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Dawesome21 Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 45 Gender:	Trebuchet is back up and Running! Oct 19^th, 2020 at 12:18am I have finally managed to fix my trebuchet this year. First bowling ball launch of the season. More to come! 750lbs in the box. Box weighs 450 empty. 15lb bowling ball. Not sure where it impacted but I recovered it 770 feet downrange. I think it bounced/rolled maybe 150-200 feet perhaps. I need a spotter downrange to mark impacts.
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Reply #1 - Oct 19^th, 2020 at 1:04am

I hope your spotter has a really good helmet!

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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 3454 Finland	Re: Trebuchet is back up and Running! Reply #2 - Oct 19^th, 2020 at 5:05am Finding a volunteer for that might be difficult Amazing stuff.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2329	Re: Trebuchet is back up and Running! Reply #3 - Oct 19^th, 2020 at 8:35am fixed in time for the pumpkin challenge
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Reply #4 - Oct 19^th, 2020 at 11:23am

That's fantastic! I love watching trebuchets. One of these days I want to make a small scale version that I can use in my yard.

walter wrote on Oct 19^th, 2020 at 8:35am:

fixed in time for the pumpkin challenge Wink

Yes! You totally have to do a pumpkin throw and post it in the challenge thread: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1599189469

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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 3454 Finland	Re: Trebuchet is back up and Running! Reply #5 - Oct 20^th, 2020 at 11:11am walter wrote on Oct 19^th, 2020 at 8:35am: fixed in time for the pumpkin challenge Surely this would be cheating!
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Oxnate Descens Offline Crus de agnus Dei con quilon menthae. Posts: 226 Minnesota Gender:	Re: Trebuchet is back up and Running! Reply #6 - Oct 20^th, 2020 at 5:13pm NooneOfConsequence wrote on Oct 19^th, 2020 at 1:04am: I hope your spotter has a really good helmet! Nah, just good eyes.
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Reply #7 - Oct 20^th, 2020 at 9:57pm

That Lord of the Rings gif is awesome! lol

Being a spotter isn't very dangerous as long as you are paying attention. You can stand like 50 feet to the side of the shooting path and be fine. I had some people filming from downrange in the latter half of this video from last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYHppLiN0ms ; The bowling ball whistle is awesome.

I didn't know about the pumpkin challenge! I will have to get a video and post it before the 31st haha

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