Forestry Memories

Bill MacKenzie and County Loader

Bill MacKenzie and County Loader

Date Added: 05 September 2012 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1974 Picture No: 1254

Photograph courtesy of Brian Fletcher, Conon Bridge.

Forestry Commission loader driver Bill MacKenzie is standing beside a converted County Tractor at Newtyle, Morayshire. The FC number is 61084 and Registration EHM901J.

The County has been significantly modified and appears as though it can be operated from a normal cab (for driving between sites?) and also from the top cab for loading lorries.

Can anyone give more information on this machine and where it was manufactured?

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Groups: Forestry Areas, Timber harvesters, processors, forwarders and cable cranes, Timber lorries and loaders

2 Comments

I think the right term for this machine is a forward control, probably built at County conversions Fleet Hampshire. Comment left on 14 August 2016 at 23:03 by Leslie Phillip
The Tractor is a County FC 1004 (FC for forward control) a standard model made from 1967 to 1977.
Crane probably fitted by another company, difficult to identify from the view.
Comment left on 20 August 2016 at 12:38 by Jimmy Thain
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