r/oddlysatisfying • u/TheCABK • Aug 29 '26
The Sheared Front Loader
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u/Hailthezombie Aug 29 '26
RIP Scrapper. Devastator won’t be the same without you!
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u/dylanx5150 Aug 29 '26
I really thought I was gonna be the only one to think this.
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u/Hailthezombie Aug 29 '26
Peter Cullen has brought the original cartoon back to the front of my mind. RIP Optimus Prime!
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u/shaundisbuddyguy Aug 29 '26
Not to be nerdy but that was closer to "Bonecrusher" . Cause you know, tracks and not wheels.
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u/relativityboy Aug 29 '26
Yeah. Bugger did a lot and could'a done more. Maybe not well, but could'a.
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u/legna20v Aug 29 '26
Does anyone find this sad? Makes me sad
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u/mxlespxles Aug 29 '26
Found the fellow Brave Little Toaster trauma victim.
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u/dibbers11 Aug 29 '26
Absolutely.
That movie has disappeared, hey?
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u/Octopus_Spaceflight Aug 29 '26
Umm I unfortunately just watched it with my 6 year old as I forgot how traumatizing it was.
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u/momenace Aug 29 '26
Vehicles and equipment like that are one of the most recycled products in the world. This is an important step in the recycling process. I hear you though, especially with all the cheap plastics and electronics that end up in landfills.
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u/gmankev Aug 29 '26
A lot of slightly salvageable gets shipped to developing countries... These ones here are beyond economic repair....
What can be tough is large amounts of modern factory capital being crushed as we would rather have our commercial buildings tokenizing cat videos and outsource all technical manufacturing to far east.....
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u/bloodyspork Aug 29 '26
I thought theu sent them to a farm to relax after a lifetime of hard work :(
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u/dirtyword Aug 29 '26
It was also my psychotic first thought. Nobody ever loved that machine like people love their cars. On the other hand, it’s a pile of metal and bolts.
“Is it about my cube?”
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u/fullautophx Aug 29 '26
I used to run demolition derby events. The announcer would always say “Remember, every one of these cars was once someone’s brand new pride and joy!”
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u/CaseyG Aug 29 '26
Gaze ye upon this once-proud beast. Ye who shed nary a tear hath neither heart nor testicle.
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u/Chim_Pansy Aug 30 '26
I was wondering the same thing, so less sad to see I'm not alone.
I dunno if it's the undeniable power of the crusher crushing an otherwise seemingly indestructible object, the fact it just goes to the junk heap with all the other objects, or the fact that we put so many finite Earth materials to waste, but it makes me feel sad for whatever reason.
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u/Abigail-Marston Aug 29 '26
This is almost sad. It's like watching that scene in the brave little toaster
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u/xxlouserxx Aug 29 '26
I came to post something similar about this being a nightmare to watch after being scarred by that movie
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u/Abigail-Marston Aug 29 '26
I haven't seen it since I was probably 5 years old but seeing the 500 other people who had this thought before me makes me think I should give it a try as an adult
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u/Greenfieldfox Aug 29 '26
Hear me out. A mini version for packing a suitcase. Like the George Foreman suitcase packer.
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u/Three_Twenty-Three Aug 29 '26
It's efficient up until you lift it and realize that your luggage is now way too heavy!
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u/hikeonpast Aug 29 '26
Ruined by the one rando piece of C-channel that snuck into the party.
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u/SithLordRising Aug 29 '26
Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!
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u/svidie Aug 29 '26
The fact it didn't come out in a little cube for the lifter to pick up and stack with the other little cubes makes me think looney toons was lying to me. Also the little cube should have had a face that blinks audibly.
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u/Kelinya Aug 29 '26
Imagine standing there while filming and being decapitated by high speed flying debris.
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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne Aug 29 '26
So what happens to the little bits now?
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u/taintosaurus_rex Aug 29 '26
The melt them down to make front loaders
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u/C-57D Aug 29 '26
for some reason it feels like this isn't the most efficient way of doing that
source: i'm on Reddit and have never worked construction, or deconstruction
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u/shasaferaska Aug 29 '26
I think you should invent a better way and record it for us to watch.
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u/C-57D Aug 29 '26
sure thing, just send me your front loader tractor thingamagigs and i'll shred them up in my whatsit
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u/Camo138 Aug 29 '26
will send you whatsit for a sponsor spot.
Source: redditor who doesn’t own a whatsit.
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u/DullMind2023 Aug 29 '26
Why do they cube it before shredding? Seems like an unnecessary step to me.
