have seen is in Northland, where nearly all forestry operators and contractors get together every two months for a few hours’ long learning session. The safety committee shares case studies, new knowledge, and best practices about health and safety.

Safety-related organisations, such as WorkSafe, ACC and TDDA, are invited along every time. Everyone comes in with an

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TDDA tester with devices in a mobile clinic. objective to enhance safety in the workplace.

During these meetings, TDDA shares overall drug testing statistics for Northland forestry operators. This includes the types and amounts of substances found in drug tests and wastewater results, as well as drug trends to be aware of. We also share the drug test data for each of the management companies with their respective leaders.

With these insights, leaders can champion targeted changes in their businesses to mitigate risks.

Apart from the bimonthly forum, I am aware that some exemplary forestry operators continually share case studies with their counterparts whenever a workplace incident happens, so that teams around the country can learn from each other. Prior to this, it had been common for teams to feel embarrassed about a workplace incident.

But you learn best from mistakes – by sharing the knowledge, everyone can learn.

Their willingness to share has no doubt raised the awareness of safety in forest sites.

Because of the Northland forestry management groups’ commitment to health and safety, their overall failure percentage rate for random drug testing conducted through TDDA has gone down significantly over the past years, from the teens to the low single digits.

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While we are on the topic of drug testing results, it has to be said that workplace drug testing is a key element in ensuring a drugfree working environment. To put it plainly: drug testing works.

Across the country our testing teams noticed that failure rates rose right after extended COVID lockdowns. When people are not tested, they do not have an incentive to remain clean.

That’s why TDDA recommends a proactive approach to your teams returning to their jobs, rather than a reactive one. Return-towork testing is the most effective way to make sure your people are fit for work and won’t compromise your workplace safety.

Some forestry operators have been a bit cautious about re-introducing testing after the lockdowns or self-isolation because they want to maintain a “feel good” atmosphere. However, what TDDA has noticed is that because they have shied away from return-to-work testing, we’ve been called to conduct “reasonable cause” testing more often. This is testing done after workplace incidents happen. Return-towork and random testing act as reminders for employees to self-monitor.

In addition to random and return-towork testing, pre-employment drug testing

is a critical tool for working through due diligence on newcomers joining your team.

It provides a risk assessment of the potential candidate and helps ensure the right people are operating forestry machinery and vehicles. The industry has embraced it because, along with a policy discussion, it sends a message that the team’s safety is paramount – before the first day of work even starts.

An early warning approach helps create a culture of safety. It shows prospective employees that your drug and alcohol policy is not just a piece of paper but a set of guiding principles that the company takes seriously. When expectations are understood and accepted, workplaces improve.

It’s important to note that pre-employment testing is focused on identifying persistent drug users who can harm people and the businesses’ bottom line. It is not about naming and shaming someone who once used cannabis or had a drink after work with mates. It’s about identifying long-term, consistent use.

Robust drug and alcohol policy underpins quality drug-testing Of course, at the core of a quality drugtesting programme is having a fair and effective drug and alcohol policy. Most forestry companies already have a drug and

alcohol policy, however like any company policy, this should be reviewed regularly as new cases are brought before employment courts, bringing with them new decisions and requirements relating to drug testing in the workplace. I have seen many pitfalls that companies have fallen into from not heeding expert advice, and rushing into testing their employees. So do engage an accredited drug testing company with a proven record to help with designing and

tailoring your policy to meet your company’s specific needs and requirements.

As the forestry industry returns to more normalised work after two years of lockdowns and isolation, I want you to remember one thing about drug policies and testing. Testing isn’t about punishment – it’s about creating safer workplaces for New Zealanders.

Rod Dale is a former New Zealand Police Officer, a qualified Detective and served in the Drug Squad where he investigated national and international drug dealing syndicates and targeted New Zealand’s organised crime groups. More recently, Rod served on the committee that determined the AS 4760-2006 Oral Fluid Standard, and is on the committee revising the AS/NZS 4308: 2008 urine drug testing standard.

Rod is a current serving board member on the American National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association (NDASA) and is Chair of the International Committee. Rod is also qualified as a drug abuse recognition trainer by the California Narcotics Officers Association (CNOA). NZL

Above: TDDA mobile clinic at an East Cape forestry site.

Left: TDDA mobile clinic in the bush.

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Mechanisation a Reality like “The Jetsons” A message from Prue Younger, CEO, FICA

Looking back to when I first came on board this role, I found an article written in October 2018 that started off with me saying: “If mobile phones are anything to go by, technology advancement for machinery used in our forests is something that I think will go crazy over the next few years”.

Early adopters of technology I then went on to interview a couple of contractors who quoted they were passionate about mechanisation, and as early adopters they had been using it for the last 15 years.

The cost is high but it is important to rationalise that against the cost of a life, and keeping our people safe is an easy decision. Another contractor brought up the fact that as labour was in short supply, technology was a way to stay sustainable.

Another contractor I interviewed was aware not to be left behind with the introduction of technology but also recognised the social impact – that technology could cost loyal staff. However I know that during the changeover for this company they did not lose people, rather they were able to upskill them in operating the machinery and they gained enormous production time. They recognised initial high debt but also suggested the principal did not realise the enormity of that debt on SME businesses.

Processors were just coming into fashion if you like, and even then, contractors realised it was a balancing act to keep some manual operators on but, in terms of workload, technology was a way of keeping up with production.

So where have we got to nearly four years on?

I sent a survey out to FICA members a couple of months ago and called it the Mechanisation Stocktake, asking how many logging crews who already owned a tower and swing yarder were using motorised grapple technology for extraction.

Around 40% of the responses were using that technology and 20% were ground-based. Asking the same question around crews that were using winch assist technology, we had around 50% of the responses being a yes and similarly, 20% were ground-based.

going to be using that technology in the future. There were woodlot contractors that could not see themselves being able to afford the investment and others still sitting on the “proverbial fence”. The investment into motorised grapple was a given and most contractors had moved that way.

The comments that came out of that survey were most enlightening to me regarding where we have moved over the last few years in our thinking. The major challenges were of course the cost, particularly in the woodlots, where they were struggling against economies of scale and making the investment stack up financially. Most contractors are very supportive of mechanisation if they could get support financially.

Quotes “It’s been a good thing… no men on the ground”.

“We would definitely jump at the opportunity. Unfortunately our current tonnage rates do not reflect the move to be fully mechanised”.

“It is seen as the golden solution but going mechanised also has its own challenges which we think management forget about”.

“This is imperative for our future”.

“It’s the way forward”

Supporting the new challenges So, understanding we have made “iPhone type shifts” with technology in our industry, we also have to be conscious of supporting the new challenges, as someone put it above – the fact that we have people sitting in cabs 10 hours a day, means less exercise, less social interaction and the extra risks that come with repair and maintenance on these beasts of machinery.

It won’t stop. There are rapid advancements and now Te Uru Rakau is researching technology in the silviculture sector for planting which was launched recently in Rotorua by Minister Nash. The scope of mechanisation is never-ending as our people become less available with declining unemployment, safety becoming more paramount and production pressures continuing.

Investment / Future Cost The next few questions were looking forward on investment into mechanised harvesting and the intention to adopt winch assists. Over 60% of our contractors said they were 42 NZ LOGGER | July 2022

Prue Younger, CEO CEO, Forest Industry Contractors Association

FICA Partners Thank you to all of the organisations who support FICA, which in turn works to promote business growth and improved safety and efficiency amongst forestry contractors for the benefit of New Zealand’s Forestry Industry.

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top spot

Skill and professionalism Safety/performance/quality

THIS ISSUE WE BRING YOU PHOTOS OF those who featured in the first period results for 2022.

These folk achieved awesome results in some pretty trying conditions – which emphasises the skill and professionalism we see across our industry in an environment that is challenging at the best of times but rewarding for those who make the commitment to it.

On a more sober note, we lost a key member of our Top Spot team, Rob Leslie, in late May. Rob was a key part of our silviculture assessment team, who, we believe had a hard but fair approach to assessing and helping individuals and teams improve their approach to their work and the business.

I recently spoke to Jake Veal from Veal Forestry who Rob had visited as part of our Top Spot programme. Jake spoke openly about the impact Rob had in helping him to turn his business around.

A special skill that not many people have.

Terry Robin of Dewes Log 3.

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As an aside, I was fortunate to be out with Jake and his crew which consists of the extended family. Sons, daughters, uncles, nephews, father… but the person who really left an impression was his mum. 65 years of age, planting spade in one hand, planting frame around her waist and out there showing the younger folk how it’s done! And very humble with it. What an advertisement for our industry.

Ka mau te wehi! Awesome individuals, awesome teams and awesome people behind the scenes supporting them in what they do!!

Quinton Collins of Dewes Log 3.

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

Awesome companies, awesome people and awesome support!

They back you and your workmates to succeed as professionals, so why wouldn’t you support them?

