D4 Tractor and Solotrac plough — Achnashella
Forestry Commission copyright images of Forest Research photographs courtesy of Glenn Brearley, Roslin. Nil Ref No.
This and the last photograph in sequence were labelled as being at Achnashellash, Golden Valley in 1940? But observation of two other images dated more authoritatively Achnashellach 26 and P45 indicate the two sets of images are most likely to have been taken at the same occasion - namely 1944. It is the same machines with the same workers dressed similarly.
The next images show that the Ransomes Solotrac plough is doing quite a good job of ploughing in the deep peat but the turf was rolling back into the channel in some places and two workers are using the three pronged drain drags (howks or heughs) to prevent this and stabilise the furrow on the platform with grass side down.
Can anyone suggest who the workers might be?
Groups: Forest Research, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Groups of people, Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines