Deep tine possibly Rosarie Forest, Keith area
Photograph courtesy of David Foot, Surrey taken around 1971
Early prototype of a very deep tine plough developed to cultivate hard indurated soils and deeper iron iron pans thus give trees an improved soil and site condition for growth. Improvements in growth were achieved but the cost was considerable.
This version of the tine plough was mounted directly onto the hydraulic ripper bar that came as standard on the Fowler dozing and ripping machines. Later versions of mounting added two semi vertical hydraulic rams to assist with lift of the very heavy plough and even later versions discarded the ripper bar and more elegantly mounted the beam on a vertical and swivel point on a heavy drawbar plate bolted directly to the frame and gearbox casing.
This site appears to be part of an East Scotland senior staff site tour to look over new techniques in cultivation. The man in the kilt is District officer Finlay MacRae, the man to the right is Bob Cathie - then Assist Conservator Forest Management (E) Scotland, next is not recognised and the fourth with folder under arm may be Malcolm Macpherson – then District Officer – Moray.
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