Look what the digger unearthed today! What is it?

[5MUG]

[Chimune]

1980s Alfa Romeo?

[Drive Blind]

remains of a traction engine ?

[NoddyonNitrous]

Inter-war tractor I think.

[coldel]

1920s quad bike? ;-)

[FN2TypeR]

Chimune said:

1980s Alfa Romeo?

It's actually a 55 plate Mazda 6

[C70GT]

Upside down for a start. The rear axle has semi elliptic cart springs and a drop frame axle, so a specialist design for whatever it was used for. The profile of the wheel spokes on the rear axle match a Bamfords mowing machine, so could have been made by them. It looks like some sort of agricultural cart.

[Some Gump]

Gustavo yakaman's pram?

[fouronthefloor]

Have you got any history on the site? Mining, quarry, agriculture, military?

Those wheels are worth a few quid nowadays

[Riley Blue]

Definitely a Roman chariot.

[Willy Nilly]

2001 E Class?

[cptsideways]

Willy Nilly said:

2001 E Class?

More Corrosion Class me thinks


I reckon some sort of farm implement

[fourfoldroot]

The last mortal remains of a stationary steam engine? Often used on farms and towed from place to place, so not so stationary! Similar to a traction engine but lacking the drives to the wheels so much simpler. Like this one below.

[Condi]

Maybe something like an early tractor?

[glenrobbo]

Hmmm. Small front wheels, big rear wheels?.....

Are there any signs of a nitrous oxide injection set-up, or attachment points at the rear for a brake 'chute?

[stevensdrs]

Most likely a non propelled steam engine used to drive a threshing machine on the farm in the 1800s.

[glenrobbo]

stevensdrs said:

Most likely a non propelled steam engine used to drive a threshing machine on the farm in the 1800s.

I can remember one of those in use on the farm when I was a young lad in Essex in the early 1950's
And there was a local farm that used a pair of stationary plow engines to haul a 10-furrow plough on drag lines to plow the fields. Awesome to watch such power in operation. Most tractors of the day just managed to haul a 4-furrow plough.

[C70GT]

Agricultural tractors or traction engines do not have sprung axles, so whatever it is/was is a bit specialist.

[graham22]

Phew - not a German WW2 Bunker.

[GIYess]

Very cool find! Looks like some sort of farm implement. I think I can see a handle coming up to where the "controller may have sat?"