private mw Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 hi i know this is old news but i still dont know the proper answer. there was a crocadile tank off jnct 35A on the m1 chapeltown where the newton chambers plant was ! it disapeared in 2008/9 i heard budge donated it then removed it due to vandalism . i also was told a private collector purchased it from the council ! still i dont know where it went is it restored and running again or just sat in a shed somewhere gathering dust ! anyone know where it did go .it would be good to hear its running again . :??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 hi i know this is old news but i still dont know the proper answer. there was a crocadile tank off jnct 35A on the m1 chapeltown where the newton chambers plant was ! it disapeared in 2008/9 i heard budge donated it then removed it due to vandalism . i also was told a private collector purchased it from the council ! still i dont know where it went is it restored and running again or just sat in a shed somewhere gathering dust ! anyone know where it did go .it would be good to hear its running again . :??? The rumour is that it was in a legal limbo with no actual owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 theres talk it was abducted by aliens still is a true mystery :??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 theres talk it was abducted by aliens still is a true mystery :??? No mystery it has a collectors name attached to it its obvious if you think about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 No mystery it has a collectors name attached to it its obvious if you think about it Is that a "Legal Collector" perhaps ? we all know but don't particularly want a libel writ being delivered ! Absolutely nothing to do with Budge. Send PM for the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 all i know being local in the area many people in sheffield where very sad when it just vanished leaving the concrete plinth it once stood on , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Is that a "Legal Collector" perhaps ? we all know but don't particularly want a libel writ being delivered ! Absolutely nothing to do with Budge. Send PM for the answer. Ahem :-X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) all i know being local in the area many people in sheffield where very sad when it just vanished leaving the concrete plinth it once stood on , I should think so to nough said Edited September 30, 2012 by ferrettkitt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I actually was suspected of taking it by all the engineers at TCH JCB Chapeltown which is just round the corner from where it stood on the plynth, they said "it was there when we left on Saturday afternoon but had gone when we came in on Monday morning". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 i know exactly the spot it stood i used to deliver to jcb just off M1 jnct 35A and when my tacho break was due i used to park and have my dinner at the side of it , bring it back antar please , :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 :yawn: still waiting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 :yawn: still waiting ! You will be taking the longest tacho break ever !!! I must admit there were occasions when I passed it I thought I could easily have that away, just nip over Woodhead with the ANTAR one Sunday morning, back the trailer up to it and just winch it on, then nip back over Woodhead. No one would have batted an eyelid ! After it had gone it did look like it had actually been fixed to the plynth, there were signs of burning gear having been used. It is understood that it was actually craned onto a low loader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 if you had taken it antar i would have hunted you down for a ride , :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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