The present invention relates to a heavy duty double-shaft scrap steel shredder, which comprises a frame, a box, a material inlet hopper, a left hydraulic motor, a right hydraulic motor, a left speed reducer, a right speed reducer, a left connection flange, a right connection flange, a front cutter roller, a rear cutter roller, left bearing pedestals for arranging the front cutting roller and the right cutting roller, and right bearing pedestals for arranging the front cutting roller and the right cutting roller, wherein the box is arranged on the frame, the top portion of the box is provided with an opening, the material inlet hopper is arranged on the box opening on the top portion, the left side and the right side of the box are respectively provided with the front cutting roller left bearing pedestal, the front cutting roller right bearing pedestal, the rear cutting roller left bearing pedestal and the rear cutting roller right bearing pedestal, the front cutting roller right bearing pedestal is connected with the right flange, the rear cutting roller left bearing pedestal is connected with the left flange, the left speed reducer and the right speed reducer are respectively connected with the left hydraulic motor and the right hydraulic motor, the front cutter roller is arranged on the front cutting roller left bearing pedestal and the front cutting roller right bearing pedestal, the front cutter roller and the rear cutter roller are connected on the left speed reducer and the right speed reducer, and the front cutter roller and the rear cutter roller are provided with a front shaft cutter for shredding the material and a rear shaft cutter for shredding the material. The heavy duty double-shaft scrap steel shredder has advantages of low rotation speed, low noise, high torque, strong medium-thick steel plate shredding ability, low energy consumption, safety, reliability and the like, and can used for batch and mechanized scrap steel material treatment.