out on a limb

About as heavy-duty as it gets in the forestry sphere, the fully interlocking swing yarder uses a system of cables to swing or fly logs from the stump to the skid site, where logs are then stripped and prepared for transport.

Freshly arrived from Canada, the Madill 124B is perched atop the steep terrain of an Aratu Forests site, with the closest town Tolaga Bay. Just getting to the site presents a challenge in itself. Fortunately, Porter Equipment territory manager Roger Pedersen was behind the wheel; this is no terrain for the faint-hearted or inexperienced and I was more than happy to be riding shotgun.

Thanks to the mighty