DBM Volvo forwarder at work on location in north Wales

Date Added: 14 July 2023 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1988 Picture No: 5669

The image is courtesy of Derek Dean, Huntly and Steven Mair, Elgin, and shows Derek Mair driving the BM Volvo owned by Kenny Mair of Huntly.

The load of small round wood appears to be of billets of 3m length which is surprising as the nearest pulp mill would have been at Shotton which opened in the early 1980s- that only took 2m pulp.

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

3 Comments

Shotton took 3m and 2.4m pulp. Our FC Bruunett 578F operator preferred it and could load quickly and was more productive. So we supplied a lot at that length.
Comment left on 16 July 2023 at 21:04 by Richard Siddons

Thanks Richard for coming to the aid of my fading memory. Can you say which mill took in the 2m pulp wood? Comment left on 17 July 2023 at 08:03 by Norman Davidson

Iggesund at Workington took a lot of 2.0m pulp, certainly going back to 80s and 90s. There was also Kronospan at Chirk, can't remember what lengths they took back in the day, but I think they took several. Comment left on 17 July 2023 at 18:33 by Iain Gale

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