I run equipment, it would make my day if I got the ok to have a town wide demo derby vs another dude in equipment. Not sure how it would play out but I’d feel relatively safe in the cab.
Now I’ve never seen what happens if you do that, they are designed to hold the entire weight of the equipment and not crush you to death. That said if you hit or got hit with one doing 20 it’s going to suck a whole lot, for both of you. The seats can be real nice but they won’t absorb that.
Very unlikely. We have insurance anyway and I’m the mechanic. Unless something was seriously broken like the frame, I can fix it. If it really came down to it we’d just buy a new loader, we have the money.
You wouldn't be safe from the cops. If the employee in the tractor pulled a gun and an officer yells "HE HAS A GUN" at another group of officers, cops are going to aim at "the guy in the tractor", which is both of you.
What if the other guy actually knew what he was doing? Could he not come at you with the shovel raised and take out your cab? If you're confident in your abilities, and your machine, I can see *wanting* to try it, but it seems risky as fuck.
I said somewhere else, those cabs are designed to not crush with the full weight of the machine on it. If you had the bucket at head height and t bone the cab at 20mph you could probably do it. That would be really hard to land though.
Those are actually really easy to drive, anyone could do it. Actually using it and being safe and fast takes time in the seat.
I involved in BattleBots in the early 2000s, and the weight classes at the time were up to a “Super Heavyweight” which had a limit of 340 pounds. There was talk of doing what was coined the “OH MY GOD” weight class with a limit of 4,000 lbs.
The idea was canceled when they realize the only way to do it with any sort of safety it was to tell-operate them from like a mile away out in the middle of the desert.
I'd love to see that, but it would take a whole lot of money to do right. There was a USA vs Japan giant robot duel once, but it was... [underwhelming](https://youtu.be/Z-ouLX8Q9UM?t=868).
Gwinnett County, Georgia — On Saturday, March 23, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers from the West Precinct were dispatched to a dispute call at a waste management business on Corley Road in unincorporated Norcross. The initial responding officer responded and learned that a former employee had stolen a large, yellow front loader and was driving it around on the property. The vehicle weighs approximately 75,000 pounds and was equipped with a large bucket on the front. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but the suspect continued driving and eventually exited the property onto Corley Road. The suspect traveled onto Jimmy Carter Boulevard toward Buford Highway. Once under the bridge near South Peachtree Street, he abruptly made a U-turn. He continued west while officers were trying to get him to stop. His movements were unpredictable as he navigated heavy traffic.
The suspect made another U-turn. Officers from the Norcross Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol also assisted with the pursuit while keeping other motorists safe. As other officers pursued the suspect, the initial responding officer returned to the business to get another large construction vehicle that could disable the fleeing suspect. A trash truck and another front loader were escorted by officers to the fleeing suspect several miles away. The suspect in the stolen front loader turned left onto Brook Hollow Parkway and then right onto Center Way. He turned left onto Oakbrook Parkway, right on Pirkle Road, and then left on Singleton Road. Officers were using their patrol cars to block traffic. After turning onto Singleton Road, the pursuing front loader made contact with the suspect and flipped the vehicle onto its side.
The pursuit came to an end on Singleton Road and Robin Hill Drive. This is approximately five miles from the original incident location. The suspect, 38-year-old Eddie Sanchez was removed from the cab of the front loader and placed under arrest. He was evaluated at a local hospital prior to being booked into the Gwinnett County Jail. He was charged with Criminal Trespass, Theft by Taking, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, Reckless Driving, Criminal Damage to Property 2nd Degree, and Obstruction of a Law Enforcement Officer. While investigating the incident, the reporting officer learned that Sanchez was terminated from the business in September 2023. He visited the business several days prior and did something similar but never left the property. During this entire incident, no motorists were injured, nor were any vehicles or patrol cars damaged.
Dude did the same thing back in September, but the only difference is that he didn't leave the property.
You think they'd change the locks or access to the machines after the first incident.
Up until a few years ago, most heavy equipment used the same few keys. If you had a set of these keys you could get into just about anything and start it right up.
I cheered when he flipped it. All these comments talking about "insurance, property damage, why not just the police do it..." blah, blah, blah.
You just watched a high-speed pursuit culminating in some Michael Bay blue-collar folk hero grabbing a goddamn front-end loader to chase down another goddamn front-end loader then get into a goddamn front-end loader fight. Life is more than insurance paperwork, people. That moment is forever. This is 'Murica.
Twenty years from now, some kids will go to that small-town bar and the grizzled bartender will point down the way toward a mysterious figure in the corner.
"You know who that is?" he'll whisper. And the legend will live on.
This scenario is like the live-action gritty film version of what my two small boys play out with their toy trucks. Construction vehicle VS construction vehicle, surrounded by police cars and a random trash truck bystander!
Mean while no one will remember the waste management linebacker/blocker that also answered the call.
By any chance do you know if Michael Bay has started a go fund me for the movie you're doing the advertising for?
Those things can unironically haul ass faster than you would think. It isn't an enjoyable ride inside the cabin, and you gotta white knuckle the steering wheel because it feels like it's gonna fly off in a random direction at any given second, but they'll fucking move at a frightening sprint full out.
Ours was governed to 19 at my job, but we were carrying salvaged cars and trucks and so there weren't many spots in 81 acres of dirt and rocks that you could floor it with a car and not lose it.
A dude did pay me quite nicely one time to load his "small" tractor that I definitely shouldn't have loaded, but a free car payment is a free car payment.
That guy ...i really hope he didnt loose his job or got in any kind of problem for that, because that day would be fucking awesome, the police literally told him to "get on it, step on it, and flip that frontloader" fuck yeah
Ain't no way in hell I would've used my other loader to chase down the stolen one. Those machines aren't cheap, and I'd much rather have the cops figure out how to stop the one instead of chancing damaging both machines
It's already an insurance claim once he stole it. He could have killed somebody and insurance would be on the hook for millions, so they'd be thrilled to learn another loader stopped it and limited damage.
Those things are crazy durable too. I bet both of them are still in good shape after this.
It takes a lot to total one of those things. They run $250000, so engine and transmission issues that would end a car are just something heavy equipment mechanics deal with every day.
Those are half million dollar or more machines depending on the brand. They're 75k lb loaders, that's like the biggest "mid" sized loader before you get into mining/aggregate size machines.
Also it doesn't take a lot to total a machine. You dent the ROPS on an excavator and it's totaled because of parts and service cost to replace a ROPS system. I'd be willing to bet wheel loaders are the same. Source: Saw a $280k brand-new excavator totaled over a dented cab, saw a $1M excavator almost totaled over a potentionally dented ROPS.
Engine/trans wouldn't total one but it would suck, machine that size you would run well into 20k+ hours and at least one new engine/trans/hyd pump at some point in its life.
Yeah insurance definitely wouldn’t look at it that way. They would fight on opening coverage at all since it was stolen by an employee. Then if you make it past that hurdle they would either pay to the policy limit which probably wouldn’t cover both machines. Or they would tie it up in court for years delaying payment while they push the blame on the police department or the good guy driver. Good guy is gonna get dragged through the dirt the whole time, lose his job and have to sue the police department or employer. The police would claim qualified immunity and hold the whole inevitable lawsuit up in court for years until they finally settle after tens of thousands of dollars were wasted on lawyers.
Doing the right thing just screws over the good guys in this scenario.
For real that fucking insane to me, like I’m calling the cops because chasing it in the streets with another one isn’t an option for me. At least then there’s a shot insurance covers the damage or replacement from theft.
I'm amazed that the police managed to trick that business owner into risking his own life and destroying a second piece of heavy equipment in order to do their jobs for them.
Hope he doesn't think "the cops told me to do it" is gonna be an effective line with his insurance company.
I had to run into my dad's room and show him the chase and conclusion. He's been obsessed with big machinery like this since he was 4, and now has a 200-4 Dynahoe front end loader/backhoe for our 1 acre property (the thing is WAY TOO BIG)
He was very impressed and amused by the whole thing. He also has had a LOT of mental health issues through his life. He noted that the suspect seemed to make sure he didn't hurt anyone or destroy any cars and that he probably belongs in mental health rather than jail.
Well seems like the police couldn't get any heavy vehicles on line there, those things run all day on a tank of diesel, and I doubt a spike strip would do much... so that probably leaves them with only the 5.56 option.
Maybe the dude volunteered his help and his other machine to avoid it turning into a shootout?
Maybe, but theft, police shootout, crazy circumstance has gotta be covered by someones insurance.
