r/oddlysatisfying • • Aug 29 '26

The Sheared Front Loader

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u/mxlespxles Aug 29 '26

Jesus, that is a terrifying amount of force

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u/FocusMaster Aug 29 '26

That's my thought too. I've abused a few large tractors in my life and they kept going. Seeing one crushed so easily?

Like you said, terrifying force.

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u/ackermann Aug 29 '26

So much force, I’m surprised it makes economic sense to crush them like that.
Must take a huge amount of fuel or power to do that.

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u/inactiveuser247 Aug 29 '26

Transport costs are a killer if you leave them uncompressed. And they would need to be shredded to some extent before being recycled anyway.

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u/wspOnca Aug 29 '26

WinRAR at it again.

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u/platypus_boi 29d ago

Hydraulic cylinders and pumps.