They believe in what we do and what you do.

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.

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, Ernslaw One, OneFortyOne New Zealand,

William Sadlier of Dewes Log 3.

Nelson Moran of Dewes Log 3.

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Safety/performance/quality Crown Forestry, Forest View Contracting, Makerikeri Silviculture (2020), Mitchell Silviculture, Puklowski Silviculture, Gutsell Forestry Services, Johnson Forestry Services, McHoull Contracting, Wayne Cumming Contracting, Howard Forestry Services, Inta-Wood Forestry, Heslip Forest Contracting, Otautau Contractors, X Men Forestry, Proforest Services, FM Silviculture, Tane Mahuta, Waikato Forestry Services, Rai Valley Silviculture, Thomassen Logging, Forest View Logging, Griffin Logging, Penetito Forestry, Pride Forestry, Mangoihe Logging, CMH Contracting, Kaha Logging, Roxburgh Contracting, Te Waa Logging, Mike Hurring Logging, Bluewood Logging, Storm Logging, Onward Logging, Down and Out Logging, Forest Pro Logging, Eastside Logging, Lahar Logging, Moutere Logging, JD Harvesting, Whisker Logging, Kimberly Logging, Dewes Contractors, Dempsey Logging.

Into safety?

Into performance?

Into quality?

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

Tahi Hiroki of Dewes Log 3.

David Waitoa of Kimberly Log 22.

new iron

NEXT GENERATION CAT FOR KARAKA LOGGING This Next Generation Cat 538LL forest machine is the first new arrival for Manawa Owens at Karaka Logging. Manawa is now the third generation logging contractor in the family after his father Waa and grandfather Les, with the wider family present on a very special delivery day (pictured). The 538LL has been put to work by Manawa on fleeting and loading duties in his operation based in Lake Taupo Forest. Sold by Territory Account Manager, Brent Van Der Burg.

NEW MACHINERY FOR BRC LOGGING BRC Logging has added an LS855E fitted with a Duxson falling head to its East Coast operation. They are stoked with the performance of this package.

KOMATSU PC 300LC-8 FOR MG LOGGING Matt and Olivia of Blenheim-based MG Logging have recently taken delivery of a new Komatsu PC 300LC-8 with a full active heavy duty forestry guarding package. It is fitted with a Satco 630H-2 felling head. Operator, Muzzy commented to John Kosar of Komatsu Forest NZ that he is very impressed with his new Komatsu PC 300LC-8… “Heaps of track Power”.

Pictured from left: Muzzy (operator), Ross Beattie, Grandad, Jadyn (Hercules), Bryce Cooper, Quinn Buckland, Matt Gale and John Kosar. Photographer: Olivia Smith.

NEXT GEN CAT FOR MAUNGAWARU LOGGING Maungawaru Logging has recently taken delivery of a new Next Gen Cat 336, which features a Woodsman 850 and PFS guarding, combining together to provide a full forestry package. The big unit has been put to work in the Tarawera Forest and operator feedback so far is that he’s very happy with the torque and power of the machine when processing. Machine sold by Terra Cat Territory Account Manager, Mark Costello.

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JOHN DEERE/DUXSON COMBO FOR BUNDI ROAD LOGGING The team at Bundi Road Logging in Greymouth are pictured with their new John Deere 959MH tracked harvester fitted with a Duxson FX142 felling head. Sold and supported by Matt Mills and the team at Drummond & Etheridge, Greymouth.

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HOSE REPAIR SOLUTION FOR JETT HARVESTING NEW MACHINERY FOR CENTRAL LOGGING Central Logging’s Mike has upgraded his older SH240-5 skid loader to this new Sumitomo 4040 series forestry machine. It is fitted with a Duxson grapple and the benefits of this machine’s extra reach and power have been noticed through less movement on the skid, higher stock piles and ability to two-stack and load, Mike says.

Jett Harvesting’s single-crew operation can now start turning wasted time back into profit with an onsite hydraulic hose repair solution. Normally waiting one to two hours for a hose, Jett can now replace a hose in as little as 20 minutes. This also provides the ability to perform preventative maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime onsite.

NEW CAT FOR ROTORUA FOREST HAULAGE This new Cat 924K wheel loader is the latest acquisition for Rotorua Forest Haulage. The 924K is working in the Red Stag Sawmill feeding the boiler. It is a good-sized machine for this application, manoeuvring well around the sawmill. Machine sold by Terra Cat Territory Account Manager, Mark Costello.