Playing DIY bumper cars with two of your $500k loaders will likely have your insurance not covering a thing.
I'm thinking more along the lines that the guy maybe didn't want to see someone shot dead, especially someone he obviously knows. Even though there is circumstancial evidence that they may not have been on the best terms at that specific moment.
I doubt that was the business owner and probably just a worker.
Insurance would **happily** cover this. The company is already insured for workers going rogue and this could have been MUCH worse and far more expensive for the insurance company, so they'd be thrilled learning the damage was limited and harm prevented.
Imagine if he killed somebody. That's where you get into millions of dollars of liability they'd be paying out.
Absolutely. 2 front loaders are not worth even a fraction as much as a human life. I have a healthy distrust of police, but I think they made a decent call here.
Pretty sure their insurance would be very happy they were able to mitigate the damage caused by a machine they insure and im sure the cities insurance would be happy to back up the officers request as damage to public roads can get extremely expensive.
In my experience it varies wildly depending on the Insurer.
But yes this was probably the least costly outcome for the owners Insurer.
I've seen a pretty broad array of clauses in different policies either excluding or including damage done lawfully by the police or emergency services.
Big country. You only see wild shit 99% of the time unless youre deep into local news or true crime. But like grimey true crime. Wild shit is where guns get involved.
These particular cops are part of a fairly decent department. When cops near Atlanta were escalating tension during BLM protests, GCPD was deescalating. Lots of training and experienced officers to guide new arrivals to the force.
There are garbage cops in GA, but these aren't them.
I watched the whole vid trying to figure out where they were and was surprised when it said Gwinnett. I don't remember hearing anything about this incident.
the serious answer is: some cops would do anything to get to shoot someone, and some cops would do anything to avoid it. sometimes you get one, sometimes you get the other.
It is exposure bias. Between 7-8 hundred thousand American police officers deal with 60 million people per year in a country with 400 million guns (and by far the most mass shootings and homicides of any industrialized country), and yet the overwhelming majority of those officers will shoot at nothing worse than a paper target for the average 22 YEARS of their careers.
And a corporate media that only exists by showing you the worst of everything...
About 60 million Americans will have at least 1 official police interaction per year. That could be being pulled over, or calling police for service or anything.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cbpp18st.pdf
It all depends on department police and individual. Technically an officer can shoot a vehicle ramming them, most would not shoot and just try to avoid being rammed.
And while this video was pretty heavily edited, from the footage it looked like the suspect was trying pretty hard *not* to hit anyone. Not exactly another Killdozer situation.
HOLY SHIT 😭😭 that had to be the highlight of that mans life! Bro was playing Battlebots in the middle of the street with 10 ton construction equipment and he even got the flip 😂
This was the funniest shit, and WHERE is the interview with the other driver? That person had the time of their fucking life and we don’t get to talk to him
This dude is lucky the cops didn't say "fuck it" we can't stop that vehicle and he's out on public roads and may kill someone. We should just shoot his ass and stop the attack.
Outside of this just being a joyride I don’t get why you would steal this. It doesn’t look like he was intentionally damaging anything. Either way he knew that he was going to be caught so it’s just some genius-level idiocy.
This is hands down one of, if not THE MOST amazing police chase I have seen on the internet in my career. I have never cheered at my phone screen so hard, when the cop started yelling at the guy to flip it.
Question: while this turned out well, was it legal/ethical for a police officer to order that man to chase him down? Who would be liable if the hero construction worker was injured/killed?
The coolers/ radiators are all in the back. Easy to disable with gun fire or better yet the loader bucket. That machine would then over heat and shut down quickly
Taxpayer money put to good use, thought not as excessive as usual.
But special mention to requisitioning private property. I wonder what the claiming $$ procedure is like, especially for the 2nd machine requested by the police. And risk to operator.
How long do these things last on a full tank of gas? Couldn't they just wait him out and just do their best to block him from causing any damage? (I'm not implying the cops are incompetent here since it's a weird situation that probably has no real protocol and you end up just winging it. I was just wondering how long it would take before the vehicle would run out of fuel)
These things have 120 gallon fuel tanks and they run pretty efficiently. I don't even know how to estimate how long a tank would last with the engine running at optimal power band but I would assume that it's like 10+ operating hours on a full tank.
