These puppies are awesome when they are engineered correctly.
Like for throwing Pumpkins??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nomeW2FDDtM
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The trebuchet was essentially an engine for destroying the defenses of a fortification , so that it might be entered by means of scaling ladders or in other ways. From experiments with models of good size and from other sources I find that the largest trebuchets those with arms of about 50 ft. in length and counterpoises of about 20,000 lbs. - were capable of slinging a Stone 300 lbs. in weight to a distance of 300 yards
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or cars!!! 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiXXPMezTV0
or piano's!! 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F92FQdnLlSc
or cars & pianos 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVAD...eature=related
The 2008 pumpkin throwing world record is 1897 ft... 
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=1&gl=us
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