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harvesting and transporting chip which
required an overhaul of operation and
introduction of new equipment to suit.
That’s happened recently, in the last
couple of years, so we’ve expand-
ed quite a bit on this thus far. Barry’s
working on innovations that comple-
ment the service we provide, the har-
vest of the timber on the site and how
we can help the customer extract the
most value out of their assets”, says
Wendy.
Barry’s innovative work was also com-
plemented, in turn, by major advanced
in technology. As one might expect,
forestry is an industry that’s almost
unrecognizable from its early years. Al-
most every single piece of equipment
that is involved in forestry has evolved
in one way or another.
“We originally commenced our busi-
ness with manual blunt force. So they
just used chainsaws and cut the trees
down, sawed all the large trees. Then
we moved to mechanical harvesting
with the implementation of harvest-
ers. Other technologies have been
heavily involved, from the harvesters
that cut the logs to the kind of trucks
we use. For example, on-board elec-