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WEDNESDAY 25 February 2015
Logging machine shipped to Canada
A revolutionary tree-harvesting machine, that has been developed and manufactured in Nelson, is attracting attention from overseas buyers, with one of the $1.2million machines being exported to Canada this week. The project was initiated by Kelly Logging’s owner Nigel Kelly almost 10 years ago, after he was concerned that the existing practise of using logging crews to fell and harvest trees on steep slopes was too risky. So Nigel got a team Nigel Kelly, left, Kerry Hill and Mark Lindbom in front of the steep slope tree harvesting machine, of Nelson designers and manufacClimbMAX, that is being exported to Canada this week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg. turers together to build a machine that could harvest trees safely and efficiently on slopes of up to 45 degrees. And this week, the fifth aptly named ClimbMAX rolled off the production line and was exported to Canada where it will be used to harvest trees on Vancouver Island. Kelly Logging is already using two ClimbMAX machines in forests Kate began her hairdressing career in Christchurch & completed her training around Nelson and Marlborough, using the Toni and Guy method. She has nearly 20 years of industry experience JB Logging is operating one in on the salon floor both working and training staff. Kate has owned her own Napier, while a fourth is operating salon and worked in the role of Creative Director for a number of years. She in British Columbia. “I could see also, amongst other things worked doing hair and makeup for Peter Jackson’s that forestry crews were working in big budget movie The Hobbit. Kate enjoys transforming a client and loves both a high risk area on steep slopes, so I the cutting and colouring process. She is very excited to be joining the team at wanted to make it safer,” Nigel says. Haircraft after being away for 12 months she welcomes both old and new clients. “ClimbMAX eliminates almost all manual tree-felling and breaking16 Tahunanui Dr, Tahuna Ph: 546 5050
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out, and makes harvesting on steep slopes safer and faster.” Nigel says designing and building ClimbMAX was a collaboration between four Nelson companies. Kelly Logging initiated the project, Trinder Engineering modified the base machine to become a purposebuilt, winch-assisted tree harvester, Fluid Power Solutions designed the self-regulating hydraulic systems and Rzoska Electrical developed the controlling software system. “It’s a real Nelson project and everyone has worked very hard to make it happen,” says Nigel. Kerry says it takes about seven months to build one of the machines, which starts off as a standard 33 tonne Hitachi excavator. “There’s not too much left of the original machine by the time we’ve finished,” Kerry says. “We change the cab, the boom and arm, and have to integrate all the winch system and a blade into a new undercarriage - there’s nothing else like it anywhere in the world.” Although ClimbMAX is being used successfully in New Zealand, Nigel predicts the big demand will come from Canada and the US where it is perfectly suited to their logging operations.
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