Inverness Forestry School forwarder

Date Added: 06 October 2016 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 2016 Picture No: 3419

Image is courtesy of Alasdair Cameron who has contacted a former member of the Forestry School staff and confirmed that the machines were part of the Inverness School of Forestry fleet purchased and then registered locally in Inverness-shire.

This is a James Jones Highlander conversion based on a Ford 5000 which he believes may have been a County Tractor four wheel conversion but could find no plate to confirm this. The registration number is GAS 976N and fleet number GP 3602.

Alasdair adds 'The safety cab was made by Alexander Duncan of Nigg, Aberdeen, who made versions of this cab for many makes of tractor. I have also found out that the School of Forestry machinery was maintained by the staff of the Forestry Commission workshop at Longman, Inverness.'

This 1975 machine must be familiar to a considerable number of former students!

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Groups: Forester Training Schools and Universities, Timber harvesters, processors, forwarders and cable cranes

2 Comments

I remember the first thing we altered on the highland bear forwarder at Panmure estate in the 1970s was the track width of the front wheels which came set in narrow, by turning them outside in and swapping sides this made it much easier for the forwarder now that all four wheels were cutting the same track in wet ground. also a mixture of salt water ballast and very little air helped with traction and front end weight. Comment left on 07 October 2016 at 13:13 by Leslie Phillip

for many years the tractor was serviced by Highland Council Roads department which is why it has the fleet number GP3602. Comment left on 10 October 2016 at 22:31 by Neil Stewart

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