Random Pictures Thread

[Mike270412]

I would definitely set that up in my yard!

 

[doorfx]

 

[Rhodesie]

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definition of torque!

 

[snopro]

Happy Killdozer day.. View attachment 237236


Today is a special day. June 4th 2018 marks the 14th anniversary of the Killdozer's rampage through Granby Colorado.

Sit down kids and let me tell you a tale, about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.

Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin's shop. In the process this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. Petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself. Denied.

The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin's business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this.

His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back. Over the course of a year and a half Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with three foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems guarded with bulletproof glass.

On June 4th 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand.

He burst fourth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business. Over the course of the next several hours Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself.

Swat teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.

In the end, Marvin's Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.

Today we celebrate Killdozer day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.

From notes left behind after his passing:
"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."

When injustice becomes the law, resistance becomes duty

Marvin was a rock star. Nuff said!

 

[Flapjack]

definition of torque!

lil bit of traction too

 

[woody_tobius_jr]

I predict rain.View attachment 237237

Looks good Mike!

 

[doorfx]

 

[RXN]

Found the old direction sheet. So built the kid a jeep
Front tires turn by turning the tire on the roof

 

[arff]

 

[Sessionsdoo]

Very cool. Don't take my criticism about the authenticity of the picture the wrong way. I'm just making a point that you can't always believe what you see on the net. Your passion for the sport is admirable. I appreciate that you shared the pictures. I would be interested in seeing the pictures with the scaled props added.

Thanks again for sharing

Was at the spot some other guys have some scale props. Scale S#%ter lol

 

[Stompin Tom]

 

[X-it]

A beehive burner???

 

[X-it]

I was actually went through this just before they closed the road ...cars, trucks and semi's in the ditch everywhere for miles. lots of tractions if you just drove over a bit. One truck passed me... but he never noticed a 5 foot snow drift he wound up sitting on top off.

 

[ferniesnow]

I was actually went through this just before they closed the road ...cars, trucks and semi's in the ditch everywhere for miles. lots of tractions if you just drove over a bit. One truck passed me... but he never noticed a 5 foot snow drift he wound up sitting on top off.

Good ol' Alberta and the disasters on the QEII. It appears like a lot of carnage.

 

[X-it]

I think i counted 35 semi's way off the road in the ditch. And hundreds of vehicles maybe 700 or so. Once i cleared the mess around red deer you could do 120 easily on the freeway. Matter of fact i could of done that all the way from Calgary....but you really had to watch for those drifts. Usually near the over passes. Really hard to spot those things. It was super slippery if you did not get over a bit off the tracks.

 

[niner]

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I know where that is.

 

[Lightningmike]

Circus bear

 

[arff]

 

[Grinder]

Bad sticker alignment?

 

[ferniesnow]