Interviewing Killdozer Victims (I Brought My Bulldozer)

Summary

The video follows YouTubers traveling to Granby, Colorado to investigate the infamous 2004 'Killdozer' rampage, when Marvin Heemeyer bulldozed the town with an armored bulldozer after a dispute over his muffler shop. They visit the original buildings and interview locals for different perspectives. Some view Heemeyer sympathetically while others focus on the destruction. They bring an identical bulldozer to town, concerning authorities before clarifying it's just for filming. Overall they find most residents pleasant but recognize how Heemeyer felt mistreated, though his actions went too far.

Takeaways

• 😀 The video describes the 2004 'Killdozer' rampage in Granby, Colorado by Marvin Heemeyer who demolished buildings with an armored bulldozer.
• 😮‍💨 Marvin Heemeyer felt wronged by the city after losing a concrete plant dispute and created the bulldozer over a year to get revenge.
• 🏗️ The videographer travels to Granby to visit the original Killdozer route and sites Marvin bulldozed like the town hall.
• 🤔 Locals have mixed opinions on the Killdozer event, with some seeing both sides of the story.
• 📜 The videographer interviews Patrick Brower, author of a Killdozer book, to learn more.
• 🚜 The videographer brings an identical bulldozer on a trailer to Granby to recreate the scene.
• 😨 Police are initially concerned the videographer will re-enact the demolition with the bulldozer.
• 🤝 After explaining it's for a documentary, police and locals support the videographer's project.
• 🎥 The videographer films the bulldozer at key spots and interviews locals about their memories.
• 📺 The videographer conducts an interview about the documentary project with Sky High News.

Q & A

What was the name of the man who went on the bulldozer rampage?

The man's name was Marvin Heemeyer.

What was the name of the town where the bulldozer rampage took place?

The rampage took place in the town of Granby, Colorado.

What business did Marvin Heemeyer own prior to the rampage?

Marvin Heemeyer owned a muffler shop in Granby called Mountain Park Muffler.

Why did Marvin feel wronged by the town of Granby?

Marvin felt that the town unfairly fined him and targeted his business over disputes about the muffler shop's sewage line and zoning permits.

How did Marvin modify the bulldozer before the rampage?

Marvin armored the bulldozer with concrete and steel over the course of about a year so that no one could get inside during the rampage.

What buildings and structures did the bulldozer damage during the rampage?

The bulldozer damaged the concrete plant, the town hall, the library, the electric company, and Gambles hardware store before getting stuck.

How long did the rampage last?

The rampage lasted about 2 hours from start to finish.

How did the rampage finally end?

The bulldozer got stuck in the basement of a hardware store, preventing Marvin from continuing.

Was anyone killed during the rampage?

No one except Marvin was killed. He died by suicide inside the bulldozer.

What happened to the bulldozer after the rampage?

The damaged bulldozer was kept in police custody and eventually dismantled.

Outlines

00:00

😃 Intro to Killdozer and Marvin Heemeyer's beef with Granby, CO

Paragraph 1 introduces the viewer to the Killdozer incident that occurred in 2004 in Granby, Colorado. It provides background on Marvin Heemeyer and his longtime disputes with the town and local concrete company. The paragraph describes how Heemeyer armored a bulldozer and went on a rampage, destroying buildings and causing damage.

05:01

😮 Touring the scene of the rampage in Granby

Paragraph 2 shows the narrator arriving in Granby and visiting the sites of the Killdozer's destruction. He finds Marvin's old muffler shop, the concrete plant he was in conflict with, and main street area. The narrator gets locals' perspectives on the incident.

10:02

🤔 Learning more details from the local newspaper and residents

Paragraph 3 continues the tour of Granby, with the narrator visiting more sites demolished by the Killdozer. He speaks to the local newspaper Sky High News, residents outside the area, and the town hall to get their views on the incident and its legacy.

15:03

😊 Discussions with police and the book author wrap up the visit

Paragraph 4 concludes the trip to Granby, with the narrator speaking to local police about concerns over bringing a replica Killdozer to town. He also meets the author of a book on the incident to get his perspective before leaving Granby.

