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Did they dig out the Digger ???

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  • 04-11-2011 9:58pm
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    mgbgt1978
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    Anyone know if they managed to retrieve the excavator from the bog near Castleconnell last Sunday ?
    If you aren't aware of this, a digger sank into the bog around 10 years ago leaving just the excavating arm visible. Last sunday a couple of diggers were trying to dig it out (there was a charity element to this, people paid to guess how long it would take).
    Anyway I passed the site around 10am as they were starting and passed back again around 4pm and there was still a crowd around, so i presume it was still stuck.......anyone have an update ?


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    D1stant
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    There is a song in that thread title somewhere

    They do though dont they though?


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    snowman707
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    mgbgt1978 wrote: »
    Anyone know if they managed to retrieve the excavator from the bog near Castleconnell last Sunday ?
    If you aren't aware of this, a digger sank into the bog around 10 years ago leaving just the excavating arm visible. Last sunday a couple of diggers were trying to dig it out (there was a charity element to this, people paid to guess how long it would take).
    Anyway I passed the site around 10am as they were starting and passed back again around 4pm and there was still a crowd around, so i presume it was still stuck.......anyone have an update ?

    yes digger was raised ,

    they started before 8.00am and it took 12 hours to get it up, and then get it about 150 yards for loading, approx €12k raised for charity,

    a huge team effort was involved


    not a bad day's work . ;)


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    sh1tstirrer
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    snowman707 wrote: »
    yes digger was raised ,

    they started before 8.00am and it took 12 hours to get it up, and then get it about 150 yards for loading, approx €12k raised for charity,

    a huge team effort was involved


    not a bad day's work . ;)
    How did they raise the 12k?


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    Poxyshamrock
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    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    How did they raise the 12k?

    They sold it for scrap I think!



    Speaking of sunken things out that side!

    Anyone ever see those two sunken huts outside Annacotty?


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    newmug
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    Poxyshamrock wrote: »
    They sold it for scrap I think!


    Ah what a pity! They should have restored it and had a raffle!


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    sh1tstirrer
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    Poxyshamrock wrote: »
    They sold it for scrap I think!



    Speaking of sunken things out that side!

    Anyone ever see those two sunken huts outside Annacotty?
    There's no way you could get 12k to sell an excavator for scrap, they might have got 2-3k at best. Even at €200/tonne the machine would want to weigh 60 tonne :eek:


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    greenermetals
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    I would have liked to have seen that, any before and after pics?


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,062 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    I read some complaints about people stopping on the motorway hard shoulder to watch. Very dangerous.


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    thesimpsons
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    wasn't there something about having to pay a certain fee and you could guess how long it would take to pull it out of the bog ? still seems like alot raised at 12k though


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    thebull09
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    They got 3k for it for scrap. they also charged 5 euro per ticket to guess how long it would take to get it out, there was an ad on donedeal about ill have a look and see can i find it.


    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/plantmachinery/2668745


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    Xennon
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUrUP2MP5Wo


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    roast
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    That's what it was. I was wondering why the fúck there were people standing on the hard shoulder. Kids running up and down the road and all. :pac:


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