Shooting down a silo

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  • Опубликовано: 1 фев 2025

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  • @chuckcartwright1328
    @chuckcartwright1328 Год назад +202

    The way the silo gracefully collapsed in a single direction seemed so considerate, so polite.

    • @GermanicFood
      @GermanicFood Год назад +21

      It's that rural upbringing, I think.

    • @Nordic_Mechanic
      @Nordic_Mechanic Год назад +7

      you`d think it's a canadian silo

    • @frankoshinski9205
      @frankoshinski9205 Год назад +1

      BAHAHAHAHA

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Год назад +4

      It certainly didn't go on about its rights ...

    • @EvgeneXI
      @EvgeneXI Год назад +3

      @@GermanicFoodcan confirm. The inner-city silos are rude a fuck.

  • @brianhampson2314
    @brianhampson2314 Год назад +312

    The old silo plans to live on as an astronomical observatory.

    • @backpages1
      @backpages1 Год назад +1

      Indeed, it appears so… good call!

    • @R.Merkhet
      @R.Merkhet Год назад +2

      Witty!

    • @mattdigiulio3196
      @mattdigiulio3196 Год назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing.😄😄😄👍

    • @dlmsarge8329
      @dlmsarge8329 Год назад

      Hahaha! Top comment!!

    • @bhatkat
      @bhatkat 11 месяцев назад

      This is actually done sometimes for those with the interest and means.

  • @1337fraggzb00N
    @1337fraggzb00N Год назад +279

    Silos are easy to hunt, because silos do not run very fast.

    • @peterg76yt
      @peterg76yt Год назад +16

      They do the unexpected and rely on the element of surprise.

    • @1337fraggzb00N
      @1337fraggzb00N Год назад +13

      @@peterg76yt them sneaky silos

    • @mike_dodane
      @mike_dodane Год назад +4

      They also tend to lack high quality cano so they’re easy to spot

    • @1337fraggzb00N
      @1337fraggzb00N Год назад +7

      @@mike_dodane they try to disguise as silos, which is quite a bad idea, when someone is after silos. Silly silos.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Год назад +5

      And they don't shoot back.

  • @r0cketplumber
    @r0cketplumber Год назад +107

    Even at the current price of ammo it's cheaper than hiring a demo company, and way more fun.

    • @FloofusTheCat
      @FloofusTheCat Год назад

      Ammo’s nearly at pre-COVID prices, most kinds anyway. Been that way a couple years.

    • @TheTruthKiwi
      @TheTruthKiwi Год назад

      It's like maybe $50 vs $3 or 4k.

    • @fresh_dood
      @fresh_dood Год назад

      Yeah, doesn't seem like it took very many shots either

  • @BSKustomz
    @BSKustomz Год назад +102

    That looks a hell of a lot safer than "let the hydraulic jack down and run"

  • @DalePotter-v7c
    @DalePotter-v7c Год назад +132

    Our silo hunt was finally over and a success 😎

    • @xXGENDAMAGEXx
      @xXGENDAMAGEXx Год назад +5

      How did the wall Mount Look?? 😂😂

    • @mattanderson4339
      @mattanderson4339 Год назад +5

      Like a lego astronomy observatory.

    • @davidbarlow6860
      @davidbarlow6860 11 месяцев назад +2

      How do you cook it, now it's been killed?

  • @kevinphanson
    @kevinphanson Год назад +69

    Guns don't kill silos. People kill silos.

  • @MrPhotodoc
    @MrPhotodoc Год назад +79

    I never saw a silo sit down before. Nice.

    • @R.Merkhet
      @R.Merkhet Год назад +1

      You might never again 😅

  • @Prestonesfpv
    @Prestonesfpv Год назад +75

    From silo to observatory in just a few seconds 👍

  • @Dargonhuman
    @Dargonhuman Год назад +38

    When you're throwing everything you have at a tough boss and don't know if your attacks are even doing any damage until you hear the victory music...

