The man’s name now echoes through the canyons of Colorado lore like some wild-eyed folk hero—or villain, depending on where you sit. His legacy? A machine, born from grease-stained hands and rage, immortalized in the legend of the "Killdozer." June 4, 2004—mark that date. It was the day a man, fed up with the relentless grind of bureaucracy and the suffocating grip of local government, decided to fight back with the one thing every self-respecting welder and muffler-shop owner dreams of: a steel-clad bulldozer armed to the teeth.
Heemeyer was no ordinary man. Mountain View Muffler was his kingdom, and Granby, Colorado, was supposed to be the peaceful town where he could tinker, weld, and live the life of an independent man. But the town had other plans. Zoning disputes, backdoor deals, and a local government as thick as thieves put Heemeyer in a corner. He believed they’d buried him under an avalanche of red tape. And when you back a man like Marvin Heemeyer into a corner, well, you get what some call madness and others might call justice with a side of welding expertise.
For months, the quiet hum of Marvin’s workshop turned into the clank of something far more sinister—a beast in the making. He armored up his Komatsu D355A bulldozer with steel plates and concrete, transforming it into a fortress on tracks. Firearms? Check. Indignation? Double check. This wasn’t just a bulldozer; it was a goddamn symbol of rebellion, roaring through the streets of Granby with a vengeance only a man pushed to the brink could muster.
Granby was caught with its pants down that day. Town hall, the local newspaper, businesses—each one a target in Marvin’s path of destruction. He took them down like a modern-day Paul Bunyan with a score to settle. The local authorities had their jaws on the floor as Heemeyer’s doomsday machine rolled through town, flattening everything that had wronged him, at least in his mind.
And then, as quickly as it began, it all came to an end—trapped in the basement of a building, the steel behemoth lay still, and Marvin Heemeyer, man of machines, took the final action. In the aftermath, the world asked itself: Was this the last desperate gasp of a man driven mad by injustice, or the terrifying consequence of a government deaf to its people?
The Killdozer incident is a savage reminder that when you back an independent spirit into a bureaucratic corner, the fallout could very well be an 85-ton metal monster on the warpath. It wasn’t just a bulldozer—it was a middle finger to the system, a one-man protest against the suffocating grip of unchecked power. God bless Marvin Heemeyer. He didn’t get mad—he built a damn tank.
• 50% pre-shrunk cotton, 50% polyester
• Fabric weight: 8.0 oz/yd² (271.25 g/m²)
• Air-jet spun yarn with a soft feel and reduced pilling
• Double-lined hood with matching drawcord
• Quarter-turned body to avoid crease down the middle
• 1 × 1 athletic rib-knit cuffs and waistband with spandex
• Front pouch pocket
• Double-needle stitched collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
Size guide
LENGTH (inches) | WIDTH (inches) | |
S | 27 | 20 |
M | 28 | 22 |
L | 29 | 24 |
XL | 30 | 26 |
2XL | 31 | 28 |
3XL | 32 | 30 |
4XL | 33 | 32 |
5XL | 34 | 34 |
LENGTH (cm) | WIDTH (cm) | |
S | 68.6 | 50.8 |
M | 71.1 | 55.9 |
L | 73.7 | 61 |
XL | 76.2 | 66 |
2XL | 78.7 | 71.1 |
3XL | 81.3 | 76.2 |
4XL | 83.8 | 81.3 |
5XL | 86.4 | 86.4 |
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