TIGERCAT FOR A&R DEMPSEY Anthony and Rakapa of A&R Dempsey upgraded their current skidder to a new Tigercat 635H 6 wheel drive skidder. Immediately Anthony has noticed the ability to pull larger drags back to the skid and increase productivity.

NEW MACHINERY FOR GOODMAN LOGGING Goodman Logging has taken delivery of a new SAT3L2T with the SATCO Logmaker control system. The main duties for the 3L2T are delimbing stems and processing to length on the landing.

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NEW DOOSAN FOR NAB CONTRACTING Nick of NAB Contracting has added a Doosan DX140 to his fleet to assist with pretty much everything on site. Bush guarded and compliant and fitted with Doherty tilt bucket, thumb and ripper and Ensign 1100 grapple, the extra weight has been no issue for performance, he says. He says he is really impressed and surprised with the performance and lift – even with being a smaller machine, it has the capability of lifting 5 axle trailers off. The machine will mainly be performing maintenance tasks around the skid and roading sites.

WEILER B758 FOR LOGGABULL Brian Rutgers and the team at Loggabull are pleased with their new Weiler B758 track feller buncher, pictured here in the King Country.

Operator, Shagga, says he is impressed with the Weiler’s steep slope performance since coming off a Cat 552 Series II machine previously. Sold by Brent Van Der Burg, Territory Account Manager at Terra Cat.

NEW HYUNDAI IN NORTHLAND Joe Milne in Northland has taken delivery of his new Hyundai HX220L, premium packaged with an active VMA mulcher and Robur tilt bucket. The HX220L excavator was fitted with priority valving to run the mulcher at full speed while using other functions. Joe says he is very happy with the power of the slew and tracking while mulching. Sold and delivered by Porter Equipment Territory Manager for Northland, Selwyn Tilly.

FALCON/SUMITOMO COMBO FOR WILD HOG LOGGING Wild Hog Logging, based in Gisborne, recently took delivery of a new Falcon Forestry Winch Assist on a Sumitomo SH300-6 base machine. Owner, Josh Williams, is looking forward to utilising the two speed Falcon Winch between his Tigercat LS855 and 635G skidder. Base machine sold by Ben Kendrick of AB Equipment.

Pictured from left: Levi, Josh and Cayden of Wild Hog Logging.

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NEW KOMATSU FOR HYC LOGGING Darcy and Teneille Smith of HYC Logging from Herekino, have recently taken delivery of a new Komatsu PC 270LC-8. The Komatsu has a full active heavy duty forestry guarding package and is fitted with an Ensign 1730C log grapple. Air brushed painting on the counterweight is Tumatauenga (God of War).

Pictured from left: Mark Chisnall (Komatsu NZ), Mike Lepper (Active Engineering), Darcy Smith (owner/operator) and John Kosar (Komatsu Forest NZ). Photographer: Noel Wellington.

new iron NEW LOG MAX 10000 XT FOR GRAVES FORESTRY SERVICES Shaun Graves of Graves Forestr y Ser vices has recently taken delivery of a new Log Max 10000 XT running the Log Mate 510 control system with electronic callipers and colour marking. The machine is working in the Balclutha area. Sold by Southstar Equipment NZ.

NEW MACHINERY FOR KIERAN OLIVER CONTRACTING Kieran of Kieran Oliver Contracting has added this SH250-6 to his fleet. Kieran required specific additional guarding requirements and says he is happy with the power and performance of the machine. This machine will be creating and maintaining forestry roading to support the logging crews in the area.

NEXT GEN CAT FOR KAT LOGGING Tania and Kylye Trengrove from KAT Logging recently purchased a new Next Gen Cat 323 excavator to assist with forestry roading for their logging operations in the Hawkes Bay region. Kylye is pictured putting the 323 through its paces on delivery day, and says he is very happy with the overall performance of the machine to date. Sold by Territory Account Manager, Heath Stewart.

NEW CAT FOR SATHERLEY HARVESTING This Next Generation Cat 538LL forest machine is a new arrival for Tania and Bevan Satherley of Satherley Harvesting. The unit features an Ensign 1730C grapple and is pictured loading one of its first logging trucks on delivery day in the Central Hawkes Bay. Bevan says he is really impressed with the overall performance and Next Gen features of the 538LL. Sold by Territory Account Manager, Heath Stewart.

NEW MACHINERY FOR MANGOIHE GROUND BASE Steve and Kylie have put Hunter into the busy role of processing the wood for Si to fleet, sort and stack at Mangoihe Ground Base.

This machine is set up with a falling bonnet and Woodsman 750 processor. Steve and Hunter say, coupled with the fuel savings of the Tier 4 engine and increased hydraulic performance, they are loving the new combination.

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2011 Sumitomo SH330-5 Processor 2011 2011 Sumitomo Sumitomo SH330-5 SH330-5 Processor Processor 2011 Sumitomo SH330-5 Processor 2011 2011 2011 Sumitomo Sumitomo Sumitomo SH330-5 SH330-5 SH330-5 Processor Processor Processor XXX XXX XX 12,000 hrs, Satco 323T processing head 12,000 12,000 hrs, Satco hrs, Satco 323T 323T processing processing head head XX XXX XXX XX 12,000 hrs, Satco 323T processing head XXX XXX XXX 12,000 12,000 12,000 hrs, hrs, Satco hrs, Satco Satco 323T 323T 323T processing processing processing head head head 7,000 Ex Taupo – D008083 7,000 7,000 hrshrs Ex hrs Taupo Ex Taupo – D008083 – D008083 7,000 hrs ExEx Taupo 7,000 7,000 7,000 hrshrs Ex hrs Ex Taupo Taupo Taupo – D008083 – –D008083 –D008083 D008083

$590,000.00 GST $590,000.00 $590,000.00 + +GST + GST $590,000.00 GST $590,000.00 $590,000.00 $590,000.00 +++ GST + GST GST

$210,000.00 GST $210,000.00 $210,000.00 + +GST + GST $210,000.00 ++ GST $210,000.00 $210,000.00 $210,000.00 ++ GST GST GST

2012 CAT 336DL Processor 2012 2012 CAT CAT 336DL 336DL Processor Processor

2015 Tigercat 875 Processor 2015 2015 Tigercat Tigercat 875 875 Processor Processor 2015 2015 2015 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 875 875 875 Processor Processor Processor 2015 Tigercat 875 Processor 8,297 hrs, near new 624C Waratah 8,297 8,297 hrs, near hrs, near new new 624C 624C Waratah Waratah

2012 2012 2012 CAT CAT CAT 336DL 336DL 336DL Processor Processor Processor 2012 CAT 336DL Processor 14,850 hrs, 2014 Satco 325 & guarding 14,850 14,850 hrs, 2014 hrs, 2014 Satco Satco 325 & 325 guarding & guarding 14,850 14,850 14,850 hrs, hrs, 2014 hrs, 2014 2014 Satco Satco Satco 325 325 & 325 & guarding guarding & guarding 14,850 hrs, Satco 325 & guarding –2014 D121633 Ex Taupo – D121633 – D121633 Ex Taupo Ex Taupo ––D121633 –D121633 D121633 – D121633 Ex Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo ExEx Taupo

8,297 8,297 8,297 hrs, hrs, near hrs, near near new new new 624C 624C 624C Waratah Waratah Waratah 8,297 hrs, near new 624C Processor fitted Ex Taupo - Waratah D120305 Processor Processor fitted fitted Ex Taupo Ex Taupo - D120305 - D120305 Processor Processor Processor fitted fitted fitted Ex Ex Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo D120305 D120305 D120305 Processor fitted Ex Taupo --D120305

$160,000.00 GST $160,000.00 $160,000.00 + +GST + GST $160,000.00 $160,000.00 $160,000.00 + + GST + GST GST $160,000.00 + GST

$550,000.00 GST $550,000.00 $550,000.00 + +GST + GST $550,000.00 $550,000.00 $550,000.00 + + GST + GST GST $550,000.00 + GST

2018 2018 2018 Doosan Doosan Doosan DX380LL DX380LL DX380LL Processor Processor Processor 4,652 Hrs, South Star 630 Processing 4,652 4,652 Hrs, South Hrs, South Star Star 630 Processing 630 Processing 2018 Doosan DX380LL Processor 4,652 4,652 4,652 Hrs, Hrs, South Hrs, South South Star Star Star 630 630 Processing 630 Processing Processing Head Taupo - D124615 Head Head ExEx Taupo Ex Taupo - Star D124615 - D124615 4,652 Hrs, South Processing Head Head Head ExEx Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo - D124615 - D124615 - 630 D124615

15,000 15,000 15,000 hrs, hrs, large hrs, large large fuel fuel fuel tank, tank, tank, 30.5 30.5 30.5 rear rear rear tyres tyres tyres Ex Palmerston North Ex Palmerston Ex Palmerston North North 15,000 hrs, large fuel tank, 30.5 rear tyres ExEx Palmerston Ex Palmerston Palmerston North North North

