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Back Yard Project

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Retired welder, Chuck Uhing was looking for a project to keep him busy and settled on building a teeter tooter.  A 100-foot teeter tooter.  He’s trying to get it in the Guinness Book of World Records as a legacy for his grand kids.

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How do you get off without killing the other person?

7 Comments on Back Yard Project

  1. I like it and I’m in awe of his welding skills. But these world record things have a way of getting absurd very quickly.
    For instance, go look up the world record for ‘longest usable golf club’ –it’s 25.09 feet long.

  2. So, when I was a kid and a playground would be classified as a death trap by today’s wussy standards, there was a particle of risk being on a teeter-tooter. There was the ever present chance that the person on the downside would just jump off letting the person on the topside come crashing down. I’m not sure I’m painting a proper picture here- if Hillary or Obama would agree I’ll meet them there and provide a proper demonstration. As I will be the one explaining the joke I will have to be at ground level and therefore be the one to jump off.

  3. I believe the other end is a ballast counterweight. How does he keep it tuned, and is able to bring his end down to earth for dismounting? ropes? Looks interesting though. Should the counterweights turn loose and drop, wonder if he has brakes at the axle to stop the launch, trebuchet style?

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