After a year and a half of fabrication and help from a small army of welders, the team at WhistlinDiesel has finally unleashed its most ambitious project yet: a full-scale, functional replica of the infamous Killdozer. The massive undertaking began with a community project, where host Cody Detwiler invited dozens of professional welders to descend upon the bare dozer and weld on the initial steel framework for the armor.

The Whistlindiesel Killdozer: Built to Survive

This machine was built to take a beating. Lead fabricator Tyler Fever explained that they 3D scanned the original dozer to design the armor.

The final result is a shell made of 3/4-inch thick steel plates with a 5.5-inch gap in between, which the team then filled with 19,000 pounds of concrete.

With another 19,000 pounds of steel added, the finished Killdozer weighs a staggering 155,000 pounds. According to Tyler, “It’s got the upgrades and it’s stronger than the original.”

A Look Inside the Beast

The interior is a surprisingly functional operator’s cabin, complete with multiple camera views, fans for comfort, and even inch-thick steel shooting ports.

For maintenance, a secret escape hatch in the roof allows access to the engine without having to remove the armor.

On the outside, a nitrogen-powered system was installed to blow debris away from the camera lenses, and a remote-controlled kill switch was added as a safety feature, much to Cody’s playful dismay.

The final touch was a massive, inch-thick steel badge from SendCutSend, which had to be heated with a torch to bend it around the front of the machine.

Testing Killdozer’s Capabilities

For its grand reveal, the Killdozer was immediately put to the test. Its first task was to plow through a line of eight cars, a job it completed with ease, crushing them into unrecognizable scrap metal.

The next challenge was what Cody called a literal killdozer versus battle tank tug-of-war against the team’s Chieftain main battle tank.

The 155,000-pound machine barely seemed to notice the tank behind it, easily dragging it across the field for a decisive victory.

A New Legend is Born

The build was a huge success, a 155,000-pound machine of chaotic engineering. After months of hard work, Cody was clearly proud of the result.

“I’m extremely happy to announce that we together have finally finished the Killdozer project,” he said.

With its first destructive tests complete, the team is already planning the next phase, which will involve durability testing with explosives and vehicle impacts. The machine was built not just to replicate a legend, but to create a new one.