2018 Doosan DX380LL Processor 2018 2018 Doosan Doosan DX380LL DX380LL Processor Processor Head Ex Taupo -GST D124615 $420,000.00 GST $420,000.00 $420,000.00 ++ + GST $420,000.00 $420,000.00 $420,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

$420,000.00 + GST

2012 Tigercat 635D Skidder 2012 2012 Tigercat Tigercat 635D 635D Skidder Skidder 2012 2012 2012 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 635D 635D 635D Skidder Skidder Skidder 15,000 hrs, large fuel tank, 30.5 rear tyres 15,000 15,000 hrs, large hrs, large fuel tank, fuel tank, 30.5 30.5 rear rear tyres tyres

2012 Tigercat 635D Skidder

Ex$220,000.00 Palmerston North $220,000.00 GST $220,000.00 + +GST + GST $220,000.00 $220,000.00 $220,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

$220,000.00 + GST

John Deere 748H Log Skidder John John Deere Deere 748H 748H Log Log Skidder Skidder John John John Deere Deere Deere 748H 748H 748H Log Log Log Skidder Skidder Skidder with 30.5 Tyres, winch, duel arch grapple with with 30.5 30.5 Tyres, Tyres, winch, winch, duel duel arch arch && grapple & grapple

2013 Tigercat 880 Processor 2013 2013 Tigercat Tigercat 880 880 Processor Processor 2013 2013 2013 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 880 880 880 Processor Processor Processor 16,500 hrs, Woodsman Pro processing 16,500 16,500 hrs, Woodsman hrs, Woodsman Pro processing Pro processing

$195,000.00 GST $195,000.00 $195,000.00 + +GST + GST (excludes Band tracks pictured) Ex Taupo $195,000.00 $195,000.00 $195,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

$250,000.00 GST $280,000.00 $280,000.00 $280,000.00 + +GST + GST head Ex Dunedin – D124394 $280,000.00 $280,000.00 $280,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

with with with 30.5 30.5 30.5 Tyres, Tyres, Tyres, winch, winch, winch, duel duel duel arch arch arch & Ex & grapple grapple & grapple John Deere 748H Log Skidder (excludes Band tracks pictured) Taupo (excludes (excludes Band Band tracks tracks pictured) pictured) Ex Taupo Ex Taupo (excludes (excludes (excludes Band Band Band tracks tracks tracks pictured) pictured) pictured) Ex Ex Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo with 30.5 Tyres, winch, duel arch & grapple

$195,000.00 +610E GST 2016 Tigercat 610E Log Skidder 2016 2016 Tigercat Tigercat 610E Log Log Skidder Skidder 2016 2016 2016 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 610E 610E 610E Log Log Skidder Skidder Skidder 7,556 hrs, with ft grapple, large fuel 7,556 7,556 hrs, with hrs, with 1515 ft 15 grapple, ft Log grapple, large large fuel fuel

7,556 7,556 7,556 hrs, with hrs, with with 15 15 ft15 grapple, ft package grapple, ftpackage grapple, large large fuel fuel fuel tank & extra lighting Ex Taupo tank tank &hrs, extra & extra lighting lighting package Exlarge Taupo Ex Taupo 2016 Tigercat 610E Log Skidder tank tank tank && extra extra & extra lighting lighting lighting package package package ExEx Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo

16,500 16,500 16,500 hrs, hrs, Woodsman hrs, Woodsman Woodsman Pro processing Pro processing processing 2013 Tigercat 880 Processor head Ex Dunedin – D124394 head head Ex Dunedin Ex Dunedin – D124394 –Pro D124394 head head head Ex Ex Dunedin Ex Dunedin Dunedin – D124394 – D124394 – D124394 16,500 hrs, Woodsman Pro processing

$280,000.00 +630D GST 2013 Tigercat Log Skidder 2013 2013 Tigercat Tigercat 630D 630D Log Log Skidder Skidder 2013 2013 2013 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 630D 630D 630D Log Log Log Skidder Skidder Skidder 12,852 hrs, 19ft grapple, gd rear tyres, 12,852 12,852 hrs, 19ft hrs, grapple, 19ft grapple, gd rear gd rear tyres, tyres,

12,852 12,852 12,852 hrs, hrs, 19ft hrs, 19ft 19ft grapple, grapple, grapple, gd gd rear gd rear rear tyres, tyres, tyres, near new band tracks on front Ex Taupo near near new new band band tracks tracks on front on front Ex Taupo Ex Taupo 2013 Tigercat 630D Log Skidder near near near new new new band band band tracks tracks tracks onon front on front front ExEx Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo

7,556 hrs, with+15+ ftGST large fuel $190,000.00 $200,000.00 $200,000.00 $200,000.00 GST +grapple, GST $200,000.00 $200,000.00 $200,000.00 + + GST + GST GST tank & extra lighting package Ex Taupo

12,852 hrs, 19ft grapple, $160,000.00 GST $160,000.00 $160,000.00 + +GST + GST gd rear tyres, $160,000.00 $160,000.00 $160,000.00 + + GST + GST GST on front Ex Taupo near new band tracks

2008 Tigercat 635G Log Skidder 2008 2008 Tigercat Tigercat 635G Log Log Skidder Skidder $200,000.00 +635G GST

2014 Tigercat Log Skidder 2014 2014 Tigercat Tigercat 635D 635D Log Log Skidder Skidder $160,000.00 +635D GST 2014 2014 2014 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 635D 635D 635D Log Log Log Skidder Skidder Skidder 8,400 hrs, 25 ft Grapple, Large fuel Tank, 8,400 8,400 hrs, 25 hrs, ft 25 Grapple, ft Grapple, Large Large fuel Tank, fuel Tank,

2008 2008 2008 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 635G 635G 635G Log Log Log Skidder Skidder Skidder 5,800 Hours, 30.5 Rear Tyres, Front Band 5,800 5,800 Hours, Hours, 30.5 30.5 Rear Rear Tyres, Tyres, Front Front Band Band 5,800 5,800 5,800 Hours, Hours, Hours, 30.5 30.5 30.5 Rear Rear Rear Tyres, Tyres, Tyres, Front Front Front Band Band Band Tracks Large fuel Tank Invercargill Tracks Tracks && Large & Large fuel Tank fuel Tank exex Invercargill ex Invercargill 2008 635G Log Skidder Tracks Tracks Tracks &Tigercat & Large Large & Large fuel fuel fuel Tank Tank Tank ex ex Invercargill ex Invercargill Invercargill

8,400 8,400 8,400 hrs, hrs, 25 hrs, 25 ft25 Grapple, ftEx Grapple, ftEx Grapple, Large Large Large fuel fuel fuel Tank, Tank, Tank, 30.5 Rear Tyres, Whangarei 30.5 30.5 Rear Rear Tyres, Tyres, Whangarei Ex Whangarei 2014 Tigercat 635D Log Skidder 30.5 30.5 30.5 Rear Rear Rear Tyres, Tyres, Tyres, ExEx Whangarei Ex Whangarei Whangarei

$415,000.00 GST $415,000.00 $415,000.00 + +GST + GST 5,800 Hours, 30.5 Rear Tyres, Front Band $415,000.00 $415,000.00 $415,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

$335,000.00 GST $335,000.00 $335,000.00 + +GST + GST 8,400 hrs, 25+ft+ Grapple, $335,000.00 $335,000.00 $335,000.00 GST + GST GST Large fuel Tank,

2018 Sumitomo SH300 TLFS 2018 2018 Sumitomo Sumitomo SH300 SH300 TLFS TLFS $415,000.00 + GST

$335,000.00 +LS855C GST 2015 Tigercat Feller 2015 2015 Tigercat Tigercat LS855C LS855C Feller Feller 2015 2015 2015 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat LS855C LS855C LS855C Feller Feller Feller Buncher Buncher Buncher Buncher Buncher Buncher 8,800 hrs, Tigercat 5195 Felling Head 8,800 8,800 hrs, Tigercat hrs, Tigercat 5195 5195 Felling Felling Head Head && &

Tracks & Large fuel Tank ex Invercargill

2018 2018 2018 Sumitomo Sumitomo Sumitomo SH300 SH300 SH300 TLFS TLFS 8,565 Hours, Grapple heal ex Gisborne 8,565 8,565 Hours, Hours, Grapple Grapple && heal & TLFS heal ex Gisborne ex Gisborne 8,565 8,565 8,565 Hours, Hours, Hours, Grapple Grapple Grapple && heal heal & heal exex Gisborne ex Gisborne Gisborne $260,000.00 GST $260,000.00 $260,000.00 + +GST + GST $260,000.00 $260,000.00 $260,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST TLFS 2018 Sumitomo SH300

