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Well, assuming the minimum depth is even as low as three feet, the deceased is up to six feet tall and there's maybe a foot of additional space (thickness of co
by philk 17y ago
Well, assuming the minimum depth is even as low as three feet, the deceased is up to six feet tall and there's maybe a foot of additional space (thickness of coffin, the pointy drill bit, satin pillows, etc.) you're now looking at a ten foot long coffin. This seems to be a bit unwieldy at best, particularly when you've got to stand it up to bore into the ground.
- electromagnetic 17y agoYou can have a funeral in winter before the frost line raises, however it'll destroy this. Frost doesn't stop a backhoe, I'd bet a lot of money it would stop this because the torque required to break and shift frozen soil is immense, especially considering it has to displace its entire volume around the coffin.
- bmelton 17y agoWell, to be fair, the entire idea is really quite stupid (in my opinion.) It's novel, to be sure, but realistically, at least in most of the US, it would just be easier to use a boring drill to make the hole, and then lower a regular (or even torpedo-shaped) coffin into it.