Excavators and heavy trucks definitely were stolen. Thieves used them to ram the facades of jewellers, ATMs etc. This is why such businesses now have those pole

Excavators and heavy trucks definitely were stolen. Thieves used them to ram the facades of jewellers, ATMs etc. This is why such businesses now have those poles that are raised out of the street. It was very common in the Netherlands before the thieves upgraded themselves to explosives (which I mentioned in the post below). But good point about the tracks yeah.