Cross draining at Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour.
Cross draining the ploughed hill at Aultmore Forest, Adie Hill, with the normal single furrow Cuthberson plough head. In order to cut below the depth of plough furrows the plough in its cross draining mode would have to be trimmed to some of its deepest settings. The operator is almost certainly Jimmy Sangster or Dick Warrior on what looks like a Track Marshall tractor. In this photograph the outfit is steadily working its way diagonally across the tree planting furrows keeping a slow fall down hill and catching as many wet hollows as he can on the run to drain the hillside. Note the previous plough drains across the hill above the machine. It was not unusual to have cross drains at 50 yard spacing but more often this was widened out towards 100 yards on dryer hill sides.
Thanks to Bill Taylor and Frank Calder, Enzie, for the details.
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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Northeast Scotland , Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines