Fun on the farm

Ray III · Post by **Ray III** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:47 pm

How much you think this rock weighs? Cause whatever it does, it's the biggest damn thing a 420 is able to drag.

I dug this thing out of a field and thought we were going to have to fetch the 1/2" chain and start chaining tractors together but apparently there is not much that can argue with the Pocketdozer! Had a hell of a time steering though, the chain was so taut the machine would just snap back the way it was going when you tried to point it another direction. Now I know what swinging drawbars are good for!

Had some fun in the swamp too while building the anti-Obama National Police Force fortifications. The ground has the consistency of a thick milkshake but that didn't even slow me down.

fixedforever · Post by **fixedforever** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:08 pm

Impressive

Tigerhaze · Post by **Tigerhaze** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:46 pm

Ray III wrote:How much you think this rock weighs? Cause whatever it does, it's the biggest damn thing a 420 is able to drag.

Well, I can take a guess. I can't tell scale for sure in the pic, but the boulder appears to be approx. 6' long by 2' tall by 3' wide (36 cf). At approximately 150 pounds per cubic foot (pcf), the boulder could weigh 5400 pounds! If 3' tall, the weight goes up to 8100 pounds!

In actuality it probably weighs a little less because it is irregular in shape and rocks vary a little in density, but still an impressive feat!

Ray III · Post by **Ray III** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:54 pm

I actually took some measurements today, average for each side looks to be 3.5' x 4' x 1.5'. It might be bigger, like you said it is irregular.

It sure felt like 5,000 lbs but it is probably more like 4.

Tigerhaze · Post by **Tigerhaze** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:03 am

Based on those dimensions, it could be just over 3000 pounds. Still quite a load for a small 2-cyl crawler like that one!

CELSESSER · Post by **CELSESSER** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:40 pm

Ray,

Are your Anti ONPF fortifications designed to mire them in muck???
Also are you destroying those "wetlands" to agitate them and draw them into your trap? From the location next to the barn I bet that wetland might be kind of ripe!

Fortify away and build yourself a trebuchet to throw that rock at them.

Chuck

Ray III · Post by **Ray III** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:10 pm

CELSESSER wrote:Ray,

Are your Anti ONPF fortifications designed to mire them in muck???
Also are you destroying those "wetlands" to agitate them and draw them into your trap? From the location next to the barn I bet that wetland might be kind of ripe!

Fortify away and build yourself a trebuchet to throw that rock at them.

Chuck

I like the way you think. Maybe you should be one of my lieutenants.

I've actually thought about building a trebuchet just to be an ass, if I only had the time to waste...

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