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Old 21st August 2016, 10:34 PM
hodgsonj hodgsonj is offline
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From a romantic point of view a pair of steam powered ploughers yes, BUT from an economic point of view go for a pair of diesel conversions.
It's also very hard on the rope, coiling head and the drum as the silt acts like grinding paste - I did a 10 day job back in 1980 and wore the bottom pulley on the coiling head down to the point where it split in two (fortunately without damaging the rope).
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