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Extracting timber with Highland Bear at Altsaigh
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No: 335   Contributor: Norman Davidson   Year: 1981
Extracting timber with Highland Bear at Altsaigh

Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS.
Highland Bear belonging to James Jones driven by Willie Bell shifting long Douglas fir poles along the forest road at Altsigh, Inchnacardoch Forest. Note the extended chassis on the trailer to cope with the long poles.
Picture added on 25 May 2008
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Happy memories

Added by on 15 September 2016.
Glad you enjoyed seeing the photographs. Did you drive this machine? I know it was made by James Jones but wondered if it was owned by the Forestry Commission at this time. The registration number FSF839X seems to indicate it was a FC machine.

Added by Norman Davidson on 16 September 2016.
Yes - it was the Forestry Commission that owned it.

Added by William Bell on 15 January 2017.
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