The Tale of the Killdozer

metallicman ^ | 4JUL19 | Editorial staff

[vannrox]

Here is my homage to the Killdozer and the man that made it a reality, Mr. Marvin John Heemeyer.

Marvin John Heemeyer was an American welder and an automobile muffler repair shop owner who went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer. Outraged over zoning disputes, he armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete and used it on June 4, 2004 to demolish the town hall, the former mayor's house, and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer became stuck in the basement of a Gambles store he was in the process of destroying.

-Wikipedia Killdozer conversion from a earth mover. What is this post all about?

The only crimes here are the cruel things people did that forced a hard-working American entrepreneur to take vengeance on those who wronged him in the most American way possible.

-Forum Something Awful The story of a dark hero.

This man was an AMERICAN, who handled things as only a real red-blooded American man would. He tried every non-violent means at his disposal.

Yes. He tried every non-violent means at his disposal, then when they all failed, he planned his revenge. Then he worked the plan. He did not bend over, lie down, and accept being cheated, abused and then laughed at.

As such, he is a “dark” hero.

The best part of any article about Killdozer is every time they mention something that couldn't stop it...

- hundreds of rounds of ammunition. - 3 explosions. - a flash bang grenade in the exhaust. - shooting the cameras. -the undersheriff personally hopping on top of it like luke skywalker to look for weak points. - the owner of the concrete plant climbing into his own heavy engineering vehicle to

[wally_bert]

Si, I think.

[wally_bert]

I had a summer job on a pipeline gig in my senior year of HS and got some seat time moving a D5 and D7 around some as part of the job.