Cutting Firewood at Easter Moniack Farm
The Press and Journal image from a photograph submitted by Charles Gair, Inverness, showing two men cross cutting broadleaved timber into material suitable for firewood.
It is possible that these trees were blown down in the severe gales in January that year.
The two men are named as John Holmes (left) and Willie Henderson working with the Ferguson T20 (Registration FST67) driven cross cut saw bench at Easter Moniack farm. The tractor cab must have been one of the very earliest types made for this tractor.
Any details and comments welcome.
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3 Comments
Could that be a Ferguson or Cordwood saw with a swinging bench.?
Comment left on 22 May 2020 at 16:14 by leslie phillip
The sawbench on the back of the Fergie TE20 is a Ferguson cordwood saw, Model: A-LE 19.
With the Model: A-LE 19 saw the adjustment of the drive belt tension was critical and difficult to achieve. So a revised model of cordwood saw was produced. This saw the Model: A-LE 20, had a circular edged guard surrounding the blade and a revised belt tensioning method.
Both types of saw bench are still very popular today for cutting firewood for the domestic stove by hobbyists and Fergy tractor and paraphenalia collectors. Comment left on 22 May 2020 at 23:08 by Bill Rayner
With the Model: A-LE 19 saw the adjustment of the drive belt tension was critical and difficult to achieve. So a revised model of cordwood saw was produced. This saw the Model: A-LE 20, had a circular edged guard surrounding the blade and a revised belt tensioning method.
Both types of saw bench are still very popular today for cutting firewood for the domestic stove by hobbyists and Fergy tractor and paraphenalia collectors. Comment left on 22 May 2020 at 23:08 by Bill Rayner
After very busy wartime construction period Scottish Aviation at Prestwick diversified in to tractor cab production around 1950. Some were a light steel frame with a mix of thin steel sheet and canvas cladding. This one is the later type, mostly aluminium, and it was the Deluxe version as it had a door where as the standard version had no door and you had to climb in from the back. This would not be the one to have when you were starting and stopping the saw.
Comment left on 24 May 2020 at 11:37 by Alasdair Cameron
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