Kockums 84-31 Forwarder FC50778 with Myra Younie
The slides were originally held by the late Alan Green of Forest Research (Newton) but handed over to Lesley Hutcheson by his widow who passed them onto Forestry and Land Scotland and thereafter found their way to Forestry Memories.
Myra Younie Admin Officer in Moray Forest District office at Newton has an in-cab photo with Bill McKenzie the machine operator just visible in the back ground. The photograph was taken during a Moray Forest District office staff outing into the forest environment for administrative staff to see forest operations and work at first hand.
The Kockums forwarders were very solid, robust and heavy working machines that endured long working lives. Unfortunately these six wheel versions had a severely heavy footprint and impacted notably on harvesting sites especially in wetter conditions. Some reconditioned machines were purchased at one point from Scandinavia. Any details very welcome.
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Groups: Forestry Areas, Northeast Scotland , Timber harvesters, processors, forwarders and cable cranes