NZ Harvesting & log transport companies planning for 2021
The conference programme is already full. Registrations are now live and exhibition spaces, as expected, sold out six months before the event runs. It’s going to be another major turnout and after the major disruptions of 2020 (bush fires and a slow down through excess log inventories in Chinese ports at the beginning of the year, COVID-19 lock-downs and then a halt on log exports out of some Australian States into China towards the end of the year), it will be well overdue. Source
John Deere Power Systems and DEUTZ Announce Engine Collaboration
John Deere Power Systems and DEUTZ have announced plans to jointly develop and source components for a low horsepower range engine up to 130kW. Working together, the parties will be able to close a gap in the market by developing an engine that provides customers additional and exceptional value upon initial purchase while retaining the reliability, versatility, and performance they’ve come to expect from John Deere and DEUTZ engines. Source
Connected technology opens up new possibilities in MaxiFleet
Now you can easily turn on the forest machine's engine heater wherever you are – whether the machine is running or not. The MaxiFleet engine heater function has been made both easier and better thanks to new, connected technology that makes it possible to interact directly with the forest machine's computer. The new technology brings great opportunities for improvement and this is only step one. Source