Keywords

💡Killdozer

Killdozer refers to the armored bulldozer built and driven by Marvin Heemeyer in 2004 to demolish buildings in the town of Granby, Colorado. Heemeyer had disputes with the city over fines and zoning issues related to his muffler shop business. The term killdozer is used throughout the video to describe Heemeyer's homemade armored bulldozer and the destructive rampage it went on. For example, the narrator states 'Marvin felt like he was wronged by the town and ended up buying a giant bulldozer just like the one we just bought I don't believe that any of the kamasu d355 were as in good a shape as this one was.'

💡Rampage

Rampage refers to the destructive drive Heemeyer took through Granby with his armored bulldozer. Over about an hour and a half, he deliberately crashed into and damaged various buildings related to his disputes, including the concrete plant, the town hall, and the local newspaper office. The video mentions that Heemeyer 'drove it through his muffler shop and plowed over half of this town' and 'literally just Rams [a grader] out of the way' showing the intentional damage caused.

💡Dispute

Dispute refers to the long-running disagreement and tensions between Heemeyer and the local government of Granby, specifically over issues related to permits, zoning, and fines regarding his muffler shop. The video mentions 'Marvin had a muffler shop in town he moved from another state...something was wrong with the sewage on the site the town kept like finding him more and more and so he got into a lawsuit with the town and lost.'

💡Revenge

Revenge refers to Heemeyer's motivation of getting back at the town and people he felt had wronged him over the disputes related to his business. After years of tensions and failed lawsuits, he methodically planned his rampage as a way to exact revenge. As the video narrator states: 'Marvin felt like he was wronged by the town and ended up buying a giant bulldozer just like the one we just bought.'

💡Armored

Armored describes the extensive fortifications Heemeyer added to the bulldozer to protect it during his rampage. The video mentions that he 'spent like a year armoring this bulldozer' at his muffler shop to prepare it to demolish buildings with no risk of being stopped or attacked. The bulldozer's armor was a key component enabling Heemeyer to carry out his revenge.

💡Interview

Interview refers to the narrator's efforts to talk to Granby residents and people affected by the rampage to learn their perspectives. He states his goal is to 'investigate Granby, Colorado and we're going to see what the Killdozer means to them' by conducting interviews. The video shows him asking locals 'were you here when that happened?' to understand their experiences.

💡Perspective

Perspective refers to the different viewpoints on the events that the narrator tries to gather through interviews. By talking to various Granby residents, business owners, and officials, he attempts to piece together the context from both Heemeyer's and the town's sides. He notes 'There are stories from both sides and it's really hard to know' showing his goal of perspective taking.

💡Damage

Damage refers to the physical destruction Heemeyer caused by demolishing buildings, cars, etc. during his rampage. The video mentions the 'damage we're told could be in the millions' indicating the scale of damage. It also describes specific examples like 'he plowed the whole side of that [bank] off' showing the deliberate damage to property.

💡Town hall

Town hall refers to the Granby municipal government building which was one of Heemeyer's main targets. He 'completely demolished' the town hall with his bulldozer as a key part of his revenge on the local government he was suing and saw as unfair to his business.

💡Basement

Basement refers to the sunken floor of the hardware store where Heemeyer's bulldozer got stuck, ending his rampage. The video describes how 'the Dozer just sank in because there's a basement here and he didn't know' which trapped the bulldozer and prevented further damage.

Highlights

Marvin felt wronged by the town and ended up buying a giant bulldozer to get revenge

Marvin spent a year armoring the bulldozer before using it to plow through half the town

The incident happened on June 4th, 2004 and caused millions in damage

We visited Marvin's original muffler shop which is now repurposed

The concrete plant across from the muffler shop was owned by a man Marvin had issues with

Marvin drove the bulldozer down Main Street destroying buildings like the town hall

He plowed through the Sky High News building which still operates today

The bulldozer got stuck and stopped when it fell into a hardware store basement

The basement was filled in and there's no trace of the incident at the hardware store today

Some view Marvin positively while others see him as dangerous

We brought an identical bulldozer to town which caused concern

The police were called about our bulldozer but realized we weren't re-enacting the incident

We interviewed the author of a book about the incident

20 years later, most people are detached from the incident

The town seems peaceful now though the incident impacted views on government overreach