8,565 Hours, Grapple & heal ex Gisborne

$260,000.00 + GST

2016 Tigercat 635E Log Skidder 2016 2016 Tigercat Tigercat 635E 635E Log Log Skidder Skidder 2016 2016 2016 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat 635E 635E 635E Log Log Log Skidder Skidder Skidder 5774 hrs New Tyres round with 780mm 5774 5774 hrs New hrs New Tyres Tyres allall round all round with with 780mm 780mm

5774 5774 5774 hrs hrs New hrs New New Tyres Tyres Tyres all all round all round round with with with 780mm 780mm 780mm Rear Tyres, Large Fuel Tank, Near New Rear Rear Rear Tyres, Tyres, Large Large Fuel Fuel Tank, Tank, Near Near New New Rear Rear Rear Rear Rear Tyres, Tyres, Tyres, Large Large Large Fuel Fuel Fuel Tank, Tank, Tank, Near Near Near New New New Rear Rear Rear Bands Grapple Whangarei Bands Bands && aa 25ft & 25ft a Grapple 25ft Grapple ExEx Whangarei Ex Whangarei 2016 635E Log Skidder Bands Bands Bands &Tigercat & aa 25ft & 25ft a 25ft Grapple Grapple Grapple Ex Ex Whangarei Ex Whangarei Whangarei

$475,000.00 GST $475,000.00 $475,000.00 + +GST + GST 5774 hrs New Tyres all round with 780mm $475,000.00 $475,000.00 $475,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

30.5 Rear Tyres, Ex Whangarei

8,800 8,800 8,800 hrs, hrs, Tigercat hrs, Tigercat Tigercat 5195 5195 5195 Felling Felling Felling Head Head Head && & new undercarriage Ex Christchurch new new undercarriage undercarriage Ex Christchurch Ex Christchurch 2015 Tigercat LS855C Feller new new new undercarriage undercarriage undercarriage ExEx Christchurch Ex Christchurch Christchurch

$450,000.00 GST $450,000.00 $450,000.00 + +GST + GST Buncher $450,000.00 $450,000.00 $450,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST 8,800 hrs, Tigercat 5195 Felling Head &

2017 Tigercat LH855D Harvester 2017 2017 Tigercat Tigercat LH855D LH855D Harvester Harvester new undercarriage Ex Christchurch 2017 2017 2017 Tigercat Tigercat Tigercat LH855D LH855D LH855D Harvester Harvester Harvester 8,385 hrs, Woodsman Pro 750 Processing 8,385 8,385 hrs, Woodsman hrs, Woodsman Pro 750 Pro Processing 750 Processing

$450,000.00 + GST 8,385 8,385 8,385 hrs, hrs, Woodsman hrs, Woodsman Woodsman Pro Pro 750 Pro 750 Processing 750 Processing Processing Head, Ex Taupo Head, Head, Ex Taupo Ex Taupo Head, Head, Head, ExEx Taupo Ex Taupo Taupo

$550,000.00 GST $550,000.00 $550,000.00 + +GST +LH855D GST 2017 Tigercat Harvester $550,000.00 $550,000.00 $550,000.00 ++ GST + GST GST

8,385 hrs, Woodsman Pro 750 Processing Rear Tyres, Large Fuel Tank, Near New Rear Head, Ex Taupo Lending subject to Speirs Finance Group lending criteria, terms, and conditions.

Lending Lending is is subject is subject to Speirs to Speirs Finance Finance Group Group lending lending criteria, criteria, terms, terms, and and conditions. conditions.

Bands & a 25ft Grapple Ex Whangarei $550,000.00 + GST Lending Lending Lending is is subject is subject subject toto Speirs to Speirs Speirs Finance Finance Finance Group Group Group lending lending lending criteria, criteria, criteria, terms, terms, terms, and and and conditions. conditions. conditions.

$475,000.00 + GST

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USED FORESTRY EQUIPMENT - AVAILABLE NOW #208173

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John Deere 909MH

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Hauler Engineering Ltd 021 365 812

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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FL100 Felling Head Suitable for carriers in 30 tonne + range.

Priced from $110,634.00 For more information contact: Karl 021 1926 567 North Island Gerard 0274 794 664 South Island

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Gisborne AB Diesel Ltd

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Nelson Tasman Heavy Diesel

Blenheim Onsite Mechanical

Greymouth SM Hydraulics

Dunedin Heavy Diesel support

Southland Heavy Equipment Repair

Delimb Covers

Komatsu PC270HW Forestry Cab Options • Komatsu • EMS • Active • Ensign

Factory WG Boom Set

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Internal Hose Routing

HD Track Skis

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