STFU THAT WAS MY STUPID LITTLE COUSIN THAT POSTED THAT! SO STOP SENDING MEEE THESE THINGS CUZ IM SICK OF OPENING MY INBOX AND BEING CONFUSED TO DEATH!
@TheSkysFalling8238 Dear Dick weed: Pianos don't last forever. Some are worth rebuilding, most are not.... like this one. Absolutely everything on this 80 year old wreck was deteriorated beyond feasible or economic repair. But if you want to do me the favor of hauling off a useless 800 pound paper weight, I have another one sitting outside my PIANO RESTORATION COMPANY right now. Of course I could just smash it up and take the cast iron to the recycle center like I did with this one.
@TheSkysFalling8238 If your a prodigy, why are you posting to stupid people like me? You should be smarter than that! Also, if you were a prodigy, you would see that this piano is past its prime!
@Lessonswithdaniel Wow, you know BIG words, I'm impressed. Yes it is a baby grand, I've been rebuilding and repairing them for 20 years now but thanks for sharing.
@mscwsl817 Wow, you know BIG words, I'm impressed. Yes it is a baby grand, I've been rebuilding and repairing them for 20 years now but thanks for sharing.
I love seeing pianos being destroyed. Have done ever since the piano smashing competitions of the 1960s. People who complain have obviously never tried it to see how good it feels.
Good thing the piano wasnt up to pitch could have shot a pice of the plate into a brick wall, what was wrong with the piano anyway? Since the piano was cheap im gussing that the cost of the restoration would have been more than the value of the piano after the restoration.
@BBgunmaster67 The piano was junk, modest quality when it was new. Bad pin block, worn out action, bad bridges, cabinet falling apart, etc. No one sober spends $15K rebuilding a piano that will be worth $5k when it's finished. On the other hand it did have one final great purpose- YOUTUBE!
There wasn't much tension on it, it had already been sitting outside our workshop for 6 months by this point. Even so the idea of "exploding pianos" is a myth. They make a good bang but nothing more.
@SonataLou What size grand was it? Looks less than 5 feet so yeah I'd say it served its final purpose on youtube. Right now im in the process of starting to rebuild a 1920's upwright player piano. All I plan to do to it for now is just soundboard repair, restring, and hammer reshaping so the piano will sound better with its original hammers(needs new ones badly). The action functions but has its problems but rebuilding it can wait a while.
@cody1800212 I am a full time RPT. If I remember correctly it was a Story & Clark, 1920s vintage. Bad block, action, etc, nothing to salvage. I had it sitting outside for a couple months baking in the sun so it didn't take much effort to bust it up.
@robehrorgan Just watch your fingers. It's probably not a bad idea to wear eye protection, I was lucky. The rumor that a piano will "explode" if you break the plate is a myth, don't worry about it. Most important make sure you record it for youtube, it's worth it just to read the idiotic hate comments from people who know nothing about pianos.
im pretty sure that the ppl that made the piano didn't want to see it destroyed. some ppl dont care what you do with their things after they sell them to you, but piano's take a while to make. so all that im saying is........ur a dick
@MegaBlackMan094 The "ppl" who built it 80 years ago were peon assembly workers on a production line who's biggest concern was bringing home a paycheck to feed their family and pay their mortgage. The ones who cared about their work were making quality pianos for reputable companies.
Correct! I was going to use something live but in interest of time I used a midi file. Later I thought it sounded good enough that I left it. You are only the 2nd person to notice.
Piano strings are not "one size fits all". Every model has a different string scale. Some companies have occasionally changed their scale. Bass strings for an 1980s Yamaha C-3 will not fit a current C-3. Steinway hasn't changed their pianos in 75+ years so a set of model M strings from 50 years ago still fits today. Unless it is a current model typically the old strings OR a pattern thereof are sent to a string maker for duplication. Cost varies depending on how many and length.
@just2amuse so and in which directions go the prizes if u have a current Y C-3 and u want to put new strings on it for a certain reason? between 500 and 1000 or even more or less or whatever??
