Thread: Lee Bogs a Falklands Digger

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After a short break and a bit of head scratching he thought, get a smaller one to dig the bigger one out , because the small one isn't working, don't you love japanese off road vehicles,



but something happened, the bog got deeper, and softer,



someone through me a lifepreserver!! I think its going down




Lee decides discretion is the better part of valour, abandon ship or machine in this case



Oh no, lee don't do it its only a machine, even though its not yours




Its nearly out




Think anyone noticed, no mate its only sunday its really cold, only half the town is here




Just a quick blast with the gerny and no one will know, now about the bits you lost,





and so the saga of the sinking digger comes to an end,
to this date the depth of the peat bank has not been established, 19ft and then onto bedrock was talked about, well it was more that 19ft and still going down.

Lee's utmost embarrassment isthe whole world saw the photos the first time around and now I am showing them for the second time, by then he will have gotten onto the site.
He does visit Victoria occasionally so keep an eye out for him.


john

so in the falklands any mines laid sink to the bottom of the bog

Great story and pics John!

I wonder if the Argies factored in the peat?

Splodge.........

GQ

Wow i have a mate who has half a dozen of thoses fiat Hitachi diggers and those things make a Brand new top of the line Rangie look cheap

Why is it when ever a digger sinks the joint of the arm seems to remain above the surface

Great pic's and story

The peat is funny stuff, you can walk or drive over it all day, but when you break the surface, well you start to sink. hats why there are so many unexploded shells over there, hit a peat bog and stopped nothing hard to set the detonator off. The entry holes are in most of the bogs I walked over.
funnily enough most of the argy stuff was off the peat on the ridge lines, the yellow mog in the photo is lees thats a 'found' ex argy truck.( or so I was told) I saw it nearly go under at the range with a load of targets on it.
The mines, actually float through the peat, most of the minefields have an average 2 -3 metres buffer zone past the known boundary because of the movement. I saw an anti-veh mine sitting on the surface next to a soggy patch of peat. So you have to be careful where you tread near the minefields.

john

lee no2 told me you have the email, have you visited yet, here,s a chance for your side of the story. remember i was there too,

All photos taken by me of course

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