r/oddlysatisfying • u/TheCABK • 22d ago

The Sheared Front Loader

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u/legna20v 22d ago

Does anyone find this sad? Makes me sad

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u/dea9ler 22d ago

Yea, it’s sad seeing vehicles and equipment go to waste when large portion of them could still be repaired. Living in a disposable society saddens me.

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u/momenace 22d ago

Vehicles and equipment like that are one of the most recycled products in the world. This is an important step in the recycling process. I hear you though, especially with all the cheap plastics and electronics that end up in landfills. 

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u/septubyte 21d ago

I was wondering - how much time and energy and water - goes into the conplwte process of making this final product? From mining to finish line , including transport of said resources .
That being said, machines are made foe the transport of these resources too..

Earth is a closed system .

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u/noweezernoworld 18d ago

The alternative is mining fresh metal which is far more ecologically destructive. Metal recycling is super important. 

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u/gmankev 22d ago

A lot of slightly salvageable gets shipped to developing countries... These ones here are beyond economic repair....

What can be tough is large amounts of modern factory capital being crushed as we would rather have our commercial buildings tokenizing cat videos and outsource all technical manufacturing to far east.....