The 4WD PRO-4X comes with heavy-duty off-road equipment.
First port to conduct air emissions testing of its off-road equipment (2000)
But it would still be feasible in some forests to extract timber using helicopters or off-road logging equipment.
But off-road equipment produces more fine-particle pollution than all those vehicles combined.
Diesel fuel used in off-road equipment often has sulfur concentrations of 3,000 parts per million.
NO2 forms quickly from emissions from cars, trucks, buses, power plants, and off-road equipment.
Plant equipment and off-road equipment are off, after remaining relatively strong.
"There are something like 1,763 manufacturers of off-road equipment, compared to 22 or so for on-highway vehicles," said Allen Schaeffer, the group's executive director.
Back in New Zealand he was design engineer for Rowe Engineering, designing off-road equipment and heavy machinery.
The test truck had a jittery ride on most roads, partly because of its off-road equipment.