Founded in 1966 by the late Harold Bonnett, the Club exists to further interest in steam cultivation – not just keeping the tackle operating – but passing on the old skills for future generations to enjoy.
The Steam Plough Club provides its members with:-
- A quarterly journal – the Steam Plough Times
- Technical advice
- Working instructions for steam ploughing machinery
- Safety guidelines for crews and event organisers
- Engine & implement records
- Engine classes identification
- In-house publications & DVDs
- The opportunity to meet like minded enthusiasts
- Visits & meetings
- Access to Steam Plough Times – A Searchable Index Of the Contents Archive.
Current membership fee is £30 a year, if you pay online the cost is £31
“The steam engine stands on the headland and hauls the implement to and fro by means of a wire rope. All treading and compression of the soil and sub-soil associated with horse cultivation is thereby entirely avoided and the implement is driven at a much more rapid pace, throwing up the soil to a greater depth and in a loose state enabling it to derive full benefit from the influences of the atmosphere”
David Greig, September 1867
