Marauder Dozer was inspired by Marauder ants that can kill prey multiple times their own size. Jon Pope, an industrial designer that has been known for his remarkable vehicle design with visually amazing details, designed Marauder Dozer to offer you a futuristic bulldozer version with superior all terrain capabilities. You can read Jon Pope explanations below.


The Omnivore Marauder ants are the reason you don’t tie up cattle or children in Africa because Marauder ants can take down prey hundreds if not thousands of times larger then their own size. They do this by traveling in the millions and swarming on their pray. To achieve this, they need travel in huge numbers very efficiently on super highways they create on the jungle floor. There are different classes of Marauder ants that do specific jobs and one of the larger super-major worker’s only task is to act like a bulldozer to quickly clear a path for the super highway so the other workers can forage by the masses for the colony.

This super strong exoskeleton super-major marauder ant seemed like the perfect fit to heavily influence the design of a high speed dozer to be used to quickly create fire lines to help control forest fires. It could also be used in urbane settings to quickly clear debris covered streets for emergency vehicles after flood waters or tsunami waters have receded like from the recent earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku in Japan. Its high speed super duty all terrain capabilities would allow it to quickly travel to any remote hot spot where it is needed, just like the marauder ant.

Designer: Jon Pope
Source: Tuvie.com