Transcripts

it started just after 3:00 yesterday

afternoon in the town of grandby this is

when we first arrived on scene and it

looked like officers were firing some

pretty heavy arms at him the sheriff and

gramby says that Marvin he was behind

the wheel during a 90-minute rampage in

that fortified bulldozer they do not

know what reason is reason to them is

doing it their way this man owned a

business next to the concrete company

that he had a long-standing beef with a

concrete company in grany this is a

dispute that dates back 3 years ago

damage we're told could be in the

millions they'll have a better

assessment of that later on today you

had to take me on and mass well I'm

going to take you on by

myself it's almost been 20 years since

the kildo incident in grany Colorado and

today we are in grany and we're going to

be talking to the people that Marvin

heer had the most beef with I've looked

everywhere on the internet and there's

not many examples of like firsthand

interviews of people that have dealt

with Marvin we're going to go straight

to the beef and we're going to figure

out what went wrong here I know from

firsthand experience how someone could

have problems with a town and feel like

they were getting walked all over here

in about an hour my personal Kam outu

d355a which is the same kill Dozer that

plow this town down is going to be

coming through here on a trailer Cody

this is 14 hours out of the way this

doesn't make any sense it's not that far

out we just just uh it's worth

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it I'm kind of nervous actually because

I feel like maybe it's something they

don't want to talk about true Wonder

they love it or they hate it sometimes

you get this like cult effect of a small

town where no one comes in or out for

100 years they can sometimes be really

like standoffish and rude and want to

piss people off for fun they could also

be really nice I'm sure there's a lot of

kind people here we're going to just

investigate grany Colorado and we're

going to see what the kill those are

means to them oh what the

hell if the pump is slow please let off

the handle for 12 seconds start again

it's super cold out it's like

5° this is the thing the gas station

says it happened here in Grand B yeah it

was me I you you get many people buying

this book oh yeah is this like a tourist

destination for that now yeah not like

hugely but so like maybe a couple of

them a month like two were you guys here

when that happened yes yeah he was like

kind of like behind our building is

everybody pretty chill about it or is it

like a sensitive topic for some people

it's a little bit sensitive there's a

thing that happens when a person dies

that they gain all the virtues you can't

talk ill of the dead so everyone's oh he

was the best guy I know that like my mom

used to wait on him at the Elman

restaurant you know she said that he

seemed like a decent okay already like

someone was here when it happened yeah

that's weird it's like a little tourist

destination now damn dude this who wrote

This Book Patrick Brower oh there's a

couple places I want to stop there's one

called Sky High news it's the news

station they publish a little ad from

Marvin's musler shop they're still here

but it's crazy that he bulldozed their

building there are stories from both

sides and it's really hard to know but

we're going to get to the bottom of it

this is WD

reporting so if you guys don't know

about killdozer it's a very long story

but long story short this guy named

Marvin he lived in gany Colorado Marvin

had a muffler shop in town he moved from

another state great building wasn't the

best location it was a good building did

a great job there's a lot of people that

speak highly of him and something was

wrong with the sewage on the site the

town kept like finding him more and more

and so he got into a lawsuit with the

town and lost although they probably

cost me a half a million dollars or more

or more I know it's been more and he

said that people would like chuckle as

he walked out of the courtroom and stuff

the Town Council I'd pass them in the

post office and they'd Snicker at me

after they knew I lost there was a lot

of drama and beef here these people have

figured out a pretty good way being a

small community how to get away with

doing things wrong and doing it legally

there's so many details in between here

I'll do the best I can to like fill

everybody in as we're going through all

this but Marvin felt like he was wronged

by the town and ended up buying a giant

bulldozer just like the one we just

bought I don't believe that any of the

kamasu d355 were as in good a shape as

this one was parked it in his muffler

shop and he spent like a year armoring

this bulldozer and then one day he just

greased up the sides so nobody can climb

up on top of it and he drove it through

his muffler shop and plowed over half of

this town that was June 4th 2004 so the

20th anniversary is actually coming up

the muffler shop is not here anymore he

bulldozed part of it and then they

bulldoze the rest of it I have Maps here

of the exact route start to finish that

the koszer took from Marvin's muffler

shop all the way to the end where it

fell in the hardware store basement and

he couldn't get out we're going to

follow that route so the first location

his muffler shop kild doozer was built

right up here they're saying that this