Perhaps around $1,000 +/-. The new set would cost the technician about $250 wholesale, plus labor to remove and install. The job would also have to include new bass damper felts because the worn grooves on the old ones will never quite align with the new strings. It will also need to be tuned multiple times over the next 6-12 months while the new strings stretch. Cost also depends on the demographics of your area and the quality/reputation of the technician. "Cheap" is tyically not a bargain.
You know, you are the FIRST person to identify it as a midi track! I was a catchy appropriate tune and I didn't have an audio track cued up at the moment so I just used the midi. As it turned out I liked it enough that I just left it. Congratulations, you win a free trip to McDonalds at your expense!
Pianos are sacred. One of most beauty instruments. You cannot compare it to a house, because it has 1/10 of the size and almost the same price of one. You dont have to destroy it. if you cant play, get it to internet and sell. you would get more with
Maybe this piano was realy unplayable, so it was ok to destroy it. But you'll get negative comments all the time, because there lots of sad videos here on youtube showing some rednecks smashing working pianos, just because they think it's great fun and don't know how to use it properly.....
What's sacred about an old worn out piano? Absolutely nothing. It's no more sacred than an old worn out car that's in a scrap yard waiting to be crushed.
I get this all the time. "SOMBODY" would want it! Nobody wants to sink $15K into rebuilding a 1925 Story & Clark with a bad pin block, sound board, bridges, worn action, and beat-up cabinet only to have it's net worth be maybe $5k with no warranty. Not withstanding it would still sound like crap being a poorly designed cheep production piano to begin with.
Tell ya what. If it really makes you feel better in the future you can haul them all off for me at your expense.
Guess what, people don't just want pianos for their sound, sometimes people want them for the way they look. I personally make furniture out of "Totaled" pianos. So you're wrong. You could have just put it for free on online and within a week I Guarantee someone would have picked it up at their own expense. What a waste of a beautiful crafted piano. Regardless of how cheep the brand it takes countless weeks, months to build one by hand. You're just a meat head.
Junk is always junk, pianos are not "sacred", they are just lumber. They have a life expectancy until they are no longer servicable.
"Built by Hand" means nothing. Houses are built by hand and get torn down. In modern factorys today lumber goes in the front door, passes through a host of CNC machines and robots, and comes out the other end the same day. The new ones aren't sacred either.
Actually I believe in the height of the player piano age, the bigger companies were turning out a new player piano every hour or less. Still, they were built to a form & mass produced; not much 'love' was put into them. Companies have always devised ways to speed up production and profits; hence the essembly line (well into effect by the piano 'golden age'). Granted, lots of the old ones were VERY well built & sounded GREAT! Many of them still do & are sought after by restorers & music lovers.
you're not funny even the backmusic is piano, you're hellish people for pianists. DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man on the video doing it, you're REAL CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you feel first what the pianists feels on their piano(s),....
Because it was not economically repairable, it was a cheap piano when it was new, pianos are not sacred, they don't last for ever, unlike wine they do not increase in value or quality with age, they just get old. Finally, the trash collection can't fit whole pianos in their truck.
I'm a piano technician and smashed many to dispose of them. I wish people would do this more often instead of selling them to suckers who get "burned" with them.
I agree with you about re-selling junk. I much rather see you take an axe to a old no-name grand than to take a profit on it. It's just not worth it to fix is it?
szkoda, że struny mu łap nie poucinały.. a swoją drogą z takim młoteczkiem na ramę żeliwną?? oj nie jestem pewien czy ta, czasem nie było cięcia i szybkiej podmianki..
ok, one question, why u are smashing a piano? who is this piano from? because that was AWESOME!!!! THAT U DESTROYED A GRAND PIANO!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yayyyyyyyyyyy i love it
If the piano was a piece of crap then no one would want it anyway. The piano in the vid fell apart way to easily to be a good model. I've taken a sledge hammer to some old junk pianos in the back of my boss's house and the things didn't even budge; those were well constructed pianos.
That's kind of sad. I bet you could have made a bunch of cash selling it on E-Bay. Pianos are very popular and sell reasonably high... if they are in good condition. I loved the background music however.
You don't have to pour money into it, I've found superglue works better. I would happily take any grand piano off your hands rather that let it wind up like this.
