Urban Bocce Ball. With STEEL Balls!
 

Why not go into one of the driveways? :Forgot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XAIox-Nqqk

Someone has their data wrong,,,
a 3" steel ball weighs 31 pounds,, not 2 pounds,,,

A 1 1/4 inch steel ball weighs about 2 pounds,,, :bigthink:

Obviously they didn't care about the car. But did it not occur to them anything hitting your car hard enough to total it could kill you? I'd have pulled into someone's yard if I had to, anything to get in the clear.

31 lbs!?! What that steel ball made of......gold?:biggrin2:

According to this chart a 3" steel ball is just over 4 pounds-
https://www.precisionballs.com/Ball_Bearing_Steel.php

maybe I am wrong, I used some on line converter to calculate the volume,,,

OOPS, I used diameter instead of radius,,,
14.14 cubic inches X 0.283 pounds per cubic inch,,, = 4 pounds,,,

The first # did seem a little high,,, :bigthink:

If they were gold, they would weigh 14.14 X 0.70 = 9.8 pounds :bigeyes:

My Union shot cannonball (not for sure what it is made of) weighs 11 lbs and it it about 4 in. in diameter.

Cub Cadet 123

I watched that video and wondered to myself, if this guy had enough sense, to come in out of the rain. :biggrin2:

At triple the weight of steel I'm guessing lead or lead filled.

People are lucky those things were heavy enough to stay on the ground for the most part. Imagine one getting airborne enough to go through a windshield.

:biggrin2: or dumber than a bag of hammers :bash2:

Well, now think about it for a moment. The front windshield has safety glass and the side windows often do not. If he was in the process of backing into a driveway or going forward into a driveway, then he would have to turn his car sideways, which would make him more vulnerable to one of those steel balls bouncing into his vehicle and striking him. I'm not so sure that I would have made a decision different than his at the time, although I would have probably put my vehicle in park and crouched down trying to get out of harm's way. I am kind of surprised that his airbag (if his vehicle had them) did not deploy in that incident.

Cooperino, you are probably right about the lead. Nonetheless, I cannot imagine being on the receiving end of one of those shots in the civil war or even if one of those steel balls did become airborne and you did not have any shelter from them.

Cub Cadet 123

First moment I saw rolling balls towards me, I'm getting out of the way. I can guarantee you would NOT find me sitting in the path of projectiles.

Ask Sam Mac, he used to race too. I'm sure he would have seen what was GOING to happen.

I'd take the side impact chance. Turn into a driveway quick!

Call me crazy but I'd prolly keep driving till I get past the hauler. But I drive a taller pickup than a low sports car.

Grinding balls.
I have hauled them before on a flatbed with sides.
Used in processing ore.
They also use iron rods in this process as well.
Should be illegal (probably is) to haul this kind of stuff in vans loose like that.