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I have trouble believing this story. For one thing a used digger would be worth far more than $10,000 USD, and for another there are strict building codes that

I have trouble believing this story. For one thing a used digger would be worth far more than $10,000 USD, and for another there are strict building codes that must be met. I'm sure a used digger would not be considered legal fill-dirt material and they would be forced to dig it out and re-do the whole lot if it was buried in place. I remember when I was a kid in California the apartment I lived in filled in a pool and they had to bust up the concrete. Someone threw an old couch or stuffed chair or similar down in the hole and they just threw the dirt over it. The city found out and made them dig it out and fill it with proper fill-dirt. I believe the reason was that something might eventually be built on top of that area and it had to be up to code.

wazoox 12y ago
I suppose it varies from place to place. My uncle put a car, a fridge and I don't remember what other stuff to fill up the hole under his terrace, and as professional mason considered it a perfectly normal and usual way to save concrete.
tim333 12y ago
"London's Very Own Urban Legend: There Are NOT Hundreds of JCB Diggers Buried Beneath The Capital's Streets.." http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/06/london-urban-legend-jcb-digger_n_5459717.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/06/london-urban-lege...
DanBC 12y ago
A selection of mini-diggers (the first hit on the first websearch) showing some proces below £10,000 This is the machine that is claimed to be buried. http://plant.autotrader.co.uk/used-plant-machinery/category/excavators/mini-excavators http://plant.autotrader.co.uk/used-plant-machinery/category/...
read 12y ago
It depends on what you are digging. A long expensive digger can be tough to resell. All six diggers[1] used for the Channel Tunnel[2] were buried[3], and their cost was in the order of millions each. What else could you do? Put a 750-foot, 15,000-tone tunnel digger[4] on eBay? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel [3] http://www.nysun.com/new-york/after-work-done-drills-likely-will-be-buried/46894/ http://www.nysun.com/new-york/after-work-done-drills-likely-... [4] http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/case-study/the-channel-tunnel/ http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/case-study/the-channel-t...

wazoox 12y ago

I suppose it varies from place to place. My uncle put a car, a fridge and I don't remember what other stuff to fill up the hole under his terrace, and as professional mason considered it a perfectly normal and usual way to save concrete.

tim333 12y ago

"London's Very Own Urban Legend: There Are NOT Hundreds of JCB Diggers Buried Beneath The Capital's Streets.." http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/06/london-urban-legend-jcb-digger_n_5459717.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/06/london-urban-lege...

DanBC 12y ago

A selection of mini-diggers (the first hit on the first websearch) showing some proces below £10,000 This is the machine that is claimed to be buried. http://plant.autotrader.co.uk/used-plant-machinery/category/excavators/mini-excavators http://plant.autotrader.co.uk/used-plant-machinery/category/...

read 12y ago

It depends on what you are digging. A long expensive digger can be tough to resell. All six diggers[1] used for the Channel Tunnel[2] were buried[3], and their cost was in the order of millions each. What else could you do? Put a 750-foot, 15,000-tone tunnel digger[4] on eBay? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel [3] http://www.nysun.com/new-york/after-work-done-drills-likely-will-be-buried/46894/ http://www.nysun.com/new-york/after-work-done-drills-likely-... [4] http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/case-study/the-channel-tunnel/ http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/case-study/the-channel-t...