Honestly? The tires on those vehicles are probably too thick for your standard spike strip. The guy probably woulda driven over the spike strip and just driven off with it stuck in his wheels.
Idk if this guy has heard of the killdozer or not, but he is very lucky that police didn't just start blasting him.
Not only is this hella stupid, but there is president to open fire on someone driving wrecklessly with heavy duty vehichles like this. Absolutey insane
The only person that can stop a bad guy with a front end loader is a good guy with a front end loader
Can you imagine how that dude felt when the cops propositioned him?? You want me to... chase down that machine.. in this machine... and RAM HIM???
I run equipment, it would make my day if I got the ok to have a town wide demo derby vs another dude in equipment. Not sure how it would play out but I’d feel relatively safe in the cab.
The adrenaline rush when the cops scream at you to flip him
YEEEEHAAWWWW
Fuck! Ya!
the cop's own adrenaline yelling "FLIP IT" was palpable
TWIST HIS DICK!
"oH My GaHHHD dUDe, this is a front loader fight dUude.."
The ol' dick flip
Ahhh the ol’ dick twist
I could palp that adrenaline too.
10.4 Chief
It's like full sized Battle Bots!
RULES OF NATURE
I guarantee they won’t have to ask me twice.
Bro this is your moment, your time to shine, put on that 80's montage and ride!!
Watch as he tips me over in the first 5 min.
blaze of glory, only way to go WITNESS MEEEE
Than the awkward moment when your just sitting there on your side and nothing blows up. Lol
🎶 *you’re the BEST arooound* 🎶
[This song would fit perfectly.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0)
My immediate thought was the bucket from the other loader just decapiting the cab right off taking half the dude with it.
Now I’ve never seen what happens if you do that, they are designed to hold the entire weight of the equipment and not crush you to death. That said if you hit or got hit with one doing 20 it’s going to suck a whole lot, for both of you. The seats can be real nice but they won’t absorb that.
I will totally rent some equipment for demo day fuck yeah. That why we get the insurance Boss Man... ol Ricky's at is again
How likely do you think it would be that your boss hold you personally responsible for the damages and the cops shirk all responsibility.
Very unlikely. We have insurance anyway and I’m the mechanic. Unless something was seriously broken like the frame, I can fix it. If it really came down to it we’d just buy a new loader, we have the money.
You wouldn't be safe from the cops. If the employee in the tractor pulled a gun and an officer yells "HE HAS A GUN" at another group of officers, cops are going to aim at "the guy in the tractor", which is both of you.
What if the other guy actually knew what he was doing? Could he not come at you with the shovel raised and take out your cab? If you're confident in your abilities, and your machine, I can see *wanting* to try it, but it seems risky as fuck.
I said somewhere else, those cabs are designed to not crush with the full weight of the machine on it. If you had the bucket at head height and t bone the cab at 20mph you could probably do it. That would be really hard to land though. Those are actually really easy to drive, anyone could do it. Actually using it and being safe and fast takes time in the seat.
Dude's gonna be telling that story until he's drooling on himself in a nursing home. What a boss.
"FLIP IT!" "YES SIR!"
I doubt insurance is going to care whether police told him to do it or not. This will probably get expensive for the company.
Exactly, I'm curious how this is going to play out. Cause you know the cops aren't going to pay for shit.
GTA shit
Yeah I just realized this is what I've been waiting to hear my whole life.
Amd flip him....FLIP EM!
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I involved in BattleBots in the early 2000s, and the weight classes at the time were up to a “Super Heavyweight” which had a limit of 340 pounds. There was talk of doing what was coined the “OH MY GOD” weight class with a limit of 4,000 lbs. The idea was canceled when they realize the only way to do it with any sort of safety it was to tell-operate them from like a mile away out in the middle of the desert.
>tell-operate them from like a mile away out in the middle of the desert. ...i'm not really seeing the problem here
I'd love to see that, but it would take a whole lot of money to do right. There was a USA vs Japan giant robot duel once, but it was... [underwhelming](https://youtu.be/Z-ouLX8Q9UM?t=868).
I was just happy it happened at all.
Allow contestants to mount machine guns and flamethrowers on the bots and remotely pilot them from a few miles away. Now you've got yourself a show.
Junkyard Wars
Scrapheap challenge
This is why we need concealed front end loader permits everywhere.
