ltd – summer 2011/12 - CablePrice

TRACK & WHEELCustomer: Sparrow LoggingModel: John Deere 748HSparrow Logging has recently taken delivery of a new JohnDeere 748H grapple skidder. The machine comes equipped withthe option of manual or automatic gear shift, auto reversing fan,manual throttle, start gear selection and is powered by a JohnDeere 6068 engine, producing 193hp. This machine will bepredominately used in the Southland area on clear fell and farmforestry blocks.Customer: FlightLogging LimitedModel: John Deere748H SkidderDave Flight, of Flight Logging, Turangi,has taken delivery of a new John Deere748H direct drive grapple skidder.Tom Ross has worked for Flight for afew years now and has been given thetask of putting the John Deere to workin the Rotoaira Forest. The new seriesJohn Deere comes with a fully automaticpowershift transmission, making life thatlittle bit easier for the operator.Flight Logging are a ground basecrew contracted to New Zealand ForestManagers in the Central North Island.Customer: Button LoggingModel: John Deere 748H SkidderCanterbury-based Button Logging has just taken delivery of a new John Deere 748H grappleskidder, setting it to work in the Okuku Forest. The 748H replaces a John Deere 648G II.Pictured from left is David Button and Aaron Lamborn.Customer: G & L LoggingModel: John Deere 748H SkidderWayne Gardner, of G and L Logging, Ngongotaha, has taken delivery of a new generation748H John Deere grapple skidder, working with Lealand Logging in the Central North Islandfor New Zealand Forest Managers. The new skidder is equipped with an auto shift transmissionthat can be turned on or off at the push of a button, plus a convenient “hand throttle” can alsobe set at the push of a button, all of which makes life that little bit easier in the cab.CablePrice 53