was the building it's a trash company

yeah there's tons of concrete trucks

lined up right there across from it this

was right where Marvin's shop was this

is cool this is the concrete plant that

wronged him supposedly you know you can

call it Revenge I don't know I don't

doubt that there is what the hell we

should stop here and talk to them

yes hey my name is Cody I had a quick

question is this the Cher kill that was

built yeah yeah this this exact building

mhm really well that little shop right

there it's where those four dumpsters

are if you walk out that sh there okay

interesting all right appreciate your

help man no problem I asked if that was

a shop where the Kos were built but he

says that it was this building right

here which makes a lot more sense oh

wait does it say Mufflers on the side it

it does that's the muffler shop right

the s from Mufflers that's it that's it

look oh no way now we got to walk around

the outside is that it how did he get it

out that's the shop you can't fit that

Dozer through there you see on the front

side of the building and it has the

three bay doors that we just drove past

right let's talk to him I want to get in

there sorry to bother you is that part

of this business here how I understand

it is it was leased by that guy back in

the day and then once it all went down

it was just kind of folded into the

business we were really curious if

there's any way to look at it I'd really

rather not that's a work area for our

guys you can like take some pictures

from the outside but okay no problem

appreciate it man not allowed in let's

come back at midnight that's Marvin's

shop dude oh my gosh dude he totally

built it in there I think they remodeled

it guys everything in front of us was

the concrete plant so you see that Tower

that's all part of the concrete plant

those are the people that he felt like

really wronged him so Cody doip was the

owner of this concrete plant and they

named it Cody's way I would be curious

if they changed it to Cody's way after

the incident this is the concrete plant

that he really had beef with the owner

Cody doip come to find out his name was

Cody Dov he came back there and

introduced himself to me about the

rudest most arrogant person and I'm

going to see if I can talk to him I'm

not sure where they are nowadays or if

they're still here here's the office it

says office hopefully it's open

there's nobody here it's not running I

mean it's too cold for concrete so that

actually makes sense yeah that checks

back on June 4th so he came out of the

muffler shop he demolished that whole

concrete batch plant and so this is

where everybody started panicking they

called the cop and then he went

literally out onto the Main Street

hopefully the community will learn

something from

this

this is the main stretch of gramby right

here so his muffler shop is up there and

he was just driving on this road so he

plowed through that muffler shop and

then he came out onto this main stretch

and just headed for downtown we're going

to put in here there's a lot going on

right here I'm really curious if there's

any kilder relics in this hardware store

do you guys get many questions about

kilder no we don't the big armored

bulldozer we have book oh they carry the

book here too the book good luck to

support it feels wrong saying Kos are

here cuz I feel like it's like a cuss

word I just feel weird saying it it's

like going to New York and saying you

heard about he went down this street cut

left and he plowed over this plow

through the electric company that's a

brand new building yep and then he

turned left up here so we're going to

turn left we're on Jasper now the city

hall was right here he completely

demolished it he was suing them for like

discrimination or whatever of likeing

with them for his business this was the

city hall it completely destroyed that

they rebuilt the town hall right over

the street right in the middle yep so

they got a brand new town hall Town

Hall's right there I'm going to walk in

there and I'm going to see if anybody

wants to talk I'll be

back I was curious if you guys get many

questions we do we don't praise the man

he could have killed a lot of people

Cali and all the gun were you here when

that happened I was the one that took

the call from the jff Department that

sent to it that wow there was no one in

the building when he came with the

bulldo so plenty of time to get right

right yeah that's very interesting we're

just traveling through I was curious

about it ever since then if it was like

a big deal or if it was like a sensitive

topic you a sensitive topic for the ones

that work here and some of the Town

members a better way to resolve right

right right and at the end of the day we

lost a member of our community the

community came together this is a

beautiful building so really he did us

all a favor thanks for talking about I

appreciate

it so I went in there and they're really

sweet she's like I was the one that took

the sheriff's called evacuate the

building when it when it happened she

was she was in there and then she was

like also he kind of did us a favor by

cleaning out all the crap buildings cuz

they built the new nice Library there

and everything and I don't know if

that's a jab like oh he does a favor you

know could be a way of dealing with it

but let's talk to more people he came

down the street from the town hall this

