Forestry Memories

Bogged JCB JS130 in Elchies Forest about 1985

Bogged JCB JS130 in Elchies Forest about 1985

Date Added: 01 December 2008 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1985 Picture No: 401

Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory.

The JCB JS130 is shown bogged at Elchies Forest, Archiestown in Moray. It appears the machine was running on a mat of branches and timber over very soft peat and has broken through the surface layer and plunged into deep almost liquid peat bog.

Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Northeast Scotland , Road and Bridge Engineers and Works

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