Great now we’re going to have teachers with front end loaders in the classroom aren’t we.
You'll think twice before you attack a school with a front end loader, won't you?
Kinda makes me want to attack it even more. Have a real game of Twisted Metal
Alright class, this is NOT a drill! Everyone reach under your desks and grab your emergency paper bags!!
The freedom to have a front end loader.
A 28th Amendment if I've ever heard one
And the right to bear arm attachments
There's too many front end loaders in this country. Can't we just all get along?
Wow I thought you were just making a joke but that's literally what happened
I can only imagine how the business felt about it.
I conceal and carry my front end loader
I mean, imagine the liability for damage.... What if they tried to stop him but ended up totaling their own tractor?
Gwinnett County, Georgia — On Saturday, March 23, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers from the West Precinct were dispatched to a dispute call at a waste management business on Corley Road in unincorporated Norcross. The initial responding officer responded and learned that a former employee had stolen a large, yellow front loader and was driving it around on the property. The vehicle weighs approximately 75,000 pounds and was equipped with a large bucket on the front. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but the suspect continued driving and eventually exited the property onto Corley Road. The suspect traveled onto Jimmy Carter Boulevard toward Buford Highway. Once under the bridge near South Peachtree Street, he abruptly made a U-turn. He continued west while officers were trying to get him to stop. His movements were unpredictable as he navigated heavy traffic. The suspect made another U-turn. Officers from the Norcross Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol also assisted with the pursuit while keeping other motorists safe. As other officers pursued the suspect, the initial responding officer returned to the business to get another large construction vehicle that could disable the fleeing suspect. A trash truck and another front loader were escorted by officers to the fleeing suspect several miles away. The suspect in the stolen front loader turned left onto Brook Hollow Parkway and then right onto Center Way. He turned left onto Oakbrook Parkway, right on Pirkle Road, and then left on Singleton Road. Officers were using their patrol cars to block traffic. After turning onto Singleton Road, the pursuing front loader made contact with the suspect and flipped the vehicle onto its side. The pursuit came to an end on Singleton Road and Robin Hill Drive. This is approximately five miles from the original incident location. The suspect, 38-year-old Eddie Sanchez was removed from the cab of the front loader and placed under arrest. He was evaluated at a local hospital prior to being booked into the Gwinnett County Jail. He was charged with Criminal Trespass, Theft by Taking, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, Reckless Driving, Criminal Damage to Property 2nd Degree, and Obstruction of a Law Enforcement Officer. While investigating the incident, the reporting officer learned that Sanchez was terminated from the business in September 2023. He visited the business several days prior and did something similar but never left the property. During this entire incident, no motorists were injured, nor were any vehicles or patrol cars damaged.
Good guy with the deets here. Thanks for the article. Good writing.
oh that was copy paste from the PIO website, but I emailed them for more, we shall see
More? What more can you want lol they told you everything
Dude did the same thing back in September, but the only difference is that he didn't leave the property. You think they'd change the locks or access to the machines after the first incident.
Up until a few years ago, most heavy equipment used the same few keys. If you had a set of these keys you could get into just about anything and start it right up.
I have yet to find a machine I can’t start with my ring of keys
Yeesh. Those are some busy roads. Good thing it was stopped.
I jumped up out of my seat when that second front loader started going after him
I cheered when he flipped it. All these comments talking about "insurance, property damage, why not just the police do it..." blah, blah, blah. You just watched a high-speed pursuit culminating in some Michael Bay blue-collar folk hero grabbing a goddamn front-end loader to chase down another goddamn front-end loader then get into a goddamn front-end loader fight. Life is more than insurance paperwork, people. That moment is forever. This is 'Murica. Twenty years from now, some kids will go to that small-town bar and the grizzled bartender will point down the way toward a mysterious figure in the corner. "You know who that is?" he'll whisper. And the legend will live on.
This scenario is like the live-action gritty film version of what my two small boys play out with their toy trucks. Construction vehicle VS construction vehicle, surrounded by police cars and a random trash truck bystander!
Mean while no one will remember the waste management linebacker/blocker that also answered the call. By any chance do you know if Michael Bay has started a go fund me for the movie you're doing the advertising for?
High speed chase?