  • @tommcallister7647
    @tommcallister7647 Год назад +29

    How does “eat what you kill” work in this particular situation?

    • @fallongarens6734
      @fallongarens6734 Год назад +3

      Reuse/recycle/sell whatever materials you can, of course.
      Responsiblity! :)

    • @Wavemaninawe
      @Wavemaninawe Год назад +2

      Field dress the panelling. Keep the grain.

  • @markstevens1729
    @markstevens1729 Год назад +105

    Today, in the flat country, a long-standing member of the farming community fell to a barrage of gunfire. Film at 11.

  • @garyruxton5226
    @garyruxton5226 Год назад +48

    Elmer Fudd: "Be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting silos!"

    • @m1t2a1
      @m1t2a1 Год назад +6

      It's worse when they get away before you can take a shot.

    • @toAdmiller
      @toAdmiller Год назад +2

      Hehehehehehehehehehhehehheh....!!

    • @ratoim
      @ratoim Год назад +5

      siwos

  • @johndavid8815
    @johndavid8815 Год назад +52

    What are the dates for silo season?

  • @dougaltolan3017
    @dougaltolan3017 Год назад +13

    At last, someone that *can* hit the side of a barn!

    • @galewinds7696
      @galewinds7696 11 месяцев назад

      He just couldn't hit the tamerite

  • @JxH
    @JxH Год назад +41

    "Self Defense. You can see it moving forward. I had no choice Your Honor."

  • @lorenwilson8128
    @lorenwilson8128 Год назад +35

    Looks like an eight-point to me. Might have to mount it.

  • @boomer1049
    @boomer1049 Год назад +43

    Looked like it was walking down the stairs 😂

  • @whitesapphire5865
    @whitesapphire5865 Год назад +35

    I think there's going to be an international convention to investigate the possibility of putting these silos onto the endangered species list. All across the world, silos are being hunted to extinction.

  • @JB_Hobbies
    @JB_Hobbies Год назад +18

    There’s a man who knows how to put wood on the table and feed his family.

    • @michaelbates1640
      @michaelbates1640 Год назад +2

      If you mean a family of beavers. Upon reflection you meant to write "food".

    • @JB_Hobbies
      @JB_Hobbies Год назад +3

      @@michaelbates1640 Oh no, the pun was definitely intended.

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl Год назад +1

      *concrete and rebar on the table

    • @antthegord9411
      @antthegord9411 Год назад +3

      Damn all these replies be an absolute buzz kill lol.

    • @tsbrownie
      @tsbrownie Год назад +3

      There's a joke in there about a porn star, but I ain't gonna touch it.

  • @doctorhagglefester7199
    @doctorhagglefester7199 Год назад +10

    Those .22 caliber shots were vicious!

    • @TheTruthKiwi
      @TheTruthKiwi Год назад +1

      Not sure if you're joking but I'm pretty sure he was using a shotgun with slugs and not a .22 rifle.

  • @jamesweber1827
    @jamesweber1827 Год назад +5

    The "Silo Slide" never gets old!!

  • @paulgandy8400
    @paulgandy8400 Год назад +206

    only in america😁

    • @nitramnitram1966
      @nitramnitram1966 Год назад +13

      ‘Merica

    • @Renville80
      @Renville80 Год назад +9

      Gotta practice for when the inevitable knock on the door in the middle of the night comes.

    • @southern_merican
      @southern_merican Год назад +16

      not true,......in Russia, the silo shoots back😂

    • @JamesWilliams-e3i
      @JamesWilliams-e3i Год назад +1

      That's a stupid thing to do about history

    • @halewich
      @halewich Год назад +1

      What a waste of ammo.

  • @M21-w1y
    @M21-w1y Год назад +25

    That was a graceful fall👍

  • @liamstone3437
    @liamstone3437 Год назад +14

    The kids cheered as they saw the birth of a new playhouse.

