Glenmore Forest timber harvesting during the 1990�s

Date Added: 01 February 2023 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1995 Picture No: 5538

The image is courtesy of Brian Duff, Inverness, Ross and Skye Forest District or as now North Region of Forestry and Land Scotland.

Brian comments:
‘Large scale removal of non native species here in South Loch Morlich area. Forest Enterprise embarked on a major conservation project to restore and expand significant areas of native PinewoodsTimberjack skidder sitting on the edge of the magic roundabout Glenmore Forest Park 1990’s. The skidder was used to extract timber out of the steeper burnsides. Non-natives trees were removed by FC harvesting team using whole tree working with extraction by skidder and processed at roadside. Eventually more conventional short wood systems were used in the forthcoming years. Timber Lorry is one Grant of Ballindalloch's fleet. The majority of sawlog timber went to BSW sawmill at Boat of Garten.’

Timber lorry registration number is difficult to read but could be E582NSC

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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Timber harvesters, processors, forwarders and cable cranes, Timber lorries and loaders

2 Comments

Remember trying to persuade the head forester on Panmure estate to try wheel chains the same as on this skidder for the highland bear forwarder, I think they were made by Chieftain Forge his answer was no way think of the damage to the forest roads. Comment left on 03 February 2023 at 15:28 by Leslie Phillip

This site was my first job after leaving Merrist Wood college in Guildford. I did an NCH in Arboriculture and started out there cutting for Dave MacCulloch from Balloch.
We did first thinnings of the pines and removed all the Sitka and Hemlock.
That timberjack in the photo was there when was on site in 1992. There was also a Clam-bunk driven by Tommy Broadly. (Check the spelling on that)
I just mind being very wet behind the ears and often being asked by the boss, “did you forget you were on piece work?”

Even on a bad day it was braw! Comment left on 18 November 2023 at 19:06 by Garry Fraser

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