What was this machine used for?

[pressbrake1]

I want it what ever it is

 

[gordon stephenson]

Don't know, but they certainly look like grass tyres,

 

[Hitch]

Front looks like it could have been a forklift... the pivot lugs on the front dont look original though, or have been repaired- they look like theyve been done in red oxide.

 

[Ruffian]

Please say whatever it is it's going to be the new chassis for your 101 forward control there @8ob

 

[jordhandson]

was it some sort of forestry logging machine

 

[slim_boy_fat]

was it some sort of forestry logging machine

This

 

[Migmac]

Woodyard machine.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Fancy greens mower?

 

[brightspark]

triple gang mower

 

[8ob]

It was a sand levelling machine, it used to tow a huge scraper around a beach to level and grade the sands . I had two of these and cut the other up for spares, need to get a bit creative and think of another use for it. I did have a forklift mast on it but at 8` wide it was way too big and clumsy so cut it off.

Bob

 

[Shox Dr]

Dalek, yup definitely a Dalek.

 

[Pete.]

It was a sand levelling machine, it used to tow a huge scraper around a beach to level and grade the sands . I had two of these and cut the other up for spares, need to get a bit creative and think of another use for it. I did have a forklift mast on it but at 8` wide it was way too big and clumsy so cut it off.

Bob

They couldn't just wait for the tide to come in?

 

[colnerov]

They couldn't just wait for the tide to come in?

I think it's probably for posh beaches, think Sandbanks in Poole Dorset.

 

[Gareth0123]

I recall in the dim & distant (about 22 years ago) seeing wheeled "Piste-bully type dozers grading the sand lining of a reservoir settling pond and various water filtration beds.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

I recall in the dim & distant (about 22 years ago) seeing wheeled "Piste-bully type dozers grading the sand lining of a reservoir settling pond and various water filtration beds.

When our dad was on the leccy board in the 70s they had a piste bully for getting up onto the fell sides. At one point they were putting posts in and the digger couldn’t access the areas so they chained it to the back of the snow cat and dragged it up the fell