Not mentioned are the rebar with road flares attached to ignite the gasoline, but you seen them in the video.
This is the Fireball Target for the beginning of the Long-Range event:
More explosives, more gasoline, more thump, and more fiery delightfulness:
Added 5/16/2026 to help answer the question in the comments about the cost:
Each of those targets are 2.8 pounds of Boomerite. There is also another target out of sight under the visible layer (we had an extra target). The materials cost for each target is just under $13.00. That gives us $143 in explosives cost. There are 20 road flares at $2.81 each. That is $56.25. There are probably about 15 surveyors’ stakes. Each stake is about $0.60. So that adds about $9.00. Throw in the rubber bands and old cardboard for free and we end up with $208.25 for the base. There were 26 gallons of gasoline. It is ethanol free (from my brother’s 500-gallon tank on the farm) which cost $5.00/gallon. That is $130.00.
Total materials cost $338.25.
The sand has to be replaced every couple of years and costs about $200 (including delivery) each time. That adds another $100. Hence, each of those fireballs is about $440 just in materials.
Any bigger and it’s going to show up on the Ruskies’ early warning launch screens… 🙂
I just realized… I don’t know how much the boomerite costs, but that’s well over a Benjamin in go juice!
That’s an order of magnitude more efficient at turning money into noise than 4th of July fireworks!
Read my addendum. The total cost is about $440/fireball in materials. Nothing left but smoke, a crater, and echoes after four seconds. Well, there are some memories which will last a lifetime.