[SEL] Nice Wheels/now a little OT

[Rex Hinz]

 I did not witness it but my Father told me of plowing a drainage ditch 
through a near by very wet swamp in the early 50's using a cable plow of 
some sort . it used horses placed around a merry go round cable winch with 
block and tackle , it went really slow just a few yards per day , the turn 
table was moved when needed , the ditch is around 1 mile long and still 
visible today , after draining the swamp the peat moss dried out and it 
caught on fire by lightening and burned underground for years , they must 
have had miles of cable to do the job.

Rex Hinz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Christoff" <tchristoff at earthlink.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: RE: [SEL] Nice Wheels


> Does anyone know if cable plowing was ever done in the US?