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Post by Dan Laverty on Jul 12, 2007 8:18:10 GMT -5
In my travels around the internet recently I have come across an event that is done at "Musters" around the country. It could be a very unique event that could be set up at a tournament as a fund raiser by charging people a few bucks to participate.  In the "barrel squirt" a steel barrel is hung from a steel cable stretched between to fixed poles. The barrel is on a ring that allows it to slide along the wire. Two teams try to push the barrel with large streams of water back over the heads of the opposing team.   |
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Post by 911pix on Jul 12, 2007 8:48:07 GMT -5
Dunno if anyone has noticed, but they have that exact same setup at Ridge (with a beer keg suspended) at the edge of the park over by the parking lot at the end of the track...
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Post by limphose on Jul 12, 2007 8:50:36 GMT -5
Ridge used to have that set up on the back run out track by the water trough. Don't know if it's still there.
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Post by limphose on Jul 12, 2007 8:51:43 GMT -5
Sorry 911, we must have posted at the same time.
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Post by Dan Laverty on Jul 12, 2007 8:52:57 GMT -5
I have never seen it at Ridge and I have never seen it in use either. Just looks like fun to me....
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Post by bangtail2007 on Jul 12, 2007 9:07:11 GMT -5
Back in the late 70's we used to go to Mattydale's Field Days and compete in that contest. Somewhere we have a couple of 1st place trophies. I was a load of fun...got really wet too!!
signed
Bangtail 2007's Dad (retired and miss the hell out of racing)
Pete
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Post by satrdaysrforracing on Jul 12, 2007 9:29:43 GMT -5
farmingville did it like 4 or 5 yrs ago out at ridge at the end of the first ever junior town of brookhaven drill
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Post by diverdown on Jul 12, 2007 11:19:24 GMT -5
Its done alot upstate, except that its called waterball and played with a basketball hanging in a net instead of a barrell.
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Post by ofdndfd493 on Jul 12, 2007 15:44:12 GMT -5
I think its done in places for training with using handlines.
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Post by 106fd on Jul 14, 2007 9:11:35 GMT -5
You guys have been great giving us info so we can enjoy our trips to your events. Here is some info on ours. Here are a few pics from an event we held here in CT on June 3rd. We try to set up our events so that they have a direct corallation to things we do on the fireground. We run 8 events. We start with a Color Guard Competition and end up with the Waterball Event. People ask how does the Waterball come into play on the fireground??? We tell them, the next time your trying to push a fire down the hall and back into the room of origin think of the Waterball Event. The fight is almost the same without the heat or zero visibility. Choose the Category Field Day 2007... You can then click on the Pic to enlarge the ones you want. www.oldsaybrookfire.com/pics.html |
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Post by BTritone on Jul 15, 2007 9:00:42 GMT -5
We used to do it at the Hauppauge F.D's annual picnic behind main house, along with Bucket shed, 3 man ladder and effiency.
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Post by Junior874747 on Jul 15, 2007 19:32:53 GMT -5
If anyone remembers......we did it in Las Vegas in 1997 when the teams went out to race. Lotta fun!
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Post by bigsnot on Jul 16, 2007 16:27:17 GMT -5
THE BARREL SQUIRT is like eff. or 3 man no trucks which means this event sucks.
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Post by cbiscuit on Jul 17, 2007 18:17:30 GMT -5
LOL... I am with you bigsnot...
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