highlandsflyer
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A most relaxing, if physical, endeavour.
I particularly enjoyed collecting the peats, given I was head tractor driver from an early age.
We used to cycle up to the banks to do the turfing and cutting. Our banks were located in two distinct locations, one so boggy you could only get a tractor up to once the ground was dry or hard with the 'perma' frost. The other was much easier ground, but we stacked most of the peats in situ as they were destined for use nearby.
My father favoured the tushkar, a strenuous method of going about the business.
I see we really didn't think it through, even back then there were much better setups. Mind you, I bet we used much less fuel!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Hi_3pAfiQ[/youtube]
I particularly enjoyed collecting the peats, given I was head tractor driver from an early age.
We used to cycle up to the banks to do the turfing and cutting. Our banks were located in two distinct locations, one so boggy you could only get a tractor up to once the ground was dry or hard with the 'perma' frost. The other was much easier ground, but we stacked most of the peats in situ as they were destined for use nearby.
My father favoured the tushkar, a strenuous method of going about the business.
I see we really didn't think it through, even back then there were much better setups. Mind you, I bet we used much less fuel!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Hi_3pAfiQ[/youtube]