Quick, before it is gone.

[KitchenWitch]

20+ Ft Trebuchet (Lord of the Rings style catapult) (North Santa Ana)
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Date: 2008-09-01, 5:21PM PDT


I have a 20+ foot tall working trebuchet (medieval lord of the rings style catapult) that I have to get rid of ASAP!!!!. It was built for a church summer camp project a couple years ago, and we cant store it anymore. it was built from $700+ worth of hardware and lumber- It's currently stored in sections, (about 5-6?) and can be transported like that in a 14' trailer. I'm just looking for a good home. I'll be happy to help set it up! email for more info!
Tim
(the pic is poor quality due to being a screenshot of a camera phone video of a dvd playing on my puter. i have the vid clip available but it's similar quality- it does show the trebuchet working tho. the blue barrel (full of water) doesnt come with the treb- but you can use anything heavy as a counterweight- and i have the plans somewhere to build the prescribed bucket- just never got around to it.




* Location: North Santa Ana
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[flvegan]

1. Pitchez le vache!

[DarkTirade]

6. ...

[Lars39]

2. Been there, done that. Have the smaller version in my basement

right now. :D

[KitchenWitch]

3. You just never know when you need the large medieval weaponry!

:D

[deucemagnet]

4. Built for a church summer camp project?

What sort of project was that? A crusade? :wtf:

[TZ]

5. Perfect for...

Pumpkin chunking--they hold a big contest every year in Delaware...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_chunking

Oh LynneSin.....}(

[vard28]

9. Punkin Chunkin' is...

WAY too much fun for people to be allowed to have in public! :woohoo:

[Orrex]

7. Way to catapult the propaganda, KW.

I'd love to help you out, but I'm really in the market for an arbalest. Any suggestions?


Best of luck in your sale, though--that's a great project, and it's a shame that you're no longer able to store it.

[pokerfan]

8. Bah!

A Trebuchet is a Northern Exposure style catapult! :P

One question. Do you have to use a cat or can you fling other objects? :)

[Solon]

10. Find me a good ballista and then we can talk, preferably Roman style...

Those things are so cool! :D

[Withywindle]

17. I think I had a ballista wait on me last time I was at Starbucks.

She was tense and about to snap. I bet the Decapitated Al Pacinos went flying right after I left.

[Jamastiene]

11. What I wouldn't give for one of those to add to my arsenal.

*sigh* Please, somebody, buy it for me? Pretty please?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. You should call these people...

http://www.rennfest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=15

[LeftyMom]

13. WANT.

If I had a sufficiently spacious yard I'd be calling right now while driving down I-5.

[KitchenWitch]

15. LOL

Really

:D

[LeftyMom]

16. Geekiness and destructive capability all in one package

WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?!?!?!

[KitchenWitch]

18. I am with ya sistah!

:D

[csziggy]

14. Trebuchet.com has trebuchets kits and links to where you can get ballista plans

Their trebuchets range from desktop models to this beauty:



The Stirling Warwolf Trebuchet
During a siege of Stirling Castle in 1304, Edward Longshanks (Edward the first, King of England) ordered his engineers to make a giant trebuchet for the English army, named "Warwolf".

With one blow, Warwolf leveled a section of wall, successfully concluding the siege of Stirling Castle. The Stirling Warwolf is generally thought of as the most powerful and most famous of the trebuchets in history.
http://www.trebuchet.com/10201