  • @antthegord9411
    @antthegord9411 Год назад +6

    Everybody knows that guns were invented in 1849 by John Gun specifically for toppling silos from a safe distance. This man is just using it for it's intended purpose.

  • @flyerbob124
    @flyerbob124 Год назад +11

    I had some concerns about a ricochet.

    • @R.Merkhet
      @R.Merkhet Год назад

      IKR!! I was going to say that.

    • @MrYfrank14
      @MrYfrank14 Год назад +2

      Looks like he was using a shotgun. Assuming he was using buckshot, not much chance of a ricochet

    • @R.Merkhet
      @R.Merkhet Год назад

      Way too much time and beer.

  • @tymz-r-achangin
    @tymz-r-achangin Год назад +12

    Easily got my thumbs up! This is what youtube was made for!

  • @uturniaphobic
    @uturniaphobic Год назад +4

    looks like we're having silo for dinner tonight!!

  • @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus
    @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus Год назад +7

    Every movie ever: They’re attacking! Quick, take cover behind this upturned table! 😏

    • @HM2SGT
      @HM2SGT Год назад +3

      Or car door

  • @medicbabe2ID
    @medicbabe2ID Год назад +14

    Safe, effective, and fun as sh*t 😂

  • @kingofcastlechaos
    @kingofcastlechaos 11 месяцев назад +1

    The day after this happened, Tannerite went on sale at the Ace Hardware Store where the family had un-used credits.

    • @MoultrieGeek
      @MoultrieGeek 11 месяцев назад

      This was so much cooler (pun intended)

  • @eugenepearson4467
    @eugenepearson4467 Год назад +9

    Nicely done.

  • @captchaos83
    @captchaos83 Год назад +4

    Run silo, run deep.

  • @chouseification
    @chouseification Год назад +14

    I have shot down several trees, but never a silo... impressive! :D

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial Год назад +1

      You must have been really mad at those trees.

    • @chouseification
      @chouseification Год назад +2

      @@negativeindustrial target practice

    • @darksu6947
      @darksu6947 Год назад +9

      ​@@negativeindustrialThe trees around here are all the time talking shit.

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 Год назад +4

      @@negativeindustrial It's for when the trees start speaking Vietnamese...

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial Год назад +1

      @@darksu6947
      🤣

  • @gonzaleslou7672
    @gonzaleslou7672 Год назад +14

    That was badass it fell down so perfect 🏆⭐🙌

  • @rollingthunder277
    @rollingthunder277 Год назад +9

    The after-party must have been wild.

    • @kevinphanson
      @kevinphanson Год назад +5

      "After"? I guarantee you the party started long before someone said "Hey, I've got an idea! Hold my beer!"

  • @mrcryptozoic817
    @mrcryptozoic817 Год назад +22

    I expected a tip-over, not a slow collapse. Surprised! Maybe the wind held it up.

  • @MrButtonpresser
    @MrButtonpresser Год назад +3

    Yeah OK, but how do you cook one after you’ve shot it?

  • @johnnybrace
    @johnnybrace Год назад +1

    and now a nice astronomy observatory in the pasture

  • @everready19373
    @everready19373 Год назад +2

    I wonder if he had the kill stuffed and mounted.

  • @geraldhuff7413
    @geraldhuff7413 Год назад +2

    That certainly is one way to make “it” go flaccid.

  • @michaeldaltonsr8954
    @michaeldaltonsr8954 Год назад +1

    Wuz that a "Steel" saw??

  • @Efemral
    @Efemral Год назад +8

    I wonder what the silo did to annoy that man so much

  • @ourv9603
    @ourv9603 Год назад

    When I was a kid our church bought a farm & remodeled the barn into a chapel.
    They wrapped a rope? Cable? around the top of the silo & connected the end
    to a truck & simply pulled the silo over.
    !

  • @LygerTheCLaw
    @LygerTheCLaw Год назад +1

    was like watching a slinky walk down a flight of steps.

