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re: 15 Years Ago Today - The Killdozer Was Born
Posted on 6/4/19 at 2:27 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
Posted on 6/4/19 at 2:27 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
Except for the killdozer dude no one was killed.! That’s the crazy part!
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 2:36 pm to idlewatcher
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Did he get his dozer stuck in that warehouse or what?
Yeah, he partially fell through the floor. Killdozer was a heavy beast.
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then off'ed himself.
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have done that - nobody seriously hurt at that point - I would have negotiated a surrender, wrote my book and jail and call it a win.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 2:59 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
I'm sorry, but I remember thinking that this was awesome. He was the only one killed, which he seemed to have accepted before he ever started the engine, so I had no sympathy for anyone. The people whose stuff he destroyed may very well have been total shitheads and he lost it, using the only power he thought he had. It sounds as if the concrete company bought some influence in the city council after they failed to acquire his land for their plant. In a case of corruption, when you know you've lost, you really have no recourse. Normal people get bitter and deal with it. This guy didn't.
The best part was when the front loader tried to block him, but ran away when he charged.
I can't believe all of that damage only amounted to $7 mil. though.
The best part was when the front loader tried to block him, but ran away when he charged.
I can't believe all of that damage only amounted to $7 mil. though.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 3:10 pm to TnMountaineer
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The bulldozer was a modified Komatsu D355A,[8] fitted with makeshift armor plating covering the cabin, engine, and parts of the tracks. In places, this armor was over 1 foot (30 cm) thick, consisting of 5000-PSI Quikrete concrete mix sandwiched between sheets of tool steel (acquired from an automotive dealer in Denver)
Yeah but did he attach nuts to the back of it?
Posted on 6/4/19 at 3:43 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:He was already pretty old, and who knows how long he'd have been in jail. Getting released in your old age and delivered to state, ex-con old folks care doesn't sound appealing.
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have done that - nobody seriously hurt at that point - I would have negotiated a surrender, wrote my book and jail and call it a win.
Reading more about this guy, the city seemed to have it in for him. Several times, he petitioned them not to zone the property and block his only route to his shop. He lost.
Okay, then he petitioned them to build another road to create an alternate route. He seemed pretty confident that they would approve, so he bought all of the materials and equipment to build it. They turned him down, for some reason.
Then, just to stick it up his arse, when the construction crew building the plant hit the sewage line, the city fined him for not being hooked up to the sewage. To me, that really cinches the fact that it was a screw job.
I'd love to talk to the locals and get the inside stories.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 6:41 am to blueboy
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He was already pretty old
52?
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I'd love to talk to the locals and get the inside stories.
You'd think it was interesting enough for them to make a Netflix documentary.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 6:59 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
Damone
kywildcatfanine
Examples 1A and 1B of grade A assholes that work for government or live religiously through HOA
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Dude was a apparently a terrible negotiator and took it out on everyone else.
kywildcatfanine
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I hope they sold his assets to pay for the damage he caused.
Examples 1A and 1B of grade A assholes that work for government or live religiously through HOA
Posted on 6/5/19 at 7:45 am to blueboy
Yeah you know there were some backroom deals where they laughed about how hard they were screwing the guy.
He took his justice
He took his justice
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:58 am to fr33manator
Supposedly one of the quotes from notes he left behind.
"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must to unreasonable things."
Sounds like he tried every possible way to work with the city and they wouldn't compromise. If that's the case, I think him a true patriot.
"I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must to unreasonable things."
Sounds like he tried every possible way to work with the city and they wouldn't compromise. If that's the case, I think him a true patriot.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:00 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
People like this are who keep government officials from stepping all over us.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:45 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
The article reasoning for his motive sucks.
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In 1992 he had bought the ground to build his muffler shop on for $42,000 from Resolution Trust Corporation, the federal agency organized to handle the assets of failed savings and loan institutions. Later, he sold some of the land near his shop for the construction of a concrete batch plant, Mountain Park Concrete. The agreed price was $250,000. In 2001, the city zoning commission zoned an area for the concrete batch plant to be built on. The problem was that this plant would block the only road leading to Marvin’s shop. So, like any good citizen, Marvin petitioned for the zone to be slightly moved so the road isn’t blocked. He was denied. Instead, the town fined him $2,500 for not being connected to the sewage network, but get this- it was the construction company that broke his sewage line, disconnecting him. He tried to convey this to the city, but they wouldn’t listen. So he endured. He then tried to petition to build a new road, even volunteering to build it all by himself, and, thinking the city had no reason to say no as it would solve the problem, he went out and bought the necessary equipment to do so, including a bulldozer. This is very important. The town denied his request to build a new road, and instead fined him for going 8 feet within the concrete property line to fix the sewage pipe. He was forced to sell more of his land and close down the shop, as people couldn’t get to it.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:49 am to Eli Goldfinger
We need more Killdozers. Armies of killdozers to exact vengeance for the people
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