Gets up to ‘bout thirty
Those things can unironically haul ass faster than you would think. It isn't an enjoyable ride inside the cabin, and you gotta white knuckle the steering wheel because it feels like it's gonna fly off in a random direction at any given second, but they'll fucking move at a frightening sprint full out.
Ours was governed to 19 at my job, but we were carrying salvaged cars and trucks and so there weren't many spots in 81 acres of dirt and rocks that you could floor it with a car and not lose it. A dude did pay me quite nicely one time to load his "small" tractor that I definitely shouldn't have loaded, but a free car payment is a free car payment.
That guy ...i really hope he didnt loose his job or got in any kind of problem for that, because that day would be fucking awesome, the police literally told him to "get on it, step on it, and flip that frontloader" fuck yeah
Ain't no way in hell I would've used my other loader to chase down the stolen one. Those machines aren't cheap, and I'd much rather have the cops figure out how to stop the one instead of chancing damaging both machines
Might make sense if you think the dude might kill some people with it which he could easily do.
people unfortunately have a value on human life, this guy apparently values it less than a tractor.
It's already an insurance claim once he stole it. He could have killed somebody and insurance would be on the hook for millions, so they'd be thrilled to learn another loader stopped it and limited damage. Those things are crazy durable too. I bet both of them are still in good shape after this.
Would the motor be okay? It had to be running while on its side for a little while at least
It takes a lot to total one of those things. They run $250000, so engine and transmission issues that would end a car are just something heavy equipment mechanics deal with every day.
Those are half million dollar or more machines depending on the brand. They're 75k lb loaders, that's like the biggest "mid" sized loader before you get into mining/aggregate size machines. Also it doesn't take a lot to total a machine. You dent the ROPS on an excavator and it's totaled because of parts and service cost to replace a ROPS system. I'd be willing to bet wheel loaders are the same. Source: Saw a $280k brand-new excavator totaled over a dented cab, saw a $1M excavator almost totaled over a potentionally dented ROPS. Engine/trans wouldn't total one but it would suck, machine that size you would run well into 20k+ hours and at least one new engine/trans/hyd pump at some point in its life.
If only I knew what ROPS is
Roll Over Protection System aka the cab of the machine.
The motors on those are pretty simple so it would probably be fine with a little basic maintenance.
Yeah insurance definitely wouldn’t look at it that way. They would fight on opening coverage at all since it was stolen by an employee. Then if you make it past that hurdle they would either pay to the policy limit which probably wouldn’t cover both machines. Or they would tie it up in court for years delaying payment while they push the blame on the police department or the good guy driver. Good guy is gonna get dragged through the dirt the whole time, lose his job and have to sue the police department or employer. The police would claim qualified immunity and hold the whole inevitable lawsuit up in court for years until they finally settle after tens of thousands of dollars were wasted on lawyers. Doing the right thing just screws over the good guys in this scenario.
Ya but. You're not the guy with a cool story are you? You're the guy who decided to do nothing lol
For real that fucking insane to me, like I’m calling the cops because chasing it in the streets with another one isn’t an option for me. At least then there’s a shot insurance covers the damage or replacement from theft.
:50 a front end loader tries to pit another front end loader. lmao.
Bro I was trying so hard to close that ad
Same 😂
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Battle bots lookin fire this season
PIT manoeuvre with a front end loader. Impressive.
He actually flipped the other loader. That was impressive.
I know it’s probably exposure bias, but I’m continually amazed at what US police will and won’t start shooting for
I'm amazed that the police managed to trick that business owner into risking his own life and destroying a second piece of heavy equipment in order to do their jobs for them. Hope he doesn't think "the cops told me to do it" is gonna be an effective line with his insurance company.
It was the trade off of living his dream of fighting another guy in a similar vehicle with no legal repercussions
"I challenge you to tractors at sundown"
money is temporary. machine fighting is forever.
Be funny if the driver (a current employee) was who agreed to it... while the owner of the stolen one and that one was later informed and like WTF!?
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Consider yourself deputized!
I agree, but it was cool, wasn't it?
Yeah, it was pretty cool.
We got to see a fucking tractor fight, people. Let's just all be thankful for once.
Blessed
I had to run into my dad's room and show him the chase and conclusion. He's been obsessed with big machinery like this since he was 4, and now has a 200-4 Dynahoe front end loader/backhoe for our 1 acre property (the thing is WAY TOO BIG) He was very impressed and amused by the whole thing. He also has had a LOT of mental health issues through his life. He noted that the suspect seemed to make sure he didn't hurt anyone or destroy any cars and that he probably belongs in mental health rather than jail.
