Craig Thomson Engineering

13/02/2026

Something different today, calving pen designed and fabricated for a local farmer

24/04/2025

🌲Experienced Harvester Operator required🌲

Agriforest are looking for an operator for an 18 month old Komatsu 931XC. The work involves a great variety from large clear fells in commercial forest blocks, to small estate thinning work. The role would suit someone looking for a change, and where quality of work is treated in equal importance to production.

The areas of work are across Southern Scotland but mainly in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire & Scottish Borders. Working away is occasionally required and accommodation is provided.

All of our machinery is maintained on service contracts and with no expense spared. Presentation and upkeep of the machine is therefore extremely important, along with regular maintenance.

The position could be on a self employed or employed basis. If employed, a company pickup would be offered to the right candidate.

Please only apply if you have references available proving a high standard of work, the ability to work on your own initiative, and to do basic repairs when required. In return we offer excellent rates of pay, incentives/bonus, and the opportunity to be part of a small,professional and dedicated team.

Call Douglas on 07940 979688 or email [email protected]. Messages/texts will not be responded to.

03/04/2025

29/03/2025

Another busy week! Steel wrist on a menzi muck for a rotation fault, new motor sourced and fitted.
Suzuki quad for a full service.
Tigercat over heating, found it had a burst radiator, new one sourced and fitted.
Jcb fastrac with an air leak, found the cause to be an air fitting on the gear selector ram. Replaced and going again.
An old but gold Timberjack skidder for a set of clutches in the winch.
And a break down with a slurry pump that wouldn’t rev up, alternator found to be at fault, charging over 36v. New alternator sourced and replaced ready for Monday.
Ponsse fox with a snapped knife pin, old pin removed and new one fitted ready to kill some more trees!

22/03/2025

Part Two of the Tigercat hub
The rest of the hub was removed and everything was cleaned up. Hub was rebuilt with new seals and bearings, all gears were replaced. Hub was reffited to machine followed by the track.

14/03/2025

North Yorkshire to a Tiggercat 822 some electrics to tidy up and a couple oil leaks.
Then a return visit with loss of drive to a track, After some investigation found the teeth on the drive shaft had left the chat. Hub stripped ready to be cleaned up and new parts sourced.

10/03/2025

John Deere 1210 this afternoon for a coolant leak. Swollen and burst pipe to the night heater. New pipe retrieved from John Deere forestry. Up and running again in no time.
Followed by a Doosan 225 on the same site also with a coolant leak, system pressurised up and found a heater hose that had been nibbled by a 🐁. New pipe supplied and fitted ready for work tomorrow.
And lastly a timber trailer with a slack axle, quickly tightened up and good to go!

10/03/2025

Early morning call out to a low loader with multiple lights not working on his trailer. Found multiple wires with corrosion, cut out, new terminals fitted and some Vaseline to try and prevent it happening again. All wiring tied up and driver is on his way again. 🤙

05/03/2025

Team red today
Komatsu 931 xc Broken hose carrier, straightened and weldedOil leak from harvesters head found it to be seals on a steel pipe, seals replaced.Driver complained of the rotator being slow and didn’t stop when it was supposed to, did some diagnosing and replaced the motor, and a happy driver again!Coolant leak, pressurised the system and found a constant drip from a radiator hose And a diesel pump that didn’t want to suck and more, Divorced and replaced with a younger model

01/03/2025

A couple of electrical jobs done recently, new daf for some step lights ( hella black magic) and trailer lights. Volvo with an upgrade to some lap electrical led light bars.

01/03/2025