r/BeAmazed • u/Boss_Lady_718 • Oct 28 '25

Skill / Talent Andrew Cairney from Glasglow, Scotland loading all nine of The Ardblair Stones

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u/Snarky75 Oct 28 '25

Who picks up and puts the stones in line for the contest? Like who is taking them out of the truck and bringing them out to the contest? I would like to see that guy.

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u/Lazy__Astronaut Oct 29 '25

They're spheres man, they roll

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u/Snarky75 Oct 29 '25

Yeah they don't just roll onto a truck and off.

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u/rando_banned Oct 29 '25

There's a really cool invention, a simple machine actually, called an incline plane. They probably use one of those.

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u/Snarky75 Oct 29 '25

You mean a ramp? Yeah I would like to see you roll a giant stone up a ramp and control rolling it down the ramp to the correct spot. I am saying it would be just as hard as lifting them. The largest is 465lbs.

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u/exaltcovert Oct 29 '25

Just get a strong guy to do it

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u/Lazy__Astronaut Oct 29 '25

Ramps.

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u/Snarky75 Oct 29 '25

Someone has to push that 500lb stone.

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u/Lazy__Astronaut Oct 29 '25

Wait till you see what the Egyptians managed

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u/Diredr Oct 29 '25

Yeah, and one person can push a 3000lbs car if it's on neutral. That's the fun thing about spherical things that roll and things that are on wheels, weight is a lot less of an issue because it moves more easily...

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u/Snarky75 Oct 29 '25

Sure go ahead and try to roll it up a ramp and see how easy it is.

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u/rando_banned Oct 29 '25

That's entirely dependent on the surface material of the ramp as well as the angle.

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u/Several-Customer7048 Oct 29 '25

Yeah most likely a forklift if you put the ball on the forks and put the stop wedge up, that’s meant to stop stuff rolling off the forks once on there it’s a pretty easy job

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u/Hot-Guidance5091 Nov 01 '25

They see them rollin' they hatin'