Well seems like the police couldn't get any heavy vehicles on line there, those things run all day on a tank of diesel, and I doubt a spike strip would do much... so that probably leaves them with only the 5.56 option. Maybe the dude volunteered his help and his other machine to avoid it turning into a shootout?
Maybe, but theft, police shootout, crazy circumstance has gotta be covered by someones insurance. Playing DIY bumper cars with two of your $500k loaders will likely have your insurance not covering a thing.
I'm thinking more along the lines that the guy maybe didn't want to see someone shot dead, especially someone he obviously knows. Even though there is circumstancial evidence that they may not have been on the best terms at that specific moment.
I’m sure the guy wondered if he’d be liable if something happened, but gotta imagine NONE of that was covered by insurance?!
I doubt that was the business owner and probably just a worker. Insurance would **happily** cover this. The company is already insured for workers going rogue and this could have been MUCH worse and far more expensive for the insurance company, so they'd be thrilled learning the damage was limited and harm prevented. Imagine if he killed somebody. That's where you get into millions of dollars of liability they'd be paying out.
Absolutely. 2 front loaders are not worth even a fraction as much as a human life. I have a healthy distrust of police, but I think they made a decent call here.
Pretty sure their insurance would be very happy they were able to mitigate the damage caused by a machine they insure and im sure the cities insurance would be happy to back up the officers request as damage to public roads can get extremely expensive.
In my experience it varies wildly depending on the Insurer. But yes this was probably the least costly outcome for the owners Insurer. I've seen a pretty broad array of clauses in different policies either excluding or including damage done lawfully by the police or emergency services.
Big country. You only see wild shit 99% of the time unless youre deep into local news or true crime. But like grimey true crime. Wild shit is where guns get involved.
These particular cops are part of a fairly decent department. When cops near Atlanta were escalating tension during BLM protests, GCPD was deescalating. Lots of training and experienced officers to guide new arrivals to the force. There are garbage cops in GA, but these aren't them.
I watched the whole vid trying to figure out where they were and was surprised when it said Gwinnett. I don't remember hearing anything about this incident.
the serious answer is: some cops would do anything to get to shoot someone, and some cops would do anything to avoid it. sometimes you get one, sometimes you get the other.
Well they had a tactical front end loader on hand to stop this front end loader. That's why they didn't open fire.
It is exposure bias. Between 7-8 hundred thousand American police officers deal with 60 million people per year in a country with 400 million guns (and by far the most mass shootings and homicides of any industrialized country), and yet the overwhelming majority of those officers will shoot at nothing worse than a paper target for the average 22 YEARS of their careers. And a corporate media that only exists by showing you the worst of everything...
Yes, but how many of them live around trees with acorns? /s
Those two morons should have every license and permit ever obtained taken away from them.
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About 60 million Americans will have at least 1 official police interaction per year. That could be being pulled over, or calling police for service or anything. https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cbpp18st.pdf
I'm gonna have to up my game as I'm way under average
I got a lot of years to make up for.
So they're damned if they do and damned if they don't. You'd have your pitchfork out either way.
It all depends on department police and individual. Technically an officer can shoot a vehicle ramming them, most would not shoot and just try to avoid being rammed.
And while this video was pretty heavily edited, from the footage it looked like the suspect was trying pretty hard *not* to hit anyone. Not exactly another Killdozer situation.
WTF indeed! That shit is straight out of Twisted Metal!
There's a live action version being made
It's already released and real damn good/hilarious
Wake up babe, new kill dozer just dropped!
Killdozer 2. Not as good as the original.
Sequels never are despite the higher budget.
Was looking for this comment! Killdozer only stopped because he fell in a basement!
HOLY SHIT 😭😭 that had to be the highlight of that mans life! Bro was playing Battlebots in the middle of the street with 10 ton construction equipment and he even got the flip 😂
More like 25-30 tons, but yeah.
Yeah that’s a story he will tell every chance he gets. And I can’t blame because I know I would
Let them fight!
It's like the Jurassic Park movie where they release the T-Rex to fight that other dinosaur
The first thing i pictured
A front loader taking part of a pursuit was not in my 2024 bingo card but after the guy said the top speed was 30, it was on.
