Glenamoy Tunnel Plough at Flanders Moss
Forestry Commission copyright image of Forest Research photographs courtesy of Glenn Brearley, Roslin. B4446
Scottish built version (at Parkgate) of the Irish Glenamoy tunnel plough mounted via Ede Linkage onto a wide extended tracked Bogmaster Fordson County Tractor and ready to start experimental draining/ploughing work on Flanders Moss, Loch Ard Forest in experiment 10. The photographs show a well built plough, the beautifully engineered Ede Linkage with its double acting hydraulic ram about to start operations in the drain cut previously by a Priestman Cub drag line excavator.
The plough is pulled by the forward motion of the slotted Ede beam via the rollers which allow the plough to float somewhat at depth independent of any modest irregular tractor dips and rises. The photograph shows the roller mechanism locked in a central position probably by the crescent shaped metal catch which has been manually released by the little hook above it.
Can anyone remember this plough in action?
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Groups: Forest Research, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines