46 | FORESTRY JDS Logging T T Richard Loader Right team the ‘biggest blessing’ In 2021 the call was made to rebrand as JDS Logging Ltd to more clearly reflect the company’s logging work. When Dan Shoaf, the Managing Director of Hawke’s Bay’s JDS Logging, reflects on what has been at the heart of his company’s success he has no hesitation saying it has been about his team. “They are my biggest blessing, and have been right from the start. Logging is bloody difficult work, so our success has definitely been our team. They arrive at work, do their job in an honest, reliable and safe way. “I have team members who have every ticket in the forestry sector including hauler operations, level four tree falling, level four machine operations, level four mechanical repairs, quality control, and all my guys are first aid trained. They are trained in firefighting and manual processing — some guys even have cooking qualifications. We all have a lot of pride in what we do and in the business.” Dan also acknowledges that knowing when to spend money, when not to spend money, and keeping a lid on overheads has been another key factor in maintaining a steady but reliable path for his business. What started as a small firewood business turned into a business called Woodfellas Treeworks Ltd in 2019 doing a bit of everything from firewood, clear falling small woodlots and clean-up jobs throughout the Hawke’s Bay region. Progressively, Dan and his team became increasingly involved in manual logging operations and in 2021 the call was made to rebrand as JDS Logging Ltd to more clearly reflect the company’s logging work, contracting to larger forest management companies in the region. “We specialise in manual clear falling and road lining,” says Dan. “Road lining is where we cut corridors through a forest block in its Talk to us today, the feature profile experts Phone: 03 983 5500 waterfordpress.co.nz PROFILE YOUR PROJECT... Pirtek Hawke’s Bay is proud to support JDS Logging with all their hydraulic servicing & engineering repairs 06 870 3804 saleshb@pirtek.co.nz WE’ll KEEP YOU OPERATING
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