Timber haulage 1970/80

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Timber haulage 1970/80

Post #1 by FOWLER MAN » Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:49 pm

Hello
Just a look back at timber haulage in the 1970's/80's
I found these photos on a Forestry Comission site.
Fred
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Re: Timber haulage 1970/80

Post #2 by Jeremy Rowland » Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:52 pm

Wow some old kit there including the mk1 Atki with the crane on the back.

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Post #3 by FOWLER MAN » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:00 pm

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Wow some old kit there including the mk1 Atki with the crane on the back.

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Hi Jeremy.
Heres some realy old kit'
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Re: Timber haulage 1970/80

Post #4 by Jeremy Rowland » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:01 pm

Yes Fred they are old :lol: a Foden and an Albion by the look.

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Re: Timber haulage 1970/80

Post #5 by FOWLER MAN » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:05 pm

Hello again Jeremy,
I think your Albion is a Leyland Hippo?
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Re: Timber haulage 1970/80

Post #6 by modelman093 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:00 am

FOWLER MAN wrote:Hello
Just a look back at timber haulage in the 1970's/80's
I found these photos on a Forestry Comission site.
Fred
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Wonderful pictures - thanks for posting them.
If any one is particularly interested in timber extraction and haulage I thoroughly recommend the books written by the late Maurice Sanders
Stories of Round Timber Haulage
Wood WurliTzer & Wesley
Giants of Timber Transport
Men mud and Machines
All packed with wonderful photographs and stories of the UK timber scene.
Also the American book Endless Tracks in the Woods - packed with black and white pictures of timber extraction and transport equipment with a chapter or two of earthmoving kit thrown in!
Angus


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