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There's always gonna be a need for manual fallers no matter what technology is at hand. As qualified and skilled guys get thinner on the ground it can only drive the $ rate up and weed out the cowboys

Yea, I was at at uni with a couple of those guys, some serious thinking outside the box there. There's 3 ClimbMax's working in the bush now, some brave operators out there

There's more than one crossroads for the forestry industry in the coming months/years.. Euc makes decent pulp/paper, as for sawlogs it will only be small scale buyers interested - guys wanting to build heavy-duty cattle yards etc. The 'wall of wood' we have coming will be seriously limited by...

Ha, my bad. Was at uni with a Berstrom, meant Bergman though. Radiata is hard to sell at small volumes, milled mac, eucalypt etc is probably easier. Just a shame to see high-lift pruned going on the the burn pile, especially at $1,000-$1,200 a hectare to get it there

Hows that loggin road going Jim?

Well, you're in the home of the Bergstroms and the Mahoe mill, maybe there's a business expansion in your future. My old man had to knock over a hectare or so of radiata a few years back at the end of an airstrip. He found a guy who milled and treated, still has 6x2 rails and pointed 2.5m...

Valid points. Refresh me again on whereabouts you are.. up north sounds familiar? If its 6 metre pruned surely there's a local mill with some interest. Export prices are tanking so that's probably out of the question

This is becoming a thing in NZ, machinery capable of working on the steeper ground. Curious to know if anything like this is being developed in the 'other' hemisphere. http://www.climbmax.co.nz/#!/splash-page I'm aware of the fallers not liking harvesters thing, just interested too know if the...

Looks like pruned butt on the right tree.. just piled and burnt?

Going along with the laces theme, who uses starter cord? Good stuff IMO

There's always little ol' NZ, where men are men and sheep are nervous (goats are target practice) :) Doesn't cost $15k to qualify as a faller either

Ha yea thats true. Town I live in just got its first truckload of electricity last week They reckon in a couple of years we'll get the wireless as well

Bang on there hammer. I used to find it annoying but its easy to get used to, like most things. They also slide around to the bottom of the saw if its really pi$$ing you off too.. ;) At the very least, its a good reminder for some to keep that thumb in the right place

If I haven't missed the boat and you want a cheaper place to post to, I'm just over the ditch. There's a decent hunting read or two I could throw in for the journey back north.

East Coast of the North Island, somewhere out of Gisborne. There's still plenty of crews manual logmaking - processing heads are expensive and depending on who you talk to value recovery is better with a manual logmaker. There's a few arguments for and against, both have their merits

Something you wouldn't want to step in I suspect..

Ha, I smell a misunderstanding :) The mitt is a leather mitt that is attached to the half wrap, tied loose enough that it moves along it freely. From memory its purpose is to keep your hand in a position where it will engage the chainbrake if kickback occurs. I'm not a 100% convinced of their...

Goes to show there's more than one way to skin a cat. I've only ever seen one full wrap in NZ. I'm not sure that they'd pass muster in the bush because of our requirement to have a mitt on the handlebar

Work is work and play is play 2dogs

Anyone tried the tungsten spikes? I think Champ makes them