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Lol, when he said "oak" I thought it was like 10' circumference.
A weedwhacker might do the job!
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I could do the job with a chainsaw, some log chains and the 200' cable/30 ton winch on our 6X6 M35-A2, especially as you seem to want to remove all 3
trees, not save the oak.
But explosives WOULD be more fun.
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WHAT !?!
You have a 2.5 ton military cargo truck ?
Is it still Green ?
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Nope. Basic black...
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Awesome !
That's a great photo of it towing a building.
I hope that white stuff on the front is just for decoration and not what i think it is ...
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Quote: Originally posted by aga  | Awesome !
That's a great photo of it towing a building.
I hope that white stuff on the front is just for decoration and not what i think it is ... |
No it is what you think it is...potassium Nitrate
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Could be KNO3 yet it looks very much like HHO in the solid phase.
No, on reflection you're right - must be KNO3.
No habitable place on earth should be able to sustain solid HHO at ambient temperatures.
SpaceX's rocket launched today. Perhaps it's Elon's car ?
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| Quote: Originally posted by aga | That's a great photo of it towing a building.
I hope that white stuff on the front is just for decoration and not what i think it is ... |
Oh, the building is just the part attached to the hitch, it is actually pulling the whole 75 acre property attached to the building too...
As far as the identity of the crystaline white substance, it is sugar. I like a lot in my coffee, spilled some after the last grocery run.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Bert |
As far as the identity of the crystaline white substance, it is sugar. I like a lot in my coffee, spilled some after the last grocery run.
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I thought it was coffee creamer. My bad.
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Nah, that all burned up.
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The funny thing is, that stuff is quite flammable, really.
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Um.
I have got eight 50 lb. bags of the floor sweepings from a factory that makes the non dairy creamer sitting in our warehouse right now. Cheap because
they need to get rid of it, once it hits the ground, they can't sell it for human consumption.
Guess what we do with it?
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| Quote: Originally posted by Bert | Um.
I have got eight 50 lb. bags of the floor sweepings from a factory that makes the non dairy creamer sitting in our warehouse right now. Cheap because
they need to get rid of it, once it hits the ground, they can't sell it for human consumption.
Guess what we do with it?
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Um, woelen or polverone, can I get access to refs and whimsy?
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Sorry!
Forgot where that was posted, here it is:
| Quote: Originally posted by Bert | One of the most interesting semi pyrotechnic effects I have seen was done with a huge piece of white, woven fiberglass cloth (which supposedly doesn't
burn- Well, under normal circumstances, it doesn't)
The cloth, which was about 40' tall and 150' wide had a very large design and words painted on it with clear nitrocellulose lacquer, on ths side AWAY
from the audience. This was not visible, the whole thing was stretched out tight like a curtain, directly in front of audience and maybe 200' away. It
filled a lot of your field of view
Behind it and parallel to it about 20' was a "front" made up of number of "cremora" effects.
In case you've not been exposed to solid fuel fire balls: A 5 gallon plastic paint bucket with about 6oz. of coarse grained black powder, "cannon
powder" or 2FA and an electric match to light it. Then a single thickness piece of newspaper (to keep the powdered coffee creamer from filling the air
spaces between powder grains), then about a 10" deep fill of cheap powdered coffee creamer, as deep as the bucket is wide.
The cremora fireball front fired, a wall of fire wider and taller than the huge screen.
THE DESIGN PAINTED ON THE SCREEN BBURNED THROUGH INSTANTLY, AND WHILE THE FIREBALL WAS STILL FULLY DEVELOPED.
Letters of fire hung in mid air just long enough to read, then the whole thing was gone except for a couple of shreds hanging off the guy wires.
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| Quote: Originally posted by aga | Awesome !
That's a great photo of it towing a building.
I hope that white stuff on the front is just for decoration and not what i think it is ... |
Did you notice that power cord coming out of the sump?
That's so the crankcase oil doesn't turn to jelly when you leave it parked. Cold is Serious Business in the northern US.
edit, or maybe just the radiator? didn't notice it was in front of the diff.
[Edited on 8-2-2018 by SWIM]
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| Quote: Originally posted by THErAPIST | The pictures dont do the size any justice but you can see the tangle
The extendable chainsaw will get a lot of the smaller stuf and will reduce the chance for sideways kicks. It's the trunks on top that am scary,
they're certainly nestled
Admittedly its been a couple weeks since i looked at it last. It we as far harder to see things as clearly then as there were too many leaves. All the
storms and ice weve had lately stripped all the leaves and some.of the amaller branches. Very much not as difficult as it first seemed. Thanks for all
the replies though
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Cut it in the middle with a chainsaw. After that, tie one of the pieces to a semi truck and tow it off of the other tree, and then the other one, one
at a time. Then, cut them into smaller pieces and load it all on the back of the truck, drive it somewhere and dump it at the proper location.
[Edited on 8/2/18 by joseph6355]
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I would be a little reluctant to burn those in that location with all other trees around. It's hard to tell how big they are.
Probably the safest way to remove them would be to use a crane, chains, and braces to prop up the two pines, remove the other tree, saw off the other
two trees at the base, remove supports and chains, and lower the crane. You can probably rent a crane, but they aren't cheap (probably several hundred
dollars/day for a small crane), and you really don't want to try anything crazy with a forklift, scissor lift, or bucket truck.
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Holy giant truck. I'm jealous.
Ive got options for the trees, especially now that that i can see it better. I cant quite get in the pictures the exact reasons i dont want to just
go ham with a chainsaw. Regrettably my pole saw doesnt reach 30 feet up. Still, explosives does indeed sound like fun if nothing else.
I could always rent out the labor of a local drunk. hand him a keyhole saw and a handle of fireball. This really isnt the most dangerous tree around
either. The real scary one is the tree that's super leafy and green, but only because its 100% covered with a very thick tangle of poison ivy. I feel
like I'm gonna die just looking at that thing
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Well according to your screen name, why not just rape the tree till it falls over.....
Like come on man, posting in a EM forum with that screename. What if the tree decides to rape you back  ?
Anyways, you do seem like a serious dude, so... uh, enjoy golf...and trees and safe legal EM
Oh oh, and take off the poison ivy before you engage in non consensual relations with the tree.... truly, your friend
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Remember this, everyone, next time you read the word therapist. Just a single space away from being something not therapeutic at all
Anyway, I know I'm a 100% n00b but would it be possible to pull the pine and tall oak off to the sides? Once they're on the ground, you can saw the
standing oak. You could maybe use a chain and come-along attatched to the base of one of the tree's in the background. I know you probably don't have
that equipment, but it would cost a lot less than $6k Just a suggestion, and
probably an awful one since I still don't know WTF I'm talking about.
BTW, it looks like the tree has been attacked by a bangpecker. they make neat little holes in trees and rocks and then... Kaboom!
[Edited on 10-2-2018 by Vomaturge]
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Check out this thread: https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=79...
Laptakov has the answer. He invented this thing.
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haha I actually looked to see if I could change my username before I ever posted.
It's the handle I posted with on roguesci and harkens back to the days when I played team fortress and counterstrike.
Thats an interesting thread. I remember seeing something similar way back when with video but i cant remwmber where I saw it.
Ive been watching some of liptakov on youtube. Good stuff
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original picture
Here is the original image without any modifications. But why is connecting main charge directly on differential ? Detonator is I estimate inserted to
some fluffy AN - mixture.
Development of primarily - secondary substances CHP (2015) Lithex (2022) Brightelite (2023) Nitrocelite and KC primer (2024)
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