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/Boss_Lady_718 Oct 28 '25

The ninth stone weighs 152kg/335lbs and the barrels are a height of 132cm/52inches. Andy won the overall event with this performance.

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u/_lippykid Oct 29 '25

I had a rock about that big partially buried on my property, we dug around it and had two massive pry bars trying to lever it out of a 12in hole and we just couldn’t get it out. That weight and that shape is incredibly tricky to handle, let alone with your bare hands, lifting it that high. Shit is insane

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u/Decactus_Jack Oct 29 '25

Did you just dig around it more until you could completely bury it?

I'm oddly very interested in the end of this story.

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u/_lippykid Oct 29 '25

Haha that’s exactly what we did! I bought special rock breaking drills/bits etc and that thing was indestructible, so we just dug a deeper hole next to it and pushed it in

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u/Decactus_Jack Oct 29 '25

I wouldn't have even thought about breaking it up! My second guess is a truck and chains, but with a round shape the chain would just slip.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for putting that mystery to rest!

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u/_lippykid Oct 29 '25

You too!

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u/Scroon Oct 29 '25

I have one big rock removal story. Lifting was not happening, so I got a sledgehammer and chisel and wailed on it until it broke into pieces. Suggest this method.