Ploughing Engines for Contract

[hodgsonj]

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).