Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Sun, 6 May 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> > Someone pulled up next the Fred P. Murrah (spelling) with a Van,
> > Deisel fuel, and fertilizer. The whole place went boom, shall we ban
> > vans, fertilzer, and deisel fuel? It all happened pretty quick too.
> > I say these few common items were more efficent than your shotgun.
>
> Actually, I think selling sufficient quantities of fertilizer and fuel oil
> to create such a bomb in the United States *is* banned.
Oh, I should be punished for perpetuating this crap, but just couldn't
resist.
Farm owning uncle's favourite method of removing tree stumps is blasting
them with this mixture of Ammonium sulphate(?) and diesel. If done
properly, it produces firewood of the right size for the cooker, heater
and open fireplace.
As he recounts it the first time they tried it out, they had absolutely
no idea of the quantities to used and so tried a bucketful of
fertilizer/diesel mix, which was poured into hole in stump, add blasting
cap and light (?). After their ears stopped ringing, they agreed it was
perhaps a tad excessive as not a splinter of wood remained within the
paddock. Nowadays they just use the 1,2,4, handful approach.
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Received on Mon May 07 2001 - 02:38:01 BST