is a small town so it's easy for him to

do a lot of damage went across this

corner in between this light post and

this bank and it looked almost identical

he plowed the whole side of that off

then he turned left on main street here

and went all the way down this road

quite a way this thing moved like 4 mph

keep mine so like the whole town just

has time to like watch it so we're going

to go down here to skyh high news

they're still here and I bet that we

could get some sort of a story on this

yep no way Sky High news Sky High news

wow he plowed this building so this is

the Sky High news building that he

completely destroyed and then there's

footage of him turning right here and

plowing all these people's cars into a

pile while the SWAT team hides around

the corner of the porch feel like this

is our next stop I should knock on the

door

hey how's it going hi I had a quick

question I'm from Tennessee and I'm kind

of doing interviews with people who have

heard about the kild doozer before oh

okay and I was curious if you heard

about it or like knew much I mean yeah

yeah I have heard about it did you know

that it like plowed right through all

these cars right here yeah so that old

building that's the Sky High news

building that building was torn down

like completely and really done yeah and

were you here when that happened I was

not here no it happened in

2004 I said you know kildo just PL

through all the cars right in front of

your house right she's like yeah yeah I

heard about that all right so we're

outside Sky High news I'm just going to

walk in there and let them know that my

kamasu bulldozer is going to be arriving

to town in about an hour and there could

be a few different reactions to that but

hopefully they don't think I'm a

terrorist how's it going good what's up

we're YouTubers from Tennessee and we're

here doing a kind of a little

documentary thing on the kild Dozer and

I kind of have a little story for you

guys if if you're interested in it what

do you mean by that so I bought the The

Identical bulldozer and here in about 2

hours it's going to be going through

town and you're filming that we are I

thought I'd tell you guys if it was

something you might be interested in

sure do other folks know that you're

going to do that nobody El can we give

some people who might want to know a

heads up so that nobody is concerned

yeah

that's it's it's not like doesn't have

armor on it no totally I just thought

you know given the history yeah yeah for

sure were you going youw here when that

happened no our former publisher who

wrote the book that's s right there was

and then our former publisher is married

to the son of who was the sheriff time

am I saying that correctly climbed on

top of like trying to get in

shot I see do you have any tips of

anybody we can interview probably

Patrick Brower damn dude this who wrote

This Book Patrick Brower oh so he's the

author of the book there he's our former

publisher okay thank you so much guys

thank you thanks have a good one so none

of them were here in to happen but as

soon as I told him my Dozer was coming

through here they're like do you mind if

we let everybody know so they're telling

the cops so going to call the cops right

now say that that we're bringing a kamu

bulldozer through gry oh no wait wait

wait that's hilarious he then went from

Skyhigh news down to Independent propane

here I don't know why he shot all the

propane tanks I think he was just living

it up he brought a 50 cal revolver with

him and he opened fire with his 50 cal

and all these propane tanks I want to

see if the propane tanks are still here

independent it all looks so much smaller

now it's like everything grew up around

it we got to talk to

him I was curious if there was anybody

here that I could talk to about the

kildo incident I don't even know if

there's any that was in the county at

that time really wow all right well

thanks for your time don't want to talk

no they're just like uh nobody was here

from that time like nobody knows any

like just new people they have no

stories there's no story everybody's

really nice I will say we haven't

encountered one rude person yet so this

is really cool cuz there's like

firsthand recording of all this this

piece of concrete that he backs a dozer

at to is the same there's a big chip

Mark that is vent rebar piece of kill

Dozer concrete here there's where the

rebar was

was so he came back up this and at the

top there's a giant grater sitting there

trying to block him from getting out to

destroy the rest of the town so they're

like if we can stop him here he can't

get out and he literally just Rams it

out of the way like this giant it up so

then he came back out here on the Main

Street and I feel like at that point cuz

he's backtracking I feel like he got

everything that he wanted but then he

pulled up to this place High Country

appliances that was a hardware store

right yep it was gambles we going to

pull in here and we're going to see if

this hardware store still has a basement

this is where the Dozer just sank in

because there's a basement here and he

didn't know so one track fell in and he

couldn't get out that's why I'm bringing

my Dozer here today is I really want to

try and see if it would get out it's a

new building it's actually decent yeah

they fill it in the basement looks about

20 years old my pillows advertising

where the killo are fell like identical

