On 8/1/06 6:18 AM, "Frank DeWitt" <Frank at lbpinc.com> wrote: > By 1870, there were 3,000 steam cable-plowing outfits in > operation in England and only four outfits operating in the U.S. Hi Frankie, We Yanks didn't need cable plows because we could drive our tractors in a straight line. :-)