The tiller seems to be a Siemens 2 PS Bodenfräse, 1920-1924 ?









This 1932 SOMUA tiller is for sale in France.




Rainer Dinslage in Germany has found this SOMUA model C12, number 6092, year 1948.




Charlie Moore, England, 2004. The machine with the water cooled V twin has the radiator behind the engine and fuel tank above and is in very poor state, magneto and carburettor both missing. It looks similar to the very early 1919 machine featured in Donald Jones’ book or more likely the SIMAR featured on the SIMAR history page.




Charlie Moore, England, 2004. The large single cylinder water cooled machine is very much like the Siemens S8 or SIMAR 10 except for the air cleaner in front of the radiator and may be restorable given enough time, patience and money.




Paraffin powered Mechwart cultivator, as shown in the Deutsches Landwirtschaftsmuseum in Hohenheim, Germany, 2002.




Jim Readings, England, 1985. SIMAR M7, nr. 514, the engine is a MAG 2C 20 9VM 57344, year of manufacture is 1930 (according to a SIMAR official).




F&HEC Jan./Feb. 1995: sale at Vince Collection, Royal Norfolk Showground, Norwich, 15 Oct. 1994. This Swiss-built SIMAR rotary cultivator made GBP 300. Complete with spare tines.




Museum Historische Landbouwtechniek, Wageningen, Netherlands, 1996. SIMAR M10, no. 1636. It was restored by Boeke Heesters (the Dutch SIMAR importers) and then donated to the museum.

As the museum has closed down, Diego Verschuere from Belgium, could add this machine to his collection of SIMAR cultivators in 2008.






Collection Jan Eerbeek, Netherlands. SOMUA 1925. Aquired from Cees Rood. Although not a small machine itself, it is dwarfed by the other French walk behind tractor!




Siemens Gartenfräse K1, with a 4 hp 4-stroke engine. This engine has the cooling fan behind the cylinder, which carries horizontal cooling ribs. This K1 is on display at the Deutsches Landwirtschaftliches Museum in Hohenheim.




Lolke Visser, Netherlands. SOMUA type C5, SICAM 10 hp two stroke petrol engine.






Fa. Potveer, Avenhorn, Netherlands. "Holland" tiller with 2-cyl. engine.






A. Bosma, Netherlands: pre-war Grunder cultivator.




Fa. Van der Waal, Rijsoord, Netherlands. SIMAR M10 ?




SIMAR M10 no. 1135, made in 1923. The owner is Brian Sherlock, Australia. He is looking for space and money in order to restore it...






Jan Buijsman, Netherlands, has 2 SOMUA tillers in his machinery collection. The one with the radiator behind the engine has a 8 hp SICAM engine and was made around 1920. The other tiller is shown in the second picture, it is a SOMUA model C7 of 1923.






Oldtimer tractor dealer Wim van der Kamp in Lemelerveld, Netherlands, had this tiller for sale a few years ago, don't know if it is still there. It is a SOMUA C7, no. 2366, from 1923.






Siemens S8 no. 783, at a tractor collector in the Netherlands.