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Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: shotblastuk on August 22, 2014, 08:40:20 am

Title: spring tyne scuffle
Post by: shotblastuk on August 22, 2014, 08:40:20 am

Just a quick question.
I would like to know what a spring tyne scuffle is used for?

Title: Re: spring tyne scuffle
Post by: henchard on August 22, 2014, 08:47:20 am

Traditionally scuffles were used after ploughing for breaking the land down further. Depending how 'strong' the land was it was ploughed, scuffled, sometimes rolled with Cambridge rolls (if very cloddy) and sometimes harrowed as well. Mostly replaced these days now by the power harrow. Sometimes scuffles are used just to break up the top few inches of land rather than ploughing. They are a halfway house btween a plough and a harrow really.

Title: Re: spring tyne scuffle
Post by: shotblastuk on August 22, 2014, 07:44:38 pm

Thanks for the response Henchard. Good to know

Title: Re: spring tyne scuffle
Post by: Womble on August 30, 2014, 05:53:20 pm

Kicking out time after an Easter party down the Bigg Market?  ;)

Title: Re: spring tyne scuffle
Post by: Fleecewife on August 31, 2014, 01:52:21 am

Quote from: Womble on August 30, 2014, 05:53:20 pm

Kicking out time after an Easter party down the Bigg Market?  ;)

I thought it might be the next craze after the soft shoe shuffle at the barn dance....but no  :D