Harrison Bulk Haulage owner Steve Allan can operate the slow speed shredder Terex 820 machine with a remote control device. Picture by Liam Clayton
A Herculean 30 tonne slow speed shredder is perhaps the one-stop solution that Gisborne needs when it comes to dealing with issues such as slash.
The $900,000 Terex 820 machine was donated to Gisborne company Harrison Bulk Haulage by an Auckland company. It is fitted with a 500 horsepower engine capable
of shredding about 150 tonnes of slash or woody debris in an hour.
Harrison owner Steve Allan says, “All we can do is try to provide a solution or part of a solution.
“The way it works is that you feed the slash to the hopper which then sends it to the shredding unit. Once it’s done shredding, the two metre conveyor belt will bring out the final product which can then be used for purposes of making biochar and so forth.”
Mr Allan says he has received a lot of interest from forestry companies wanting to tidy up “bits and pieces” and who were eager to have a demonstration.
