Forestry Memories

Trials of Cetripetal Plough at Parkgate

Trials of Cetripetal Plough at Parkgate

Date Added: 28 January 2014 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1978 Picture No: 2441

Forestry Commission copyright image of Forest Research photographs courtesy of Glenn Brearley, Roslin Nil Ref No

Photographs taken in 1978 of a trial version of a self propelled disc fixed to a plough frame with the aim of pushing back the turf into the furrow. The aim may have been to try and increase rooting stability by reducing the platform effect and have roots cross unimpeded the channels created by ploughing.

Can anyone identify the man – Murray Clark?

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Groups: Forest Research, Forestry in Action, Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines

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The man in the photo is indeed Murray Clark, the photo was taken at Parkgate in the workshop field which was ploughed up on a regular basis for plough testing. My father kept a large H been for dragging around the field to level it off for future plough testing. Comment left on 17 April 2017 at 08:04 by Douglas Clark
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