How do you know it didn't have any other serious problems with it? If it needed a new pin block, thats a $6000 repair right there. Cracked sound board? Refinishing? Another highly expensive repair.
What are we supposed to do when it just becomes impractical to dump money into a piano? Just have a huge ugly piece of furniture that looks and sounds like crap sitting around the house?
and btw this is actually a pretty cool vid bro!
TheSkysFalling8238 1 week ago
STFU THAT WAS MY STUPID LITTLE COUSIN THAT POSTED THAT! SO STOP SENDING MEEE THESE THINGS CUZ IM SICK OF OPENING MY INBOX AND BEING CONFUSED TO DEATH!
TheSkysFalling8238 3 weeks ago
@TheSkysFalling8238 you have to unsubscribe from my videos, otherwise it is automatic via youtube.
just2amuse 3 weeks ago
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TheSkysFalling8238 1 month ago
@TheSkysFalling8238 Dear Dick weed: Pianos don't last forever. Some are worth rebuilding, most are not.... like this one. Absolutely everything on this 80 year old wreck was deteriorated beyond feasible or economic repair. But if you want to do me the favor of hauling off a useless 800 pound paper weight, I have another one sitting outside my PIANO RESTORATION COMPANY right now. Of course I could just smash it up and take the cast iron to the recycle center like I did with this one.
just2amuse 1 month ago 2
@just2amuse Please smash it up and film it all for us! I love your videos.
morepianosmashing 3 weeks ago
@TheSkysFalling8238 If your a prodigy, why are you posting to stupid people like me? You should be smarter than that! Also, if you were a prodigy, you would see that this piano is past its prime!
Abonanno24601 3 weeks ago
Fuck you that's a baby grand!!
Lessonswithdaniel 1 month ago
@Lessonswithdaniel Wow, you know BIG words, I'm impressed. Yes it is a baby grand, I've been rebuilding and repairing them for 20 years now but thanks for sharing.
just2amuse 1 month ago
are you shit!big one shit!!!you chucky doll bloody scary end stupin!@!!
mscwsl817 1 month ago
@mscwsl817 Wow, you know BIG words, I'm impressed. Yes it is a baby grand, I've been rebuilding and repairing them for 20 years now but thanks for sharing.
just2amuse 1 month ago
Fuck you!!!!!!!!!
coninbrigia 1 month ago
Wow, you know big words. I'm impressed.
just2amuse 1 month ago
Excellent vid
skinmax39 2 months ago
I love seeing pianos being destroyed. Have done ever since the piano smashing competitions of the 1960s. People who complain have obviously never tried it to see how good it feels.
morepianosmashing 2 months ago
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morepianosmashing 2 months ago
Good thing the piano wasnt up to pitch could have shot a pice of the plate into a brick wall, what was wrong with the piano anyway? Since the piano was cheap im gussing that the cost of the restoration would have been more than the value of the piano after the restoration.
BBgunmaster67 4 months ago
@BBgunmaster67 The piano was junk, modest quality when it was new. Bad pin block, worn out action, bad bridges, cabinet falling apart, etc. No one sober spends $15K rebuilding a piano that will be worth $5k when it's finished. On the other hand it did have one final great purpose- YOUTUBE!
There wasn't much tension on it, it had already been sitting outside our workshop for 6 months by this point. Even so the idea of "exploding pianos" is a myth. They make a good bang but nothing more.
SonataLou 4 months ago
@SonataLou What size grand was it? Looks less than 5 feet so yeah I'd say it served its final purpose on youtube. Right now im in the process of starting to rebuild a 1920's upwright player piano. All I plan to do to it for now is just soundboard repair, restring, and hammer reshaping so the piano will sound better with its original hammers(needs new ones badly). The action functions but has its problems but rebuilding it can wait a while.
BBgunmaster67 4 months ago
so much anger
madeonamacbookpro 6 months ago
the iron frame it's too heavy?
321pocoyo 9 months ago
hey, i'd love to buy that piano from you, it would be a great fixer uper.. lol
skooter3793 11 months ago
@cody1800212 I am a full time RPT. If I remember correctly it was a Story & Clark, 1920s vintage. Bad block, action, etc, nothing to salvage. I had it sitting outside for a couple months baking in the sun so it didn't take much effort to bust it up.
just2amuse 11 months ago
Awesome video, and the music was quite fitting for such an occasion!
