Destroyed in Seconds - Bulldozer Rampage

a-hole those are levels of building in Granby Colorado then another and another it's part of a meticulously planned citywide demolition project but this plan wasn't put together by city engineers or construction work it's the brainchild of an angry man with a grudge against a lot of local people in business the man inside this armor-plated bulldozer is Marv he Meier as horrified townspeople run for their lives he Meyer wrecks buildings and vehicles one after another and he's ready to take on sheriff's deputies or anybody else who stands in his way he Meyers an accomplished welder who spent a lot of time inside a secret workshop there he outfitted the dozer with two sheets of half-inch steel plating with a layer of concrete in between on this day he seals himself in and takes off on a violent ride inside his cockpit two assault rifles lots of ammo and video monitors to help him see where he's going a bank a hardware store a concrete factory even the Town Hall and especially the police department the one thing all of those places have in common he Meyer feels he has been wronged by these businesses or the people who only he even exacts revenge on the home of the town's former mayor neither have our Burger King livery deputies and [ __ ] teams try everything but even armor-piercing bullets can't penetrate Marv he Meyers homemade metal and concrete shield at one point a heavy equipment operator decides to put a stop to the carnage he climbs behind the wheel of his front-end loader and gets set to take on the armored bulldozer but quickly the operator finds himself in an industrial-sized game of chicken he Meyer speeds ahead aiming directly for the blockage realizing his intentions the loader attempts to flee but the armored dozer gives chase ramming the tractor off its path it steams ahead to its next target authorities seize the narrow opportunity using the front loader truck to block the dozer in the civilian operator hurries to safety forced to continue ahead he Meyer pushes his creation to the limit the bulldozer grinds to a halt under the rubble of a steel building its engine has called it quits as authorities try to get into the cab of his homemade tank Marquis Mayer takes his own life it takes officers several hours and a cutting torch to finally get inside the cab none of the townspeople are hurt but the price tag on this rampage is about seven million dollars

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Views: 11,572,281

Rating: 4.8279428 out of 5

Keywords: discovery, channel, destroyed, in, seconds, bulldozer, Destroyed In Seconds, explosion, demolition, Discovery Channel, Discovery Communications, crazy bulldozer, bulldozer rampage

Id: qlZh9-NQEyI

Length: 3min 58sec (238 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 10 2008

Reddit Comments

[u/Dk113]

I actually lived in Granby Colorado this past summer. I was told Marvin Heemyer was upset about the rezoning of some land and thus the "Killdozer" was born. On main street they have the history of their town displayed on a concrete wall, all except for the part where a bulldozer went on a rampage. So it now shows that after 2004 they built all new government owned buildings (post office, Town hall, police department).

[u/Why-so-delirious]

Only 7 million?

I don't know why, but that doesn't seem like a big price tag for a BULLDOZER GOING THROUGH YOUR BUILDING to me.

Just water damage to a lot of buildings could cost millions in dollars to fix. And that's without a bulldozer going through your front door.

[u/[deleted]]

He was prepared.

For visibility the bulldozer was fitted with several video cameras linked to two monitors mounted on the vehicle's dashboard; the cameras were protected on the outside by 3-inch (76 mm) shields of bullet-resistant plastic.[2] 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. He had made three gun-ports, fitted for a .50 caliber sniper rifle, a .308 semi-automatic, and a .22 long rifle, all fitted with a half-inch-thick steel plate. Heemeyer apparently had no intention of leaving the cabin once he entered it.

[u/Hydropos]

Inside he had 2 assault rifles

...those are bolt-action hunting rifles

[u/huxtiblejones]

My buddy is from the Granby area and was a kid at the time. Most people in town knew this guy, and he says that the killdozer was no secret. He would show it to people while he worked on it in his garage, explain what his plans were, and they'd just laugh it off like a crazy joke. A lot of people from the area like worship this dude now, they wear shirts in support, they took photos with the killdozer after his rampage. I think my friend said he even posed by it himself, and was later struck by how weird and morbid it was, especially knowing a corpse was in there.

[u/[deleted]]

"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable", he wrote. "Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."

[u/Patches67]

You have to wonder how much of a bunch of assholes does a town have to be to inspire a man to build a KILLDOZER?

[u/red_beanie]

jesus, he welded the door shut behind him when he started this rampage. they had to use a cutting torch to get his dead body out.

[u/[deleted]]

They need to make a video game version of this. You design a battle tank in your shed and then go out and do as much damage as you can, as efforts to stop you stop you pick up with every million dollars of damage or every life taken.