Trebuchet Tragedy

[TheiosXaris]

Anyone else expecting someone to get really hurt?

[Rawhesh]

if these were my neighbors i'd have to bust out my AK

[Flashtoorev]

@Rawhesh Silly redneck thinking anyone cares.

[Rawhesh]

@Flashtoorev yea i have a huge ass truck to overcompensate for my small penis

[MrDiggertron5000]

Great....who cares?

[Achiox]

Great that there's a truck in front of the trebuchet too... Probably some other cars down the street hahaha!

[mrrogue72]

@Achiox What do you care?

[DaYNniteify]

wow where you live?

[skymeat]

Fail. Need more steel.

[dirtydogvideo]

were you trying to toss the COOLER?..lol....

[joeu5431]

Well I'm sure that thing could ruin some1s day-man taking shower*SMASH* THEM FIN NEBORs

[MinorFourtyNiner]

nice username, mr c minor 7th

[redsyris]

built one that cost bout 35 bucks shoot easy 50 yards same hight but instead of a counter weight were using a bungicord the wraps over the point 4 times and it throughs pretty nice

[jacobgnarlif]

@redsyris if it dosent have a counter wieght and it uses a tension building device suck as a spring ( or in this case a bungy cord) it is not a trebuchet it is a catapult

[redsyris]

built one that cost bout 35 bucks shoot easy 50 yards same hight but instead of a counter weight were using a bungicord the wraps over the point 4 times and it throught pretty nice

[fakdawar]

Wow! Wow!!! Oh my God! Oh,,, WOW!!!!!! :^(

[175myles]

TrebuShit. Better luck next time.

[Doggieman1111]

those things generate tremendous forces.

[obrienj93]

Shit materials=waste of building time.Anyone out there who wants to make a decent attempt at making a trebuchet.....invest in good teak(v.expensive) or oak(good stuff expensive).Price around and CHECK THE GRAIN!!Last thing you need is a weakness in the wood when such pressure is in the equation!!

[TheWolvie450]

What exactly were they going to fire down a public road with children around?

[rubberbandengine]

way to much wieght for the size and materials

[wetmeatflap]

what were you shooting out of it?

[craigkbryant]

Truly, you have got to be kidding me. Get that thing the heck out of town before you rebuild it. This kind of crap gives hurling a bad name.

[fwoqma]

Spy sappin' my trebuchet?

[limbride]

they were aiming for the pickup?

[bornoforo]

hahahaha! XDDD. nice car!!

[skip21al]

This is Utah County... probably Provo. Thats Mt. Timpanogas in the background.

[airsoftak471]

nice house 0:07

[Krait99]

You definitely need a trigger mechanism for something that big.

I think it's not a case of too much weight but it looks like a case of too much force exerted on a small point. The chains you used to hold the CW on is very thin and your lever seems to have split with the grain of the wood. I'd suggest you hang the CW off a peg running through the CW hole or something that'll distribute the weight better. Mount wheels too for a more smooth throw & distance.

[ezydriver1]

Where is this? It looks like Langley, BC, near the rockies.

[JamesThWilliams]

Langley is near the coast range not the Rockies. You're only out by a couple hundred miles.

[chena3]

engineering 101

little under built guys

[ferociousgumby]

Fuck

[Inganotodden]

What? They test it in the middle of the street? What if they hit a car or human or building or... anything?

[psistorm04]

that.. was my thought too. there's a pickup a couple feet from it, and they are firing along a public road. thats a tiny bit irresponsible right there..

[JamesThWilliams]

It's completely idiotic.

[realcelestialphoenix]

lol

use the kids as ammo!

[CASPERCLIMBER]

If you guys add three screw-in, eye hole things, and make a firing pin (a nail tied to string for example), it would take the human element out of the firing process and make it a little more safe. But yeah, too much weight.

[ctrydea]

badly filmed

[stronghold007]

just reinforce the hole with some metal next time, you'll be good

[davidl40414]

failbuchet

[spyderervin]

how heavy was the counterweight?

[spyderervin]

how heavy was the counterweight?

[spyderervin]

how heavy was the counterweight?

[snowman0971]

not too much weight.. the dynamic force of the weight was too much for the wood.. if u re try it, put a metal plate on both sides and put your hole for the weight bar in the middle.. secure it with about 4 to 6 carriage bolts and u wont have this problem

[1231236226]

to much weight dudes. next time put less weight and stronger wood and rope.

[irkiIIer]

you suck

[907779david]

Who is that handsome man in the red?

[kenmabie]

most likly yourself you loser

[generalshort666]

no, maybe 907779david's mom