Can anyone suggest a suitable tow vehicle ?? - I think i may have over done it!

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Reckon my Iveco could have that.
Can't see it from my house

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Thats the bucket from "the ace of spades" from ukcoal open cast ,but no longer in uk been moved to usa MSH :)
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@ msh

It's actually from "big muskie" which was the biggest Drag line/walking excavator ever built, long gone now though put it into your browser if you haven't already seen it , unbelievable!!

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this bad boy would pull it

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Got ya " stav 75" ive read about it in classic plant mag MSH :)
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GB - Jesus christ! now thats a boat!

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which one? ??? :D
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It looks like the mini van will have to get traded :laugh: I think 14000 tonnes might be a bit much, Thanks for the link edit btw Dave,
y'd think I'd know how to use these things by now :)

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DNgroundworks wrote:GB - Jesus christ! now thats a boat!
haha is it a boat or a ship?

and when does a boat become a ship?

always puzzled me that one and its come up a few times i tell you, mainly drunken pub discussion like but good for a few hours of laughing.
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How on earth did they get the boat on there anyway?

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Post: # 42173Post msh paving

The big ship fills with water and sinks, then the other cargo is floated over it, the was a program on discovery channel about it early this year moving a oil rig from spain to alaska MSH :)
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Post: # 42175Post GB_Groundworks

i saw that as well they used it t recover that american war ship that was damaged in yemen by the suicide inflatable, a destroyer on it, bet pirates gave it a wide birth
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Post: # 42180Post stav 75

Yeh I saw the oil rig one, they must have had some twitchy moments over the atlantic mind, the whole thing just seemed to completely defy gravity! :0

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