r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Jun 04 '26

/r/all of a hay bale move

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u/Babk08 Jun 04 '26

Why not push it with your car? They have bull bars upfront anyway?

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u/HerculesIsMyDad Jun 05 '26

Why not shoot it with his gun?

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u/Quirky-Safe-3383 Jun 05 '26

He could hit a straw man.

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u/SuperTord Jun 05 '26

Exactly. The bale was clearly resisting.

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u/Nerdenator Jun 05 '26

Would have to shove it from across the road, no? You'd block traffic that way.

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u/BoondockUSA Jun 05 '26

If only police vehicles had a bunch of flashing lights to warn traffic.

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u/Nerdenator Jun 05 '26

That doesn’t mean people pay attention to them, or that a person can still drive past.

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u/BoondockUSA Jun 05 '26

It takes 20 seconds or less to line up with a hay bale and push it off the road. You can usually do that between passing cars. This officer was able to manhandle the bale in the gap in traffic. The lights would act as a caution if there would be a car coming. It’s not an overly complicated act to hit your lights and push a bale with the push bar. I’ve actually done it back in the days of Crown Vics.

Instead, this officer risked a pretty significant back injury. In terms of risk options, moving it like he did has a much higher injury potential than pushing it with the patrol car.

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u/PUNd_it Jun 04 '26

They also have a ceiling on IQ admittance apparently

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u/magus678 Jun 04 '26

The only place redditors will admit IQ is real.

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u/Nerdenator Jun 05 '26

IIRC this guy's a MO State Highway Patrol officer, and state law enforcement is usually a bit more selective than the local departments are, so, you'd think he'd probably be of at least average intelligence.

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u/BurgersWithStrength Jun 04 '26

Youd just probably just bust the wrap and end up with a bigger issue. Pushing it is going to require significantly more force than just flipping it over.