PolishMuscle1981 1 year ago
at least.. gave it to me ._.
LoveMagicAngel 1 year ago
Very nice Video! :-D
mefistofeles666111 1 year ago
what brand was it?
masseyharris441 1 year ago
This is really sickening. I can understand doing it for the sake of art, but destruction for destruction's sake...
MiskatonicDropout 1 year ago
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
gmangigson 1 year ago
Hi there, this is fun. I'm about to do the same thing to an old clunker while it's being played. Do you have any advice about safety concerns?
thanks
robehrorgan 1 year ago 2
@robehrorgan Just watch your fingers. It's probably not a bad idea to wear eye protection, I was lucky. The rumor that a piano will "explode" if you break the plate is a myth, don't worry about it. Most important make sure you record it for youtube, it's worth it just to read the idiotic hate comments from people who know nothing about pianos.
just2amuse 1 year ago 3
is there a reason you're smashing up a piano?
guitarhero666759 1 year ago
Nevermind..
s0nicxo 1 year ago
I'm a pianist.. and i see this... .. ... ... But... Dammit, why you didn't give to people who doesn't have one?.
Anyway you must have reasons for do that.
s0nicxo 1 year ago
im pretty sure that the ppl that made the piano didn't want to see it destroyed. some ppl dont care what you do with their things after they sell them to you, but piano's take a while to make. so all that im saying is........ur a dick
MegaBlackMan094 1 year ago
@MegaBlackMan094 The "ppl" who built it 80 years ago were peon assembly workers on a production line who's biggest concern was bringing home a paycheck to feed their family and pay their mortgage. The ones who cared about their work were making quality pianos for reputable companies.
just2amuse 1 year ago 3
Is that a MIDI file? It sounds like one hahaha.............
piglet574 1 year ago
I don't think that's what Scott Joplin was thinking of when he wrote that song...
That sounded like a midi file. Am I correct?
BoidsiesRoblox 1 year ago
Correct! I was going to use something live but in interest of time I used a midi file. Later I thought it sounded good enough that I left it. You are only the 2nd person to notice.
just2amuse 1 year ago
a stupid question at this point from a propably even more stupid guitarplayer (me): what does a complete new set of piano strings cost?
fruhotchiliman 1 year ago
Piano strings are not "one size fits all". Every model has a different string scale. Some companies have occasionally changed their scale. Bass strings for an 1980s Yamaha C-3 will not fit a current C-3. Steinway hasn't changed their pianos in 75+ years so a set of model M strings from 50 years ago still fits today. Unless it is a current model typically the old strings OR a pattern thereof are sent to a string maker for duplication. Cost varies depending on how many and length.
just2amuse 1 year ago
@just2amuse so and in which directions go the prizes if u have a current Y C-3 and u want to put new strings on it for a certain reason? between 500 and 1000 or even more or less or whatever??
fruhotchiliman 1 year ago
Perhaps around $1,000 +/-. The new set would cost the technician about $250 wholesale, plus labor to remove and install. The job would also have to include new bass damper felts because the worn grooves on the old ones will never quite align with the new strings. It will also need to be tuned multiple times over the next 6-12 months while the new strings stretch. Cost also depends on the demographics of your area and the quality/reputation of the technician. "Cheap" is tyically not a bargain.
just2amuse 1 year ago
Best piano video on YouYube!!
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Takes some balls to do this. Gratz!
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I'm with you just2amuse. Crap is for Landfills and the bottom of lakes!
