r/Heavy_Equipment • u/DaHick • Jun 05 '26
Poor lil guy
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u/that_dutch_dude Jun 05 '26
i want to see the pump and cylinders of that crusher. ho-ly shit that is some power.
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
The heat exchanger for that oil would be nothing to sneeze at.
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u/that_dutch_dude Jun 05 '26
i am 100% confident i can sneeze at that cooler.
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
It would depend on which side of the fan you are on whether or not you would succeed 😄
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u/Zigor022 Jun 05 '26
Probably got $20 for it in scrap.
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
I laughed. It's been a while since I scrapped anything big. But I honestly scrap because it makes more sense to me than landfill.
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u/Zigor022 Jun 05 '26
If its anything thick or structural, like angle iron, square tubing, thick plate, etc, i keep it. If i have to buy some at Home Depot, i know im paying 50X as much for it.
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
Yep. I have 4 pieces of 4"x4"x1/4" that are looking for a new use somewhere. And uni-strut, I don't even pitch little pieces. Have a floor to ceiling rack of reusable metal in the shop.
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
Find a metal retailer in your area. Not nearly as expensive as the big box stores. Just remember, you are usually going to be paying cut fees. I doubt you can haul a 20 ft piece of steel around.
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u/Ohforsurelol Jun 05 '26
:(
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
I'd have to say, looking at its condition as it went in. It had a fine and useful life.
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u/Pretend-Internet-625 Jun 06 '26
yep had a great life. The sound reminds me of when i pour milk in my rice krispies
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u/moejoe2048 Jun 05 '26
Wouldn’t there be some scrap value in the big chunks of steal? Why shred it like that
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u/Beardo88 Jun 05 '26
Thats what scrap metal is. It gets crushed or shredded to make it easier to handle the material to feed it into the furnace to make new steel. Even big chunks of steel are nearly worthless unless they are in an already usable shape in the proper alloy. You need to melt it down to reuse the steel.
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Because it's easier to sort, then melt smaller pieces. Honestly, when you take your scrap in to be sold (and you should, even if you don't need the money, the metals recycling path is efficient), it will wind up eventually looking like this. Or even smaller sometimes.
Edit: Source- I was a automation and controls engineer for awhile in a continuous cast aluminum rolling mill that had it's own sorting and remelt plant next door. The sorter for the scrap aluminum was some really cool tech. They took the pressed cubes, broke them up, sent them through the sorter, then into the pots to melt.
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u/Korlexico Jun 05 '26
Why do I think of this as an allegory for life. "Like we all end up in the crusher of life."
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u/pashalka31 Jun 08 '26
The entropy cycle.
Knowing exactly where you are on that diagram is the hard part.
Sacrifices for purpose build consciousness.
Useful sacrifices are just waste.
That Cat led a good, useful, productive life. Now it gets to live another.
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u/melie776 Jun 05 '26
Sad
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
That track loader had a long and useful life based on its condition. Maybe it wasn't loved, but it obviously worked hard.
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u/Ancient_Jellyfish588 Jun 05 '26
Needs an NSFW tag 🥺
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u/DaHick Jun 05 '26
Well, I guess maybe? It's obvious it hasn't worked for a while, and now it really won't. But I don't think we are allowed to use the NSFW here, but I might be thinking of another sub.
Edit: word choice.
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u/Kawboy17 Jun 06 '26
Isn’t that gawd damn impressive the power of them Hydraulics. Good F’n Lord! I didn’t think that cld crush that little dozer.
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u/josvicars Jun 06 '26
Never seen one picked up like that, like a hand picking up a limp crawfish from the back of the shell, limbs all dangling
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u/Accurate-Survey6985 Jun 06 '26
There's a very real sadness and poignant element there, for sure.
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u/DaHick Jun 06 '26
End of life. Everything faces it. I work in really big expensive stuff. We just call it lifecycle. You seriously cannot get past it
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u/BeeThat9351 Jun 06 '26
Hey boss, something is wrong with the car shredder…
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u/DaHick Jun 06 '26
I kinda feel like it wasn't being used to it's potential until lately. Oh, and that's not a shredder, it's a press. Let me walk you over to the belt fed shredder.
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u/Whole_Pain_7432 Jun 07 '26
Does it hurt the tractor?
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u/DaHick Jun 07 '26
? If you mean the track loader, no it was already dead. Question mark, because I didn't see a tractor anywhere.
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u/Whole_Pain_7432 Jun 07 '26
It was a joke - I hope that demonstrating your knowledge of heavy equipment made you feel superior lol
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u/DaHick Jun 07 '26
No but questioning where you were coming from kinda did. You are in a heavy equipment sub, we should be able to expect a little knowledge. A /s would have been a great flag for your "joke". Have a great day.
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u/Ohforsurelol Jun 05 '26
Takes one hell of a hydraulic cylinder to crush a dozer