Long County / Track Marshall with Humpy Drainer
Forestry Commission copyright image of Forest Research photographs courtesy of Glenn Brearley, Roslin. Nil ref Number
A Bogmaster County and a Track Marshall 55 working in tandem pulling a Humpy Draining plough with a right hand throw head on a non working run. Note that the plough has double wheels on each side which became the standard.
If ground conditions were quite firm the two tractors, joined by a winch rope on brake, could pull the draining plough fairly readily but in softer or uphill conditions the lead tractor often had to run ahead to a firm spot and then use the winch to haul the other tractor and plough towards him. It was always preferable to throw the furrow to the downhill side of a main drain and to this end the plough usually had to run ‘empty’ to the one side of an area to cross drain it properly. Draining plough heads with a left hand throw were also supplied and operators could change head to which most suited the particular area they were draining.
Photo credited to D Petty but indicated N England as the location but the same location as previous photograph?
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Groups: Forest Research, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines