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Lots of pressure on the metal skin of a filled Grain bin ... a few bolts started popping , followed by a few more , then sounds like a machine gun .. Employees began to video when the sound first started but ran to hide when the "machine gun" started. Those bolts were like bullets

Prolly should have put this in the gun porn thread haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Then we have Farmers pretending to be Italian Artists doing a home-built Leaning Tower of Pizza

Give me a Sledge Hammer , a box of Donuts , and I'll git her done.

Get outa' the way eff jay

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Kuul vid, Arnie !!

Farmers are famous (and some dead) because of some of the stuff that do, - I need to load a semi now, destined for th KC Zoo on Tuesday, but can share with you a VERY FIRST-HAND STORY after that. So similar it's asstounding !!!!!!

fj

fick u, Gabs

Just remember who won the longest joystick award FJ!
Fick you!

A friend of mine was in demolition, he had a huge brick chimney to drop, about 200'' , but it had to fall in a certain area, between some buildings. They knocked out bricks on the 'fall side' .... right thru the 3 layers, then hammered in pine pegs to fill the hole where the bricks were missing..... they continued until there was more timber than bricks left at the base of the fall side.... then set fire to it..... and cleared the area.

Sure enough, an hour or so later, down she went... he was extremely upset that 3 bricks found their way out of the fenced off area

1972, IIRC, we had an upright silo which had seen many years of use, but times change, and we had put in a large bunker silo to store our silage to feed cattle from over the winter.

our silo was constructed of concrete staves, with ribs on the outside, with a 'smooth' plastered interior, and filled every summer (with SILAGE, LOFTY) :-) Reinforcement were metal rods (circular) banded on the outside about every 2', top to bottom, with spacing less (between bands) near the bottom.

I and a friend, (Gary) used wrenches to undo the metal bands, starting at the top. (makes sense, doesnit Muz !) They fell to the ground, as Gary and I loosened them as we descended to structure, but we left one about 2/3 of the way up, immediately above which we looped a heavy steel cable, which was tied off to the drawbar of a John Deere, parked about 100' away it the direction of intended collapse.

Story starts to get kinda interesting at this point. (i.e. prayers headed skywards :-)

Gary and I used sledge hammers on the bottom ring of staves, knocking out every 3rd one, right around the base, and all was 'good'. (staves were concrete, appox 1' x 30" tall) As the plan was to drop it to the west, Gary then stepped about 100' to the south, and STARED at the top of the silo, and my Dad was in the Johnny, keeping tension (by clutching) on the steel cable.

I then proceeded to use my sledge to break every other stave left on the west side, bottom row. No Go -

I encouraged Gary to ANNOUNCE LOUDLY ANY MOVEMENT HE SHOULD NOTICE IN THE TOP OF OUR 'VICTIM' !!!! and proceeded to knock out every other stave still in place on the west side, bottom.

I'M DAMN SURE MY MOM WASN'T HOME :-)

Finally, the 'ole gal collapsed, and I was located 18 miles away, in a Wal Mart, buying a 6 pack of new underwears !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



We then picked up every chunk of concretes, and carried it to the site adjacent to the 'ex-silo' were we laid the pieces on the ground, and did some forming, and covered with new stuff from town. (cement) The steel rings were bent (kinda) straight, and used as re-bar in the outer stem wall of the shop I use today. (Butler brand, slant wall)

True Story, Arnie !

fj

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Love the story Jim ... but there is a gap missing between the final hammer hit and Walmart.

Do you not have any memory of it ? Did a UFO take you to the Twilight zone ? Alien Abduction ? Was this on the Art Bell show ??

Inquiring minds want to know please. Tell it nice and I will send you a box of donuts

The ones with pretty pink sprinkle things.

f UFO fj

Don't fool with me . Art Bell is my friend. I was on his show 5 times. Few minutes each time . I have it recorded. Dont make me send him after you. He always forgets the donuts. You wouldnt like him.

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Hey fj .... when you clip your runway and deliver the grass to the elephants ... do they happily greet you at the door ... or do they just treat you like an ordinary delivery man ??

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One more question fj ...

Do you put any pink sprinkles on the elephant grass ? ...... or do you just feed them pure organic runway ?

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