Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Eighty Amish Men Move A House By Hand

Their religious beliefs preclude the use of cranes and tractors and other equipment.  When a house had to be moved onto a new concrete pad, the only way to move it was by hand.



Wasn't that something?  How about 120 Amish men moving a barn?




Holy yoder, batman!  Maybe the Amish built the pyramids.  You never know.  This took place in rural Dalton, Wisconsin.  An Amish man assembled a couple hundred neighbors to move his pole shed from one area of his farm to another.  As word spread it became a sort of event and quite a few spectators turned out.  This was the first time anything like this had been attempted in this settlement. Once the building was lifted it took maybe five minutes to actually move.

Kudos for the care with which the videos were made and edited.  The old order Amish  don't like to be photographed or videotaped.

16 comments:

The Dude said...

I moved one of my sheds by myself. Amish smamish. They don't even have mustaches!

Michael Haz said...

Their step aerobic classes are pretty rough.

ricpic said...

Amish on the roof! Amish on the roof!
It's a conspiracy if you wanna know the troof.
It's those hats they wear give an unfair advantage
Over hatless pagan roofers undone by the slantage.

deborah said...

Snaps for ricpic :)

deborah said...

I'm watching on a small screen, is that dog barking its head off?

Michael Haz said...

Amish rap. Ricpic invented it here. Now he needs a rightful rapper name like DJ Horse Buggy or something.

ndspinelli said...

The Amish are fascinating people. I've worked cases in Amish country and gotten to know them pretty well. They do have their shortcomings. They are like the limeys vis a vis dental care. There's a vegetable/bake stand on Hwy 18 near Fennimore, Wi., an Amish area. The school aged girls run it, they are cute kids until they smile. Sad. Wi. has a lotta Amish, mostly emigrating the last 30 years or so. They sell a lotta products to the big, organic, food processors in western Wi. There was a huge hailstorm a few years back creating the need for tens of thousands new roofs. The Amish were one of the few contractors you could trust. When there's a hailstorm, renegade contractors assemble from all over the country, many from down in Sixty's neck o' the woods!

ndspinelli said...

I was doing a surveillance once following a guy in rural Wi. Following someone in rural areas is quite challenging. You have to let them get ahead in straightaways, then speed up on corners and hills. Well, I am speeding up on a hill, come over the crest, and run into Amish rush hour, 5 buggies varying distance apart. They fucked me! I lost the shitbird.

The Dude said...

DJ English Killer, formerly with AWA (Amish With Attitude).

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Michael, can you add the music soundtrack from Witness to that video?

rcommal said...

This is a wonderful thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuD-7pcjdSk

rcommal said...

As for "Witness," that movie, the majority of Amish in that area, in which that movie was filmed, do not think it's a fine thing. Didn't then, don't now. To the contrary.

rcommal said...

Well, at least not then. When it got filmed. To that, I can attest, for sure, full stop.

WTF? Jeez. Why are you harkening back that sort of thing, anyway?

; )

rcommal said...

What is it about you all, that you feel the need to speak for the Amish in addition to everyone else and don't find that weird?

rcommal said...

That is weird. Check yourself (and yourselves). Because it is: weird.

Icepick said...

Wasn't that something? How about 120 Amish men moving a barn?

Somehow that reminds me of the old Monty Python bit:

CAPTION: 'CONJURING TODAY'

(Fade up on a conjurer with a fright wig and ping-pong eyes. He holds a bloodstained saw.)

Conjurer: Good evening, last week we learned how to saw a lady in half. This week we're going to learn how to saw a lady into three bits and dispose of the body...


Not sure why it reminds me of that, however, as clearly this has more in common with the Larch bits.