{"id":1311,"date":"2013-07-19T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2013-07-19T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T18:17:49","slug":"acme-catapult-is-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/acme-catapult-is-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Acme Catapult is for sale!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you or someone you know looking for a fun hobby for yourself and a few buddies?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acmecatapult.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Acme Catapult is officially for sale! \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acmecatapult.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acmecatapult.com\/media\/PjsPhotoForWeb2.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After 18 years of catapulting adventures, Bob and Doug have decided to retire from chuckin.\u00a0 The ACME Catapult, Bambulance, and all equipment and spare parts are for sale.\u00a0It was a tough year long decision, but its time to let fresh blood carry on and even set new records.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: this is an extreme hobby, but one that can pay for itself if you promote the machine and are willing to travel a little.\u00a0They have done many \u201cFor Hire\u201d events in addition to several TV appearances.\u00a0 What sets this machine apart is its awesome strength.\u00a0 It can easily hurl objects up to 200 pounds and can set, fire and reset every 15 minutes all day long.<\/p>\n<p>They are selling the entire package;\u00a0all spare parts, including over 80 springs, two throwing arms, two complete hydraulic power units,\u00a0hyd. hoses,\u00a0extra cables, numerous bags and slings, ladders, tool boxes,\u00a0and tools, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Please call Bob 309-202-0676 or Doug 309-712-2278 for more information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acmecatapult.com\/\">http:\/\/www.acmecatapult.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[The ACME Catapult is the tandem axle monster pumpkin catapult machine\u00a0that was seen on national television throwing lawn equipment\u00a0high into the air on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;My Kind of Town&#8221; and also hurling large appliances on\u00a0NBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Tonight Show with Jay Leno&#8221;.\u00a0 You may have also seen it\u00a0tossing pumpkins\u00a0on the\u00a0TLC Special &#8220;Punkin Chunkin&#8221;, which was filmed at the 2002 World Championship Punkin Chunkin competition in Delaware. \u00a0The ACME Catapult team started in 1996 with a much smaller catapult designed to throw pumpkins at a local Pumpkin Festival Contest. Since then the catapult has grown into a tandem axle monster capable of hurling refrigerators and lawn tractors high into the air, or throwing a ten-pound pumpkin 2000 feet!]<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Kurt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you or someone you know looking for a fun hobby for yourself and a few buddies? Acme Catapult is officially for sale! \u00a0 After 18 years of catapulting adventures, Bob and Doug have decided to retire from chuckin.\u00a0 The ACME Catapult, Bambulance, and all equipment and spare parts are for sale.\u00a0It was a tough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[110,107,112],"tags":[21,22,20,23,19,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1316,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}