Yeah... I have... some... limited knowledge.
6 inches ... in diameter!!
by PopeOfEruke 36 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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AllAlongTheWatchtower
Ok, I got curious, and wanted to know how much our supposed log would weigh, just as an intellectual exercise. Took some searching, but here's what I found:
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Log_weight.html
"The log weights in KOCH that I mentioned are based on 4800 logs. Some sample values are for a 16" x 12' log of ash, 1010 pounds, hickory 1267 pounds, soft (red) maple 1059 pounds, red oak 1323 pounds, white oak 1262 pounds and yellow poplar 1262 pounds. Of course, there are numbers for other diameters and lengths. As the volume of such logs in this example are 130 BF (Int.), 120 BF (Scribner) and 108 BF (Doyle), you can figure out weights per MBF log scale too." [BF is a reference to board feet, which is 1"x12"x12"]
I couldn't find any charts or anything which gave an example for 6"x12 feet, but if you divide the 16" log discussed above by 3, you get a log about 5 1/3". If you take the average weights of the above listed logs of various woods, you get about 1200 pounds. (1197 if you wanna be technical, but even numbers work nicely.) Since we divided our diameter by 3, we now divide the average weight by 3, and come up with 5 1/3"x12' of log = 400 pounds. Could you carry it? No, but I know that if I had to, I could drag it. Wouldn't be fun, and I'd probably have to take a breather every 50 feet or so, but I could do it. Not to boast, but I'm pretty strong, not sure if many other people I know could do it. I don't think I could get a half mile or whatever the distance was with it though, unless I was given a whole day.
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PopeOfEruke
AATW
I was thinking along your lines, that such a log would be at least 200-300 lbs or like that, not 100 as the Aid book blithely remarks.
Thanks for the calcs.
Pope
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mkr32208
I dunno I work at home depot on sundays and we sometimes have to move 6x8x16's I dunno how much they weigh but one person can move one. It's not easy but possible if it weighed 500lbs I don't think one person could do it!
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Carmel
Talesin, what a cross to bear!
carmel
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vitty
I though Simon of Aramaya or who ever helped Jesus carry it cos he was too weak to carry it the whole way himself. Or was that just in the film Ben Hur, I get confused.
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PopeOfEruke
No you are right, some Simon did help Jesus. I think he pinned it under his dorsal gliding feather.
Or was that just in The Life of Brian?
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Leolaia
Pope.....Of course, the Roman custom was to force slaves and prisoners to carry the patibulum (transverse beam), not the upright stipes (pole). Patibulum-bearing even preceded the invention of the composite cross and was described by various writers. In the place of this well-attested practice, the Society has to assume an otherwise unknown practice of dragging a stipes to the place of execution.
A full discussion of the revelant texts:
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Leolaia
I read your thread yesterday, its AWESOME....
If only the blind minds of the JW's could read it and grasp the meaning.
bless you my child!
Your Pope
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luna2
...his sperm would be ejaculated at supersonic speed and riddle Lois's body like millions of pellets from a shotgun. She would literally explode and her head would be blown off
Hmmm, interesting. Never thought of that.
I'd always assumed Lois would have to be on top to prevent Superman from losing control and crushing her. Poor Superman, he would never really be able to completely relax and let go with a human woman, would he.