Deep Ploughing in The Netherlands

Here are some pictures I took at an event in The Netherlands last year demonstrating a very large "Vee plough" which was used in the polders to create drainage channels.
Normally it would have been pulled by one or two D6 size tractors, here we have a D6, D4 and a D2 !

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Thanks!
I would never have known that Tulips are planted in sand turned up from the lower layers!
Watching those Diesels pull really gives a concept as to how much draft is on that plow!

I have never seen big ploughs like these didnt no they even existed as normal Im still learning something new every day thanks for sharing

Paul

Hello John ,

Nice to see this picture again in your first post !!.
On the first picture you see three crawlers , and the first tractor is the same machine as on the picture .
This one was driving into the right direction because the second tractor could not steer anymore while it was pulling the big plough .
When i bought this tractor , it still had the frame on to cover the operator .
I dropped this away . I didt not know what this was that time .
To owner "van Damme"also made the plough himself and have patended this plough .

Hello Gilbert, Is your tractor (the front one in my picture) a Diesel 50 ?

If so, it sure is a survivor.

There is also a Diesel 50 with some history attached here in UK.
In the mid 1930s Ransomes (the plough maker) had a Diesel 50 for demonstrating their ploughs.
Here is a picture of it pulling 21 furrows...
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This looks quite impressive today, back in 1936, when most tractors pulled one or two furrows it must have been a sensation.

The tractor was sold to a UK Farmer who then emigrated to Canada, taking the tractor with him.
It was brought back to the UK a few years ago and is now in a collection near Birmingham.

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whos that loitering in front of TC,s land rover 😄