Agent7x7 1 year ago
HAHAHAHA, das ist aber virtuos! xD
mefistofeles666111 2 years ago
Really? What was wrong with it, it's condition before you made it shit? The action isn't enough to destroy a piano.. if it's worth restoring.
tunglour 2 years ago
You weren't scared hitting the strings on the cast iron plate? Those strings are under a lot of tension! It could have taken your eye out!
kilace 2 years ago
Loving the dodgy MIDI soundtrack
simontist 2 years ago
You know, you are the FIRST person to identify it as a midi track! I was a catchy appropriate tune and I didn't have an audio track cued up at the moment so I just used the midi. As it turned out I liked it enough that I just left it. Congratulations, you win a free trip to McDonalds at your expense!
just2amuse 2 years ago
stop getting so sentimental faggots
chinonononozu 2 years ago 2
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stomp on them!!!!
matteoiseuro 2 years ago
No, just a worthless Story & Clark that was crap when it was new.
just2amuse 2 years ago
Pianos are sacred. One of most beauty instruments. You cannot compare it to a house, because it has 1/10 of the size and almost the same price of one. You dont have to destroy it. if you cant play, get it to internet and sell. you would get more with
xllHikaruIIx 2 years ago
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bububelg 2 years ago
Also, bonus points for using a Scott Joplin rag, The Ragtime Dance!
AAErikCO 2 years ago
Maybe this piano was realy unplayable, so it was ok to destroy it. But you'll get negative comments all the time, because there lots of sad videos here on youtube showing some rednecks smashing working pianos, just because they think it's great fun and don't know how to use it properly.....
Zeobit 2 years ago
Cast iron is always much harder to break than wood.
mukatuna 2 years ago
how could you do this a piano is a sacred object maybe some one wanted it
NOT! great video
AJHcorolla 2 years ago 2
What's sacred about an old worn out piano? Absolutely nothing. It's no more sacred than an old worn out car that's in a scrap yard waiting to be crushed.
mukatuna 2 years ago
just put some gas on it and let it burn then hourtting you self if a pice of wood hits you from the hammer
vivitar45 2 years ago
must have produced a beautiful sound when you hammered those strings lol
simonmitchellbird 2 years ago 12
I get this all the time. "SOMBODY" would want it! Nobody wants to sink $15K into rebuilding a 1925 Story & Clark with a bad pin block, sound board, bridges, worn action, and beat-up cabinet only to have it's net worth be maybe $5k with no warranty. Not withstanding it would still sound like crap being a poorly designed cheep production piano to begin with.
Tell ya what. If it really makes you feel better in the future you can haul them all off for me at your expense.
just2amuse 2 years ago
Did you get a new grand piano?
happyfa 2 years ago
Guess what, people don't just want pianos for their sound, sometimes people want them for the way they look. I personally make furniture out of "Totaled" pianos. So you're wrong. You could have just put it for free on online and within a week I Guarantee someone would have picked it up at their own expense. What a waste of a beautiful crafted piano. Regardless of how cheep the brand it takes countless weeks, months to build one by hand. You're just a meat head.
ilovefun321 2 years ago 2
Junk is always junk, pianos are not "sacred", they are just lumber. They have a life expectancy until they are no longer servicable.
"Built by Hand" means nothing. Houses are built by hand and get torn down. In modern factorys today lumber goes in the front door, passes through a host of CNC machines and robots, and comes out the other end the same day. The new ones aren't sacred either.
just2amuse 2 years ago
Can you rebuild and recover that terminated piano ?
happyfa 2 years ago
If it dont means anything to you, give a grand old fucked up piano 4 me ok? :D
gabrieloni 2 years ago
Actually I believe in the height of the player piano age, the bigger companies were turning out a new player piano every hour or less. Still, they were built to a form & mass produced; not much 'love' was put into them. Companies have always devised ways to speed up production and profits; hence the essembly line (well into effect by the piano 'golden age'). Granted, lots of the old ones were VERY well built & sounded GREAT! Many of them still do & are sought after by restorers & music lovers.
AAErikCO 2 years ago
you're not funny even the backmusic is piano, you're hellish people for pianists. DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man on the video doing it, you're REAL CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you feel first what the pianists feels on their piano(s),....
TheDreamsofLove 2 years ago
wha the f*** would anyone want to destroy a piano? and why would anyone have fun doing so?
jaquegrey 2 years ago
Because it was not economically repairable, it was a cheap piano when it was new, pianos are not sacred, they don't last for ever, unlike wine they do not increase in value or quality with age, they just get old. Finally, the trash collection can't fit whole pianos in their truck.
