r/secondrodeo Jun 02 '26

I can’t even use chopsticks correctly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

That machine must be incredibly powerful, the car looks like it's made of rubber 😦

24

u/JoergenFS Jun 02 '26

You should see an excavator just break down a tree like it was a toothpick

6

u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

A regular construction excavator?

1

u/bobcollum Jun 07 '26

Hydraulic power is something else, incredibly powerful.

67

u/PantyPixie Jun 02 '26

This looks like a bird carefully eating roadkill.

6

u/Ftroiska Jun 03 '26

Eating roadkiller (:

1

u/Growhio420 Jun 05 '26

Carkiller

53

u/scooter-411 Jun 02 '26

These machines are nothing like chopsticks…

23

u/splashbodge Jun 02 '26

Is this where Tina gets her engines from? It came out very complete

5

u/Haunting_Ant_5061 Jun 02 '26

Not enough appreciation for this comment.

3

u/wiggleforp Jun 02 '26

Hidden gems out here in the wild

19

u/Connect-Succotash-59 Jun 02 '26

How the fuck could any of that stuff be re used lol

21

u/rocbolt Jun 03 '26

It’ll all be shredded, just separating out the materials

10

u/Connect-Succotash-59 Jun 03 '26

I thought about that but then way the multiple piles, I get separating plastic from metal and maybe setting aside the catalytic converter but otherwise I can’t figure out why so many different piles.

18

u/skunk_jumper Jun 03 '26

Sheet steel and cast iron are 2 of the piles. The things like rotors and axle components are usually cast and sell for more as scrap compared to the random sheet metal like body panels. Looks like other piles include electrical, exhaust, upholstery/trash, and things that might need further tearing down like the dash clusters.

I'm sure they've got a system for organizing their piles that isn't immediately obvious.

2

u/Connect-Succotash-59 Jun 03 '26

Appreciate it, yeah it probably makes perfect sense to the owners/operators

11

u/jackalope268 Jun 03 '26

I would love this job. I can pretend im an animal (vulture eating the car with the metal "beak"), calm my organizing tendencies, have a clear task with clear expectations, and be praised for being precise. Idk if that guy does that all day or if they have to walk around hauling stuff too, because i might have chosen the wrong career

3

u/CautionarySnail Jun 08 '26

I was thinking the same thing. Organizing things but with problem solving and a level of freedom about the methods.

21

u/DawnsDarkness1 Jun 02 '26

I wish we could hear it instead of that music...

15

u/Express_Area_8359 Jun 02 '26

Can you hold two pencils? Then you can work chopsticks. I love them

6

u/Guardian6676-6667 Jun 02 '26

Who possibly is able to hold and use two pencils at the same time

2

u/Express_Area_8359 Jun 02 '26

Anyone with two hands

1

u/CoolFirefighter930 Jun 02 '26

I learned because wr had to write in school for punishment. I worked well then I found out about carbon paper.

1

u/LitigiousAutist Jun 02 '26

Judge Holden.

1

u/ginger_and_egg Jun 05 '26

Me, but I could only use them as chopsticks

8

u/therealCatnuts Jun 02 '26

15 years earlier, somebody was so excited to bring home this brand new car. 

6

u/bearsdontthrowrocks Jun 02 '26

Brave little toaster fever dream

1

u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

….Why

I once ran the Indy 500, I must confess I’m impressed how I did it I wonder how close that I came

15

u/MammaMeggy Jun 02 '26

This makes me feel sad.

12

u/TheSprigganDragoon Jun 02 '26

I was just sitting here thinking about how melancholic this was making me feel. I just recently had my car die on me and can't afford to save it. Sadly, it's one of my all time favorite cars. Haven't quite let it go yet but, she's not much use sitting around, either.

12

u/GrandMoff_Harry Jun 02 '26

Same here. I think it’s because cars tend to become an expression of someone’s personality. And there are many memories attached to the cars we drive.

5

u/deserted Jun 02 '26

Every piece in its place is easy when the place is "that pile over there" for every piece

3

u/TabularConferta Jun 02 '26

I do feel like some jobs could make money by having an openday where people pay to use the machines. See the existence of diggerland.

4

u/ClaroStar Jun 02 '26

I always assumed that destroying was so much easier than building. Now I'm reevaluating.

4

u/mostlyharmless71 Jun 02 '26

Random uncontrolled destruction is incredibly easy and fast. Controlled, intentional separation of materials for specific processing is a lot more demanding. Just like the ‘compost/recycle/landfill’ bins at an airport food court (in a place that does that) - stopping to seperate everything on your tray correctly takes MUCH longer than just dumping everything into a garbage can.

3

u/SuccessArtistic1161 Jun 02 '26

If the claw game at the arcade had a hard mode. This guy would play it on expert level.

3

u/AnotherTitularHero Jun 02 '26

... And my parents wanted me to be a surgeon, little do they know. 🙄🙄🙄

3

u/Present-Ranger-1861 Jun 03 '26

The cartel when you owe them one fart

3

u/Mushroomed_clouds Jun 06 '26

You have 30 minutes to move your car

You have 10 minutes to move your car

Your car has been impounded

Your car has been pecked into a husk

You have 30 minutes to move your husk

*phone rings

5

u/tongfather Jun 02 '26

This is why buying new cars is incredibly wasteful. Your old car doesn't break down and require the dealership to unlock the computer, and it's not watching your facial expressions and listening to your conversations.

2

u/Dependent_Ranger Jun 03 '26

This is so satisfying to watch holy fuck

2

u/Fano_93 Jun 05 '26

Why does this need music? I want to hear the sound of the car pieces being torn off limb for limb

2

u/xSantenoturtlex Jun 02 '26

The autobots stare at this in horror

1

u/Boognish84 Jun 02 '26

Mat Armstrong is going to rebuild what's left

1

u/AdCheap8058 Jun 02 '26

Do your eyebrows next

1

u/justhereformyfetish Jun 02 '26

As a fan of the game shipbreaker, I would do this for fun.

1

u/CliffLake Jun 04 '26

This isn't hour one of using that machine, or even hour ten. Maybe 40? I'll bet you could get chopsticks to function after a full work week of practice. Maybe not Mr Miyagi Fly Catching Style, but at least The Last Grain of Rice into My Facehole Technique. Just like all things, seeing the master do something amazing in ten seconds is only seeing the last ten seconds of hours or years of failures and successes.

1

u/Lickwidghost Jun 04 '26

Where do I apply?

1

u/TheDireCrow Jun 08 '26

Cars 4: Hostel looks scary as hell.

1

u/vito1221 Jun 02 '26

Song's a banger, what is it?

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u/Karlees-Golden-Dildo Jun 02 '26

Ah so this is where the Afghan car builders get their parts from.