Six bulldozers enter....
April 19, 2016 5:58 AM Subscribe
A legitimate royal rumble between heavy machinery: construction workers were from two competing companies allegedly get mad... and get even.
That is going to make a really fun video game.
posted by procrastination at 6:10 AM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by procrastination at 6:10 AM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
This is what I would do if I were rich and bored.
posted by entropone at 6:13 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by entropone at 6:13 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'm actually extremely disappointed to find that this shows front loaders pushing at each other, and not a video of excavators duking it out like giraffes.
posted by fifthrider at 6:14 AM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by fifthrider at 6:14 AM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
Reality shouldn't be taking script notes from a 13 year old version of myself.
posted by codacorolla at 6:16 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by codacorolla at 6:16 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
Oh, so that's what Shane McMahon was doing in China for all those years.
posted by Etrigan at 6:17 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 6:17 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
"The females look on, while the males sort out their differences... just as they have for centuries"
posted by fatbird at 6:23 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by fatbird at 6:23 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
This is why you have to get a breathalyzer before you do those heavy equipment driving attractions in Vegas.
posted by TedW at 6:53 AM on April 19, 2016
posted by TedW at 6:53 AM on April 19, 2016
Oh my god. Why is this not a thing?
I'm going to make this a thing.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 7:14 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm going to make this a thing.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 7:14 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Mike Mulligan is no one to mess with when he's drunk.
posted by delfin at 7:17 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by delfin at 7:17 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Why is this not a thing?
Cost.
But, given the end of the mining boom:
Make it so.
posted by Mezentian at 7:20 AM on April 19, 2016
Cost.
But, given the end of the mining boom:
Make it so.
posted by Mezentian at 7:20 AM on April 19, 2016
Waaaaaay better than a Transformers movie.
Your bar.... set low, it is.
posted by Mezentian at 7:35 AM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
Your bar.... set low, it is.
posted by Mezentian at 7:35 AM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
Why is this not a thing?
It is a thing (or was), but remotely controlled in miniature and gloriously creative: Robot Wars. (Wikipedia warning: "This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience.")
posted by clawsoon at 8:05 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
It is a thing (or was), but remotely controlled in miniature and gloriously creative: Robot Wars. (Wikipedia warning: "This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience.")
posted by clawsoon at 8:05 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Is anyone else disappointed they didn't start linking themselves to each other to build a giant fighting robot?
posted by loquacious at 8:44 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by loquacious at 8:44 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
just as they have for centuries
In the base of their seats is one of Nature's greatest shock absorbers, protecting their small brains from the full force of the impact.
There's no mating for losers.
posted by flabdablet at 9:46 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
In the base of their seats is one of Nature's greatest shock absorbers, protecting their small brains from the full force of the impact.
There's no mating for losers.
posted by flabdablet at 9:46 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Why is this not a thing?
If you like this but don't live in the midwest, you can thus comprehend the giddy amazement involved in watching a combine demolition derby in person. Videos aren't even close to doing justice to experiencing it first hand, which I've done a couple times, jaw hanging open and gobsmacked. Those are huge machines crashing into each other.
Darn, suppose I should have done a FPP
posted by AzraelBrown at 1:11 PM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
If you like this but don't live in the midwest, you can thus comprehend the giddy amazement involved in watching a combine demolition derby in person. Videos aren't even close to doing justice to experiencing it first hand, which I've done a couple times, jaw hanging open and gobsmacked. Those are huge machines crashing into each other.
Darn, suppose I should have done a FPP
posted by AzraelBrown at 1:11 PM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
Dang. I've been to my fair share of demo derbies, but never one with combines.
One day...
posted by brennen at 4:11 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
One day...
posted by brennen at 4:11 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Fans of this might like the Japanese show ほこ×たて, "hokotate (spear vs shield)" where they used to pit (mostly) industrial companies against each other.
Classic Drill vs Metal episode. (there were several rematches)
toughest umbrella vs strongest wind machine
Iron wrecking ball vs indestructible wall
and so on...
posted by brappi at 4:26 PM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
Classic Drill vs Metal episode. (there were several rematches)
toughest umbrella vs strongest wind machine
Iron wrecking ball vs indestructible wall
and so on...
posted by brappi at 4:26 PM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
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