Ploughing for Nature Conservancy, Isle of Rum
The photographs are courtesy of Donnie Stirling, Tomich, who was a ploughing tractor driver for a number of years. Photographs provide with help from Sandra Reid.
Donnie Stirling operated this TD8 tractor and Ross type frame plough with Cuthbertson plough head on Island of Rum for a short contract to plough some small areas where the Nature Conservancy Council was planning to plant trees.
The tractor and plough was taken over from Skye on a landing craft but Donnie was not present at that time. Note that the same plough is still on the Island and shown beautifully painted in 2014 in Photograph Number 3461! Most likely the tractor only was taken off and the plough left for later ploughing work.
Any images of the trees as they exist now would be very welcome.
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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines