# Monster shredding machine is amazing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626 "2014-09-16T04:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/1 "2014-09-16T04:30:34Z")
This thing is hypnotic to watch as it gobbles up anything. The power is astounding. [Monster Shredding Machine](http://www.industrytap.com/monster-shredding-machine-eats-everything-computers-refrigerators/20376) > [@](#): > > There’s nothing this shredder can’t shred. It reduces tons of garbage to little pieces, which can easily be recycled. Garbage may be everything from hazardous waste to tires, metals to plastic and demolition debris to e-scrap. This monster shredding machine eats everything. > > The video shows how this monster shredder tears a refrigerator, sofa and huge off-road tire. Explore the incredible appetite of this killer machine ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/2 "2014-09-16T13:05:21Z")
One’s big, one’s [mobile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732919). I wanna see a fight to the death! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/3 "2014-09-16T13:41:42Z")
Knock yourself out - [http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/](http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/4 "2014-09-16T14:41:58Z")
They had an SSI TV show for a while last year. It depicted them designing, building, and servicing their machines. Kind of like “will it blend” on a large scale. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/5 "2014-09-16T14:51:56Z")
Can it shred Godzilla? Not much of a Monster-Shredding Machine then, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/6 "2014-09-16T14:55:45Z")
I have one at home. Goes through skulls like a knife through butter. Still, can’t beat the old wood chipper! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/7 "2014-09-16T15:18:09Z")
What can be recycled from a mix of shredded tire shredded sofa and shredded computer? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/8 "2014-09-16T15:58:13Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Knock yourself out - [http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/](http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/) Heh. I like the one labeled Car: VW “Hippie Bug”. They staged a little skit. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/9 "2014-09-16T16:07:21Z")
When they catch that ISIS beheader guy, maybe they can toss him in there… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/10 "2014-09-16T16:07:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Can it shred Godzilla? > Not much of a Monster-Shredding Machine then, is it? Well, it could probably shred a mummy or a chupacabra. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/11 "2014-09-16T16:09:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Can it shred Godzilla? > Not much of a Monster-Shredding Machine then, is it? Does “Monster shredding machine” imply a machine that shreds monsters, or a shredding machine which _is_ a monster? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/12 "2014-09-16T19:23:49Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > What can be recycled from a mix of shredded tire shredded sofa and shredded computer? I imagine you can make recycled hills out of it. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/13 "2014-09-16T21:08:23Z")
[QUOTE=GaryM] They had an SSI TV show for a while last year. It depicted them designing, building, and servicing their machines. Kind of like “will it blend” on a large scale. [/QUOTE] _Mega Shredders_ on the Science Channel. For the most part, it’s a handful of goofballs running anything from magazines to vehicles through their machines with a smidge of “reality” like someone on the other side of the country desperately needing their shredder repaired by the end of the day. One of the sillier bits was when they tossed a bunch of paper shredders into one of their shredders and expressing exasperation with people calling them looking for some little plastic gear for their toy. I’ve always wanted to know if a Blendtec blender can blend another Blendtec. Similarly, can an SSI shredder chew up an SSI shredder? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/14 "2014-09-16T21:23:37Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > When they catch that ISIS beheader guy, maybe they can toss him in there… They need to run it at about 1/4 speed for that. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/15 "2014-09-16T21:31:51Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > One’s big, one’s [mobile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732919). I wanna see a fight to the death! I’m reminded of a quote from _Cryptonomicon_ - something like “Industrial accidents involving this machine were spoken of in hushed whispers, and not blended with stories of other, lesser industrial accidents”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-shredding-machine-is-amazing/698626/16 "2014-09-17T03:15:46Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Heh. I like the one labeled Car: VW “Hippie Bug”. They staged a little skit. Staged is right. There was no engine in that bug when it was shredded even though it drove up in the skit.