Traditional Turf Cutting

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  • čas přidán 14. 06. 2022
  • George Mcdonald has been cutting turf since the mid 70's. The turf is dried and used for home heating. I had a go at it myself and it's not as easy as it looks!
    #traditional #history #tractors
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Komentáře • 49

  • @harryfinch4986
    @harryfinch4986 Před 2 lety +35

    For anyone who wants to know. Turf is used in fire places ect once dried burns for hours 👍

  • @bartonkj
    @bartonkj Před 8 měsíci +10

    For others who want to know: peat is one of the things that make scotch so yummy. Burn peat to dry malted barley, and it imparts a very smokey flavor to the barley, which survives distillation and aging and you smell and taste in the glass.

    • @hubertcharles6551
      @hubertcharles6551 Před 2 měsíci +1

      C’est tellement agréable le Wiskey tourbé ! Et quoi de plus enivrant que le parfum d’un feu de tourbe ? ? ? 😊

  • @krestovozdvizhenskiy
    @krestovozdvizhenskiy Před 2 lety +12

    For others that want to know. Turf is used as the main component for substrate. It can take a lot of water and remain quite air permeable, which is very useful for potted plants and for agriculture in whole.

  • @scott-ww8mw
    @scott-ww8mw Před 2 lety +12

    For those of us in the US who have no concept of this, the Bog is the source of peat. The peoples of Great Britain and Ireland have been cutting peat for centuries.

    • @robertcirincione6099
      @robertcirincione6099 Před 2 lety

      That's what I thought. They are calling it turf as we would call it peat.

    • @paullucas3
      @paullucas3 Před 5 měsíci

      If you look one google maps, I found an old peat bog near betterton Maryland as a kid. You can see where they cut the peat out. I was boggled at the time. I couldn’t figure out what the trenches were. Peat bogs, who would have thunk it :)

    • @hubertcharles6551
      @hubertcharles6551 Před 2 měsíci

      Des tourbières il en existait partout en Europe dont en France, mais avec des gisements beaucoup moins importants qu’en Irlande. Il faut dire que pour que cette tourbe se réalise il faut une grande humidité et des milliers d’années . . .

  • @ke1vin
    @ke1vin Před rokem +5

    I’m a simple man. I see a Ferguson, I click.

  • @rchobbychannel5681
    @rchobbychannel5681 Před 2 lety +9

    I bet that's quite heavy on the arms after a few loads. Fair play to that bloke he reminds me of my 87 year old grandfather who still cuts and chops his own logs and he has a 48 year old fordson major with a winch to help him with the heavier logs.

  • @jasonlockhart4647
    @jasonlockhart4647 Před 2 lety +5

    It's just so satisfying to watch

  • @abbylynn8872
    @abbylynn8872 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Twitter/X brought me here today❤🎉

  • @mostwantedpakbusu
    @mostwantedpakbusu Před 2 lety +11

    can we see the dried one burn for heating ?

  • @giacomo8875
    @giacomo8875 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I can watch this all day

  • @paulbergin5903
    @paulbergin5903 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The man's a legend.

  • @scottschenk5456
    @scottschenk5456 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @phantomrider8777
    @phantomrider8777 Před 2 lety +1

    Great!!

  • @johnmoorhousedecorated-nam899

    Any videos of it burning?

  • @paulbrown521
    @paulbrown521 Před 6 měsíci

    Wouldnt it be a lot labour intensive to cut peat and stack directly onto pallets ? Then position pallets .

  • @rafaelgelpi2718
    @rafaelgelpi2718 Před 8 měsíci

    How long do the peat blocks dry before they can be burned

  • @burdizdawurd1516Official

    Ferguson or Ford? Or is it some foreign brand of tractor? Looks similar to our pair of Ferguson TO-35s but I am fairly certain there were predecessors to these models that were developed in Europe

  • @tyronerautahi9705
    @tyronerautahi9705 Před rokem

    I would have thought Theese two should be doing each other’s jobs.
    Although the digger is very slick at it.

  • @kevjo13
    @kevjo13 Před 6 měsíci

    My question us why is the old man doing all the hard work and the younger muscular bloak riding the tractor? 😊

  • @allsaintsfellowship
    @allsaintsfellowship Před 16 dny

    Does this only exist in One country? I wonder if you can also find it in Africa

  • @michaelmcmullan2300
    @michaelmcmullan2300 Před rokem

    Looks like hard work 🤔

  • @hubertcharles6551
    @hubertcharles6551 Před 2 měsíci

    J’aimerais savoir pourquoi cet homme lisse le haut du pavé de tourbe avant de le trancher ? ? ?

  • @rafaelgelpi2718
    @rafaelgelpi2718 Před 8 měsíci

    Son bloques de turba, una vez que se secan se queman como carbón o trozos de madera

    • @hubertcharles6551
      @hubertcharles6551 Před 2 měsíci

      Ils sont hélas beaucoup moins caloriques que du bois ou du charbon . . .

  • @derekcolgan9270
    @derekcolgan9270 Před 8 měsíci

    Hard works not easy.

  • @beefster1882
    @beefster1882 Před 2 lety +1

    This older gentleman is working harder than 60% of most people, if you don’t have a pace like this old man than you’re doing something wrong. Get up and get some bread

  • @jaume3130
    @jaume3130 Před 2 lety +1

    Para que utilizan estos bloques?

    • @jondoe7610
      @jondoe7610 Před 2 lety

      Once there dried you can burn them for heat

  • @bg9318
    @bg9318 Před 8 měsíci

    Never seen anyone cut like that

  • @houstonbarr6070
    @houstonbarr6070 Před 2 lety +4

    Why are they doing this?

    • @Team_Banchamek
      @Team_Banchamek Před 2 lety +3

      To sell in the cake shop

    • @muzzyla24
      @muzzyla24 Před 2 lety +1

      For solid fuel boilers, fireplaces. May be

    • @donnellykieranj
      @donnellykieranj Před 2 lety +2

      It's a source of solid fuel when dry for stoves and fireplaces.

  • @pointblank1978
    @pointblank1978 Před 2 lety

    How much does one block sell for?

  • @stupidol
    @stupidol Před 2 lety

    Duraflame factory

  • @allsaintsfellowship
    @allsaintsfellowship Před 16 dny

    😂😂😂 It seams like only old men enjoy doing these kinds of things

  • @emilyemily4946
    @emilyemily4946 Před 2 lety

    Apa yang Anda
    pikirkan?

  • @10andrico
    @10andrico Před 8 měsíci

    Not very informative