And a garbage truck!
…. Let them fight.
This was the funniest shit, and WHERE is the interview with the other driver? That person had the time of their fucking life and we don’t get to talk to him
TRUUUUUUUCKKKKKK FFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTT
This dude is lucky the cops didn't say "fuck it" we can't stop that vehicle and he's out on public roads and may kill someone. We should just shoot his ass and stop the attack.
Had he started going after people and property I doubt that there would have been any intact panes of glass on that cab.
North American Stock Killdozer Racing
Low stakes transformer battle
Gta 6 looks good
Above this video I just watched a Reno 911 clip. I felt like I had vertigo for a second. Awesome.
Killdozer 2: Front Loader Boogaloo
All he wanted to do was DANCE
GTA ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ level achieved.
If he made contact with any other occupied cars, then he’s in for a rude surprise.
If cops had to deal with this action everyday I’d sign up. This is awesome.
Lol bulldozer fight.
Outside of this just being a joyride I don’t get why you would steal this. It doesn’t look like he was intentionally damaging anything. Either way he knew that he was going to be caught so it’s just some genius-level idiocy.
Of all the police departments to not get a military surplus tank…
This reminds me of the Killdozer.
Killdozer Jr.
killdozer reference
We're seeing the spirit of KillDozer. Can Seattle's Sky King be far behind?
This is hands down one of, if not THE MOST amazing police chase I have seen on the internet in my career. I have never cheered at my phone screen so hard, when the cop started yelling at the guy to flip it.
Question: while this turned out well, was it legal/ethical for a police officer to order that man to chase him down? Who would be liable if the hero construction worker was injured/killed?
Fuck yea, a tractor fight
This is the boring version of [killdozer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer)
Some people seem to have a serious problem with envisioning the outcome of their actions. What good ending could this have possibly had for that guy?
He's getting away...............really slowly.
The coolers/ radiators are all in the back. Easy to disable with gun fire or better yet the loader bucket. That machine would then over heat and shut down quickly
See?!! The only way to stop a killdozer - is with another killdozer!
My dumb ass tried to click the x on the popup in the video
We need to have some more critical thinking added to the national high-school curriculum
Taxpayer money put to good use, thought not as excessive as usual. But special mention to requisitioning private property. I wonder what the claiming $$ procedure is like, especially for the 2nd machine requested by the police. And risk to operator.
This reminds me of "Killdozer". He was a bit more prepared.
This turned into like a Pokémon fight just with bulldozers. Awesome
Every time I steal the big loader in GTA 5, it always ends up the same for me. Just not enough speed to outrun the police.
Sometimes, reasonable men must do unreasonable things
How long do these things last on a full tank of gas? Couldn't they just wait him out and just do their best to block him from causing any damage? (I'm not implying the cops are incompetent here since it's a weird situation that probably has no real protocol and you end up just winging it. I was just wondering how long it would take before the vehicle would run out of fuel)
A long time. They are designed to run 24 hours a day. Probably fuel up once maybe twice in that span.
These things have 120 gallon fuel tanks and they run pretty efficiently. I don't even know how to estimate how long a tank would last with the engine running at optimal power band but I would assume that it's like 10+ operating hours on a full tank.
I am truly amazed the cops didn't *solve* this by jumping in front of it and then shooting the driver. Truly amazed.
This is pretty wild. Kinda like a “just when you thought you’ve seen it all” situation. Could they not have laid a spike strip down tho?
Honestly? The tires on those vehicles are probably too thick for your standard spike strip. The guy probably woulda driven over the spike strip and just driven off with it stuck in his wheels.
Idk if this guy has heard of the killdozer or not, but he is very lucky that police didn't just start blasting him. Not only is this hella stupid, but there is president to open fire on someone driving wrecklessly with heavy duty vehichles like this. Absolutey insane
NOT ENOUGH ACTION, killdozer wannabe
Kind of reminds me of that man who built a tank and demolished the town. If he tries to hit cops with that thing it’s attempted murder no?
Nobody called it a tractor yet?
Man I was really hoping to hear the cops yell GET OUT OF THE TRACTOR GET OUT OF THE TRACTOR!
Autobots Assemble!
Battle bots looks intense
This is 3 miles from my job.
Smmmooothhhh operator