diver99 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 There is a thread running about buried tanks, on one of my usual surf's on the internet, found this which should be of interest to plant enthusiasts...enjoy. http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?6301-Old-Dozer-Found-Buried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Amazing how the engine rotted away to nothing yet the rest was untouched! Reminds me af an advert maybe 20 years ago in a construction plant resale mag, 'for sale Euclid 15T dumptruck been stored undercover last 20 years' - and a photo of this dumper which had just been uncovered by removal of a massive heap of quarry waste under which it had been buried!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Local legend says that there is a Scammell Pioneer buried under a chalk fall at the southern end of the the Cuilfail tunnel in Lewes. The tunnel was built in 1980 and the area where the Pioneer is supposed to be was then the plant yard under the hill in an old quarry site, apparently it was not thought worth the effort to dig it out. How deep can metal detectors detect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 i went to old plant heaven a few weeks back whilst picking up some bren gun carrier tracks and wheels at the airfield belonging to nelson green, must have been 500 old dozers and excavators truly an amazing place. eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy1 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 There's a bin lorry buried under what used to be Smithdown Lane Corporation yard in Edgehill, Liverpool. The yard had unkowingly been built over the labyrinth of tunnels excavated there in the early 19C. One day in the 60s apparently, the crew had just parked the truck up and walked away from it when there was a whooshing noise and it disappeared through the tarmac and fell about fifty feet into one of the old galleries. It looked to be pretty badly damaged and not worth the expense of recovery so the hole was just filled in over it. As the tunnels are still being excavated, I expect it'll appear on Ebay in due course. http://www.williamsontunnels.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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