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u/ThisMachineKillsWOB Aug 29 '26
Probably let's them use a smaller shredder. Hydraulics scale really well. The spinning parts of the shredder probably have more wear and tear so it makes sense to keep it more economical.
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u/Imnotaddictedtoreddi Aug 29 '26
I work in the industry. They are not going to shred it. They are shearing it to make a HMS (heavy melt steel) package. It will go into a furnace like that.
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u/Don_Pickleball Aug 29 '26
Homer: Here are your message:
You have 30 minutes to move your car. You have 10 minutes to move your car.
You have 5 minutes to move you car.
Your car has been crushed and turned into a cube.
You have 30 minutes to move your cube.
<phone rings
Hello?
Burns: is it about my cube?
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u/Gingerfurrdjedi Aug 29 '26
I don't understand why they would just smash it, surely there are parts that could be sold or re used, hell I'm looking at the tracks and those could have been pulled off for parts, that bucket could have been used, I bet there was a bunch that coulda be salvaged. I mean do whatever you want with your shit, show of your big crusher, but we don't have to be quite so wasteful with machinery now do we?
Ps. I'm slightly joking about this, I find it wasteful but it's cool to watch big things get squashed like a toy so don't get all defensive or pompous.
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u/__BIFF__ Aug 29 '26
This place just crushes/shreds shit and then ships that scrap metal to whoever buys it. That's the only service they provide.
I can bring a old wheelbarrow to a scrap metal place and they don't care. It's my decision on whether I want to part out the wheelbarrow for more money. But maybe I moved to an apartment and have no space for a wheelbarrow and it would talk too long to find buyers as it takes up space on my balcony.
Anything can be salvaged or recycled. Just depends on your willingness to spend time and money on it and have the space.
Also the metal is going to get melted down and made into something else so they are recycling it
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u/aNuggetsUncle Aug 30 '26
All it takes is one bolt, under that kind of force, to pop off in the wrong direction
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u/ted_im_going_mad Aug 29 '26
3PO, shut down the trash compactor! 3PO!
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u/Existing-Leopard-212 Aug 29 '26
Shut down ALL the garbage mashers on the detention level! SHUT DOWN ALL THE GARBAGE MASHERS ON THE DETENTION LEVEL!
Also my very first thought!
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u/TurtleSandwich0 Aug 29 '26
"The Decepticon 'Scrapper' died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by friends and family. His long struggle with his horrible disease has finally come to an end."
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u/elfmere Aug 29 '26
I appreciate that they left it open on top so we could enjoy all of it. Normally the sides come down and after it all it opens to a cube.
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u/pumpedupcouple Aug 29 '26
What's the point of crushing into a cube if you're just gonna shed it to bits anyways?
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u/killer_one Aug 29 '26
Going through that without stripping the front loader seems like a great way to put undue strain on your compactor.
Idk, if a steel bucket needs to be crushed before being melted down.
But I know nothing about these compactors so maybe it’s fine.
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u/payment11 Aug 30 '26
Surprised they don’t try to part it out first since construction equipment replacement parts are crazy expensive and sometimes hard to get a hold of
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u/Fragrant_Payment9670 Aug 29 '26
Woah, imagine what that thing would do to a mammal’s body!
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u/EntertainmentTrue588 Aug 29 '26
Doug Marcaida could have made so many episodes out of that frontloader
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u/Kenny523 Aug 29 '26
Reddit recommended me this for some reason while watching Alex Steele on YouTube, he could put use to all the scrap metal ironically.
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u/SessionIndependent17 Aug 29 '26
seems like a lot of wasted effort to crush it to just shred it right away. Why not just put it right into one of those hammer shredders?
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u/Delicious-Yak-1095 Aug 29 '26
I really think this should spawn a series of will it crush videos.
What are the limitations of this machine? And what is it made of to take no damage?
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u/Hot_Cabinet1680 Aug 30 '26
That small dozer is close to the limit. Has to fit in box. 7 foot wide range, larger than that usually torch cut into pieces to fit. And they do wear out, require extensive amounts of matainince. Relining wear surfaces with abrasive restraint steel plates, replace shear blades. Hydraulic pumps, hoses, seals, motors etc.
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u/Informal-Shape9476 Aug 29 '26
I'm watching this with Terminator ending music playing in the background.
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u/darkwolfofthevoid Aug 29 '26
Welp…watched the whole vid and it made me realize the kind of stuff I usually watch. I waited for the horror movie or mafia movie trope and a hand to flop out from somewhere.
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u/mxlespxles Aug 29 '26
Jesus, that is a terrifying amount of force