Steam Plough Club 'Hands-On' 2018
Basic Equipment

This is one of a series of pages which I have uploaded to illustrate facets of steam rallies we have attended in the UK. Such events occur all over the country in the summer months, they are easily found by using your favourite search engine and may have anything between a handful of steam engines and hundreds (as at the Great Dorset Steam Fair which could probably be fairly described as having an excess of riches). Click here for the Steam Plough Club 'Hands-On' 2018 index and click here for the overall index for 2018.

It was good to see two proper pairs at work together - 15182/15183 and 15451/2. I had seen both of the first before, but never together, they have different owners. The second pair have the same owner, but I had seen just one of them before.

Ploughing Engines

	Maker	Number	Class	NHP	L/R	Registration	Notes
	Fowler	14257/1916	K7	12	R	KE 2494	"Linkey"   Welland Rally 2013 Picture   Shrewsbury Rally 2013 Picture  Banbury Rally 2014 Picture  Welland Rally 2014 Picture  Fairford Rally 2014 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2014 Picture  Welland Rally 2015 Picture  Fairford Rally 2015 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2015 Picture  FFFB Show 2015 Picture  Banbury Rally 2016 Picture  Welland Rally 2016 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2016 Picture  Crockey Hill 2016 Picture  Banbury Rally 2017 Picture  Heddington Rally 2017 Picture  Welland Rally 2017 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2017 Picture  Banbury Rally 2018 Picture  Welland Rally 2018 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2018 Picture  FFFB Show 2018 Picture  SPC Great Challenge 2018 Picture  Banbury Rally 2019 Picture  Welland Rally 2019 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2019 Picture  Stoke Prior Rally 2019 Picture
	Fowler	15182/1918	BB1	16	R	HO 5869	"Achilles" Marcle Rally 2013 Picture  SPC Great Challenge 2018 Picture  SPC Hands-On 2021 Picture
	Fowler	15183/1918	BB1	16	R	HO 5868	"Ajax" Banbury Rally 2014 Picture  Marcle Rally 2014 Picture  Fairford Rally 2014 Picture  Marcle Rally 2015 Picture  FFFB Show 2015 Picture  Wiltshire Rally 2016 Picture  Banbury Rally 2016 Picture  Marcle Rally 2016 Picture  Banbury Rally 2017 Picture  Marcle Rally 2017 Picture  Banbury Rally 2018 Picture  FFFB Show 2018 Picture  SPC Great Challenge 2018 Picture  Banbury Rally 2019 Picture  Marcle Rally 2019 Picture  Welland Rally 2019 Picture  Shrewsbury Rally 2019 Picture  SPC Hands-On 2021 Picture
	Fowler	15337/1919	BB1	16	L	DO 1928	"Louisa"  Crockey Hill 2016 Picture  SPC Great Challenge 2018 Picture  SPC Hands-On 2021 Picture  Klondyke Mill Party 2021 Picture
	Fowler	15451/1925	BB1	14	R	SD 9378	"Victory"  SPC Great Challenge 2018 Picture  SPC Hands-On 2021 Picture
	Fowler	15452/1925	BB1	14	L	SD 9377	"Dreadnought"  Crockey Hill 2016 Picture   SPC Hands-On 2021 Picture

Ploughing Equipment

		Maker	Notes
		Fowler	This reversible 6 furrow plough with land-press is owned by Michael Davies. Number 13689, a bevel-frame, anti-balance, semi-digger built in 1923 (converted from a 5f shallow sub-soiling plough & now fitted with a draft bar attachment for a land press)  Compared to a simple balance plough, this kind shifts its centre of gravity backwards as it starts up after reversal. This additional weight on the rear end helps prevent it riding out of its work. Of course, the opposite happens when it is reversed at the other end of the pull.
		Fowler	The reversible 4 furrow plough is on loan from Nottingham City Museums. Number 12861, a bevel frame, anti-balance, semi-digger built in 1917
		Fowler	The turning Cultivator is now owned by Joe Nourish (ex. Michael Davies). Number 12749, heavy type, 11/13 tynes, new in 1917. This is less disruptive to the soil and was by far more used than the full plough.
		Fowler	The mole drainer (US mole plough) is now owned by Joe Nourish (ex. Michael Davies). Number 13419, double-frame, new in 1919.and restored to use after many years.  The 'business end' can be seen in the second picture through the wheel, it looks like a 'torpedo tip'. I was very glad to see this in operation as there hadn't been one at the Crockey Hill event in 2016. The weakness of this implement is that it is undirectional, hence 50% of the time it is not doing any work.