  • @Fester_
    @Fester_ Год назад

    Should have more views , very cool.

  • @billgreen576
    @billgreen576 Год назад +16

    And finished with a home made astronomical observatory.

  • @michaelcorvin4330
    @michaelcorvin4330 Год назад +2

    Found amongst the ruins were the bones of a man who died trying to find a corner to pee into.

  • @darth_dan8886
    @darth_dan8886 Год назад +1

    Somehow I expected a lot more of a 3000 RPM minigun...
    But turns out that shotgun works great too!

  • @markh4926
    @markh4926 11 месяцев назад

    This reminds me of Merrill Barracks in Nuremburg, Germany. You could still see the bullet holes around windows where there must have been a sniper. But those Germans built some sturdy stuff for their Troops.

  • @JAT922
    @JAT922 Год назад +1

    I wish Alvin and the chipmunks would have stopped gabbing the whole video

  • @richardgomes3228
    @richardgomes3228 Год назад

    A classic example of a silo having a tantrum when things do not go its way.

  • @Edward-bd8iy
    @Edward-bd8iy Год назад +3

    Someone did their math homework...
    Excellent fall.

  • @thomaskerley1388
    @thomaskerley1388 Год назад +1

    Looks like a "Hold my beer" thing.

  • @darwingraeme3310
    @darwingraeme3310 Год назад +2

    That has to be one of the most America only things I've seen on RUclips. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dlmsarge8329
    @dlmsarge8329 Год назад +1

    I think that was the most American thing I've ever seen!!

  • @worldtraveler930
    @worldtraveler930 Год назад +1

    Might I suggest next time you invest in some Tannerwright!!! 🤠👍

  • @johnnybrace
    @johnnybrace 11 месяцев назад

    Silo: "I'm not dead yet" -- Monty Python

  • @matthewrosa7262
    @matthewrosa7262 Год назад +1

    How Many Licks Does It Take To Get To The Tootsie Roll Center Of A Tootsie Pop? (THAT'S What Came To My Mind While Watching This!)

  • @donloughrey1615
    @donloughrey1615 Год назад

    What? No 1 shot, 1 kill, ?
    Pretty cool.👍

  • @jd-zr3vk
    @jd-zr3vk Год назад

    I wonder how they plan to cook the silo.

  • @wisconsinfarmer4742
    @wisconsinfarmer4742 10 месяцев назад

    beautiful controlled fall

  • @1978garfield
    @1978garfield 11 месяцев назад

    You needed a .50 BMG.
    That would have gone faster.
    Do farmers just not make silage any more?

  • @Barnabasanon
    @Barnabasanon Год назад

    That was just so COOL!!

  • @sthompson1000
    @sthompson1000 Год назад +1

    That's the most American thing I've ever seen.

  • @mikechurvis2762
    @mikechurvis2762 Год назад

    Prop Hunt looks better than I remember

  • @ColdMystery
    @ColdMystery Год назад

    That's the most _Texas_ solution I have ever seen.

  • @Vectorh
    @Vectorh Год назад

    Silo does its riding the escalator impression

  • @marktibbetts3799
    @marktibbetts3799 Год назад

    Wow,now you have an observatory to look at the stars

  • @12TribesUnite
    @12TribesUnite 11 месяцев назад

    why? what was it made of? looked cool

  • @mikek0135
    @mikek0135 Год назад +1

    "Cleanup in aisle 5?"

  • @gordbaker896
    @gordbaker896 Год назад +15

    $250 in ammo.

    • @george8873
      @george8873 Год назад +6

      Cheaper than a hospital bill or the price of a funeral, lol.

    • @timhinchcliffe5372
      @timhinchcliffe5372 Год назад

      Entertainment: priceless

  • @dennistennyson8856
    @dennistennyson8856 Год назад

    Love the name Dink. I have had that name since birth , 73+ years ago.

