Building a 1/2 Scale Medieval Trebuchet: A Fun Family Project

I mean…yes please!!!

Imagine how much that lumber would cost now!

Epic!

Pumpkin chunkin!

This is awesome! Hey, buddy Joey.... @Joey ....I can see you'd like this too

@Lisa Whoa!! Oh yeah definitely. @Corey Corey, y’all built this?! That is sooo cool! 1/2 scale huh? Looks pretty big to me. Medieval, fur trapper, or old west era… you would’ve have had no problem surviving my friend. Amazing job!

@Derek Haha true. Though all the lumber was cut on a mill by my dad so it wasn’t store bought.

@Joey Yeah. Me and my 2 brothers and a couple long time buddies. We threw concrete balls cast from soccer and basketballs.

@Robert Forrest They threw carved limestone balls about 2 ft in diameter.

@Corey Cool!

@Rick My brother tried throwing pumpkins and they just disintegrate because the sling of the trebuchet goes so fast as it throws.

@Corey that’s awesome 😆

@Rick 😂 it’s a hoot!

Good times. 187 yards is the record throw with a 30lb ball.

@Robert Forrest Interestingly during sieges when they reach a stalemate they would throw rotting carcasses of livestock and, disgustingly, also decomposing human corpses. This basically splattered the interior of the fortress being sieged with disease and filth.