Basically this town passed some new zoning laws that fucked with this dudes business, so he spent a year building this thing then went on a rampage destroying the small town. The video is pretty awesome to watch.

Quote :

"Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was a skilled American welder and owner of an automobile muffler repair shop. On June 4, 2004, frustrated over a failed zoning dispute, Heemeyer used a Komatsu D355A bulldozer modified with armor in the forms of steel and concrete to demolish the town hall, a former judge's home and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer became immobilized. After a standoff with law enforcement agencies, Heemeyer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The piece of construction equipment used in the incident was a Komatsu D335A bulldozer fitted with makeshift armor plating covering the cabin, engine and parts of the tracks. In places, the vehicle's armor was over one foot thick, consisting of concrete sandwiched between sheets of steel to make ad-hoc composite armor. This made the machine impervious to small arms fire and resistant to explosives; three external explosions and over 200 rounds of firearm ammunition fired at the bulldozer had no effect on it.[1] National Guard units were placed on standby orders under Governor Bill Owens, as the deployment order has to be made directly from the Governor due to requirement of Posse Comitatus Act.[9] For visibility, the bulldozer was fitted with three video cameras linked to monitors mounted on the vehicle's dashboard. Onboard fans and an air conditioner were used to keep Heemeyer cool while driving and compressed air nozzles were fitted to blow dust away from the video cameras. Food, water and life support were present in the almost airtight cabin. Heemeyer had no intention of ever leaving the cabin once he entered; the hatch was permanently sealed. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpxeWQ_XJw


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdozer_%28bulldozer%29




[Edited on February 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM. Reason : b]

2/22/2008 4:16:38 PM

good for him, more people should get pissed off like that

2/22/2008 4:18:02 PM

unique

2/22/2008 4:18:09 PM

LOL @ Scraper vs. Dozer standoff

2/22/2008 4:21:14 PM

lol that town pwnt. leave home!

2/22/2008 4:22:15 PM

I saw this on TV the other day, and they actually mentioned they had called the Air Force and they were planning on doing a missle strike to stop it, but the thing finally got stuck.

2/22/2008 4:23:15 PM

That was pretty awesome 3.5 years ago

2/22/2008 4:27:00 PM

hahaha

if it didn't involve any injuries or casualties, i'd say that was awesome

2/22/2008 4:27:20 PM

when they brought in the scrapper, it looked like that show that put those remote controlled machines against each other in a demolition derby.

2/22/2008 4:30:34 PM

he shot himself if i remember the Most Amazing Videos episode.

2/22/2008 4:31:33 PM

holy shit this is absolutely ridiculous

2/22/2008 4:38:18 PM

2/22/2008 4:41:08 PM

Quote :

"he shot himself if i remember the Most Amazing Videos episode."

or instead of trying to remember, you could actually read the initial post

2/22/2008 4:46:57 PM

^^What the hell is that?

2/22/2008 8:42:27 PM

it's high time we outlaw murder and come up with some comprehensive bulldozer control laws

2/22/2008 9:32:45 PM

2/22/2008 9:37:45 PM

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rampage%2Bjackson%2Bfunny/video/x2rhlh_funny-quinton-rampage-jackson_extreme

2/22/2008 10:46:05 PM

bttt

4/15/2008 2:41:47 PM

this needed to be bttt'd.... 3 years ago.

[Edited on April 15, 2008 at 2:43 PM. Reason : .]

4/15/2008 2:43:11 PM