APF 1990 – Held in the Midlands - Sifer
Association of Professional Foresters – National Forestry Machinery Demonstration is held every two years. The image is from a photograph collection that was originally stored at Kincardine Forest District.
There are no details about the machines other than some names. This period saw the energetic burst of timber harvesting machine ideas with many different types of harvesting heads matched with both wheeled and tracked bases. Historically these were important stages in the evolution of mechanised harvesting.
A Sifer 688 tracked harvester base with Sifer harvesting head. Poclain name is added as a note and may refer to base machine? See PDF for closer view of head.
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Groups: Timber harvesters, processors, forwarders and cable cranes