  • @paulpurpi9069
    @paulpurpi9069 Год назад

    I wonder what grain bullets they used ?

  • @michaelgover1519
    @michaelgover1519 Год назад +8

    Finally found a use for the Barrett

  • @davidyetter5409
    @davidyetter5409 Год назад +1

    Did they can it or freeze it?

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Год назад +1

    _Fred Dibnah shakes his head in bemused wonder before returning to work with his sledge hammer on a 300 foot Industrial smokestack_

  • @jhonsiders6077
    @jhonsiders6077 Год назад +2

    I was thinking a .50BMG ? But looks like a shotgun ?

    • @SeanPat1001
      @SeanPat1001 Год назад +3

      Shotguns are great for knocking down walls. 😂

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 Год назад +2

      Either 1oz slugs or 00 buck

    • @jhonsiders6077
      @jhonsiders6077 Год назад +1

      @@deletdis6173 Id bet a slug

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 Год назад +1

    the 3 steel-bands around the bottom hold that masonry in perfect alignment, the only way to break cylinders is to deform its straight-sided alignment; so instead of attacking the masonry, they could have a metal-grinder cut through the shackles, then loop a chain around the back to a truck and give it some tension in 1st gear, the chain will cinch unevenly and cut through like a cheese wire

  • @davidsignor7931
    @davidsignor7931 Год назад +13

    Should have some tannerite would have saved some ammo

  • @drizler
    @drizler Год назад +2

    Holy crap. You made that puppy kneel . 🫡

  • @JohnVance
    @JohnVance Год назад

    My neighbors at 2pm on a Tuesday while I'm trying to work.

  • @bartman59laj55
    @bartman59laj55 Год назад +1

    Wait, did they have a listens? Is it silo season?

  • @stevef.8041
    @stevef.8041 Год назад

    Crazy awesome!!

  • @catman19
    @catman19 Год назад +4

    At least they saved the dome

  • @13thvarebel16
    @13thvarebel16 Год назад +1

    I don't know why more people don't fell dilapidated silos this way. I don't see any downsides to this (provided everyone's in a good position to avoid ricochets).

    • @TheTruthKiwi
      @TheTruthKiwi Год назад

      I would just assume that shotgun slugs (which I presume he's using) wouldn't be enough to bring down the silo. Like, you'd need to shoot it thousands of times or the brick and mortar would be too strong. Clearly that's not the case.

  • @rcnelson
    @rcnelson Год назад +3

    Never gave it a chance to surrender.

  • @patmcbride9853
    @patmcbride9853 Год назад

    "It was coming at me! I had no choice but to shoot it!"

  • @DKofDAH
    @DKofDAH Год назад

    Dont you guys in the state have access to tannerit or however it’s called?

  • @techristopher8077
    @techristopher8077 Год назад

    Nicely Done

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig Год назад

      Or, nicely dome?

  • @phlodel
    @phlodel 11 месяцев назад

    All the silo demolitions I've seen destroyed the wonderful domed roof. This one didn't. I hope someone had the imagination to save the roof.

  • @fubartotale3389
    @fubartotale3389 Год назад +1

    Guns, is there anything they CAN'T do?

  • @Lord_of_ChaoSan
    @Lord_of_ChaoSan Год назад +1

    Just needs a Telescope now.

  • @TooTallDean
    @TooTallDean Год назад

    Thank you for using a tripod to video this.!

  • @Maxid1
    @Maxid1 Год назад

    Shooting down a silo. Also could be used for safely lowering an observatory.

  • @willisdaddy6100
    @willisdaddy6100 Год назад +3

    Who’s your taxidermist?

  • @jasonh.8754
    @jasonh.8754 Год назад +1

    You can't tell me burning jet fuel will melt steel beams...

  • @paulcragg1315
    @paulcragg1315 Год назад

    Was it in season? And did you have a tag?

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 Год назад +1

    Just think, someone at the top of the ladder could've easily survived riding the whole collapse to the ground