MACDIRECT BLOG

MacDirect has been working to supply cypress/macrocarpa timber to the NZ market for over 30 years. Led by our fearless leader, Murray Grant, MacDirect has supplied timber to 1000s of projects nationwide. We've even sent timber to the Pacific Islands and Australia. We've been here long enough to understand Mac, it's use in NZ climates and the difference between a good log and a bad one. Cape Kidnappers is a prominent project MacDirect supplied almost 20 years ago. 30 years of

Murray looking over a plantation Winter has come again with mud, rain, not to mention economic and world turmoil.... Is it all doom and...

Murray Grant -Founder and Director of MacDirect Another year goes by and MacDirect are loaded with plantation logs that will keep us busy...

Grading timber to New Zealand standards is a fine art, let alone grading macrocarpa cypress timbers. A lot has changed in our business...

Many in NZ think Cypress (macrocarpa/lusitanica) has only recently been extensively used in NZ building. Macrocarpa (mac) has actually...

We get asked all the time to share how we grade mac building grade timber. In part because there are some significant differences to...

An Intro from me: Scott Kelso, GM MacDirect Inspired by Murray's musings, I thought I would share a little bit about me and my time with...

Just a quick introduction...... Getting into sawmilling in 1993 I saw the market for a well graded consistent supply of macrocarpa...