Double Mouldboard ploughing - Ardbrecknish
The photograph is courtesy of the family of George Dey. George took many forestry photographs in his forestry career and many are now shown on this web site. Check under ‘Groups’ and George Dey Collection.
In his diary George mentions a visit to Ardbrecknish, Loch Awe in Oct 1962 to look at some Double Mouldboard ploughing. The back ground certainly looks like the top end of Loch Awe. The wide tracked County tractor is certainly pulling what could be termed a shallow double mouldboard plough which could possibly have a tine sock fitted in the middle going by the suggestion of a track left in the drain bottom. The fairings at the back of the plough body are set very low in this model and in later years were raised and extended to push the furrow out and further away from the drain edge. Note the large screw at the back pushing up onto the plough beam. This set the angle of attack of the plough head and adjusted whether it aggressively dug into the soil or slowly eased its way into the furrow.
The driver can just be seen – can anyone name him and confirm location?
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