Twin furrow ploughing Clashindarroch
The photograph is courtesy of the family of George Dey. George took many photographs in his forestry career and some are now shown on this web site. Check under ‘Groups’ and George Dey Collection.
This well defined photograph shows a special twin furrow plough designed to ‘complete’ plough the hillside much the same manner as a farmer would his fields. There was a view that complete ploughing and the mixing of the peat top layer with the mineral lower layers would lead to increased nutrients being made available to the planted trees. The trees certainly got off to a great start but slowed down markedly in later years. Another disadvantage was the very exposed and visible young trees which attracted the sole attention of the browsers!
This site seems to be high up in Clashindarroch and suspect it is on its western boundary around the Red Hill area. The tractor is certainly a large Caterpillar - D7 (not so -it is a Fowler Challenger 33). Can anyone confirm and also name the driver? Reg No of tractor YYR991H.
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Groups: Forest Research, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, George Dey Forestry Collection, Northeast Scotland , Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines