Lour Estate, Forfar 1964

Date Added: 18 January 2017 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1964 Picture No: 3470

Photograph courtesy of Leslie Phillip, Perth who comments:

‘This was the first attempt at cutting firewood logs on Lour Estate, Forfar around 1964. The saw used by David Phillip, Head Forester, was a Jonsered 751. This task was usually done with the mobile McConnell saw bench.

Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Tools, equipment and clothing

2 Comments

The chainsaw in the picture above was an early Jonesereds 751 later models were renamed Jonesered, can anyone verify this. Comment left on 18 January 2017 at 12:47 by

Leslie, I think you are correct - according to the internet the first factory was in town of Jonsered but saws were called Jonsereds until 1985 before reverting to Jonsered. Comment left on 19 January 2017 at 08:24 by Norman Davidson

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