I'm a piano technician and smashed many to dispose of them. I wish people would do this more often instead of selling them to suckers who get "burned" with them.
just2amuse 2 years ago
I agree with you about re-selling junk. I much rather see you take an axe to a old no-name grand than to take a profit on it. It's just not worth it to fix is it?
flapnoman 2 years ago
this hurts to see.. :(
ikkejick 2 years ago 4
The sounf board was proably cracked..(that means the piano is not play-able.)
alpianeb7 3 years ago
haha the soundboard resisted for a while
PabloM02 3 years ago 2
oww...It hurts just to watch this
PabloM02 3 years ago 2
I dreamed of doing this to the freaking piano my parent's used to own.
300palms 3 years ago
why, do you love piano?
happyfa 2 years ago
I want a grand piano =(
but can't afford it
kboss2011 3 years ago 2
This is great i hate the piano!!!!!!!!
iceviper32 3 years ago
why do you hate the piano？
happyfa 3 years ago
should have torched it at the end- would have been a dramatic ending :)
mypureimagination 3 years ago
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WHY!!! Give it to me!!!
community647 3 years ago 3
exactly what i was thinking!
bryan770 3 years ago
stupid kunt
FrancoBass3172 3 years ago
ohhh poor piano ='[
turtlechib11 3 years ago
I'm amazed that you didn't get killed when you clobbered the plate with the sledge hammer! There is 20 tons of pull on the plate of most grands.
ChucklesKeys 3 years ago
szkoda, że struny mu łap nie poucinały.. a swoją drogą z takim młoteczkiem na ramę żeliwną?? oj nie jestem pewien czy ta, czasem nie było cięcia i szybkiej podmianki..
pecha1982 3 years ago
ok, one question, why u are smashing a piano? who is this piano from? because that was AWESOME!!!! THAT U DESTROYED A GRAND PIANO!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yayyyyyyyyyyy i love it
ShiningFlame01 3 years ago
dork in action
larathabal 3 years ago
why you little fuck head!!!!! some people are begging for pianos!!! and your smashing yours!!!!!
ocarinaplayer878 3 years ago
If the piano was a piece of crap then no one would want it anyway. The piano in the vid fell apart way to easily to be a good model. I've taken a sledge hammer to some old junk pianos in the back of my boss's house and the things didn't even budge; those were well constructed pianos.
smzig 3 years ago
Song?
JRQ93 3 years ago
there goes another piano. . . :-/
sppe769 3 years ago
That's kind of sad. I bet you could have made a bunch of cash selling it on E-Bay. Pianos are very popular and sell reasonably high... if they are in good condition. I loved the background music however.
TurtleShroom 3 years ago
ok,...i think you are crazy,....but it´s very funny xD
Muehippi 4 years ago
My dad got our grand at an auction for $2000. But mine was vintage,vanilla and gold.
andreibf 4 years ago
You don't have to pour money into it, I've found superglue works better. I would happily take any grand piano off your hands rather that let it wind up like this.
Giantsonicmonster 4 years ago
How do you know it didn't have any other serious problems with it? If it needed a new pin block, thats a $6000 repair right there. Cracked sound board? Refinishing? Another highly expensive repair.
What are we supposed to do when it just becomes impractical to dump money into a piano? Just have a huge ugly piece of furniture that looks and sounds like crap sitting around the house?
smzig 4 years ago
I agree but pianos are not ugly, however pianos are built to be played and the way this one fell apart means it was very cheap!
dungareeboy 3 years ago
I didn't mean pianos in general are ugly, I was referring to a piano thats in disrepair and not worth repairing.
smzig 3 years ago
i wish i could be with you.
plentze 4 years ago
How can you idiots think this is cool?
andreibf 4 years ago
1. Because it's more fun then just hauling it to the dump.
2. Crappy pianos that were cheep junk when they were new are not worth dumping money into to fix today.
just2amuse 4 years ago
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It is time all pianos were replaced with guitars!
RonPaulWOW 4 years ago
nice man when you get a chance come checkout the cujo videos on my channel rwg42985 you will like them keep it up
rwg42985 4 years ago
reason behind it, if there was?
atad 4 years ago
I also offer sledge hammer lessons...
benitoite408 4 years ago 2
Rob, you're having waaay too much fun...good for you!
flapnoman 4 years ago