it's like the opposite of the whole

situation it's turned into a m all right

there's no basement guys they filled it

in Solid Ground the Dozer tried coming

along here and fell into the basement

right here and then he made it to like

right here that's crazy this is where it

ended and nobody knows like it's all

covered up

yeah it's like kind of lowkey like they

don't that's just so crazy for a town to

go through and not even not mention it

at all wait wait wait there's barriers I

like someone's going to do they're like

it's not happening again hey there's no

basement now you would not fall in again

this guy in this white truck is Code

Enforcement he's exactly the type person

Marvin would had be with they just

ruined a good man's life a lot of

people's lives but that's their style

we're YouTubers from Tennessee we have a

big YouTube channel yeah we heard about

you okay did they make a call about us

there's three cop cars here now they got

to be so interested in what's going on

two there and then oneitis oh my gosh I

bought a dozer up North so we were

filming a video and kind of interviewing

people just getting stories so it's

identical to the one that was the kill

Dozer is it modeled to look like heers

no no no it's it's it's that before it

had the armor but it's on a trailer

through yeah we're not unloading it or

anything that was our primary concern I

had the understanding that you were

going to drive a model kild Dozer

through town oh I see oh yeah yeah and

so I was like well heavy equipment is

allowed on the highway so I was like as

long as he's as far right over as he can

be I was like he's not breaking any lock

you're allowed to drive heavy equipment

on the roads here within reason I was

raised here when when he did his bit the

grooves from his tracks lasted almost a

decade gry PD wasn't even a thing back

then really it was just the Sheriff's

Office oh okay having grown up with that

he's a bad guy but the older I get I'm

like I see it from a Libertarian

perspective I get it that's we're

getting stories and just seeing what

people's thoughts are on it my father

actually used to work with heire they

were welders together he was working

with the County Road and Bridge at the

time and they were the ones who had

custody of the bulldozer after the fact

as a kid I got to go see it go look at

it it was impressive his dad was friends

with he that's that's insane it's like

yeah I'm hearing so many different sides

to everything that's what we came here

for we have secured an interview with

Sky High news so we're going to I don't

know I've never had an interview before

except for MSN NBC CVS that's a lot of

interviews America's Got Talent you

America got tal Survivor Gold Rush those

are TV shows dog General job interview I

have to tell these people now that I'm

going to plow the rest of their town

down

no what the hell I put 800,000 mil on

this truck just today could it's just

not possible I wh the odometers up

before I sell them you wind them up

you're supposed to wind them down

they're not worth more no

no that went well that was pretty good

great interview that's going to be in

the news I see both sides I really

do

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our bulldozer is going to pull up right

in line with the old hardware store that

it fell into it's the first time since

2004 that this Dozer has been in town

right across from the shop where it fell

into the

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basement

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it's so big that's crazy right in front

of the store hey but you're keeping it

on the truck right guys let's undo These

Chains not a 55A though it was a 55A

here's the book you need to read this

before you make any real strong

conclusions about how Marvel pick off

well we didn't make any conclusions yet

that's what we're here for cool call me

up I'm the author of the book okay I was

a associal producer on TR movie oh cool

okay you guys need to call me we'll do

that thank you oh there's a mouse

there's a mouse

Kelly Smart's back and he's a mouse the

town is like no not again I can't I

can't do this again that was a lot of

fun we're going to ship this down to

Tennessee now and unload it for a

special project we have coming up we

have to do landscaping for an elderly

woman we're turning her house into mulch

oh the author of the kilder book came up

and gave me a copy right before we

pulled out which is really cool he said

that it was a d 355a but John said that

the a is the same this is an a doesn't

have the D I could see both sides after

this I could there's a lot of nice

people in this town I could also see how

someone could get really over by the

government someone could be crazy and

someone could also sound crazy but have

really based claims right anyways

interpret it how you want everybody here

seems to be nice people now though and

they say that the town has changed a lot

since then did it change because of him

maybe sometimes reasonable men must do

unreasonable thanks do you guys want a

truck I'd love a truck I'm giving away

this truck we don't want to drive it 60

hours back home so if you guys want it

it drives perfectly fine it's a great

truck I bought this today just for this

I'm going to grab my out and you

guys can take this truck literally you

want it yeah

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