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At a farm in Wisconsin. Farm is big, but looks like it only houses large equipment.

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[–] quams69@lemmy.world 92 points 11 months ago (5 children)
[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This. The ramp is a giveaway.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I'm new here. What ramp?

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[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

If you hadn't said it it wouldn't have been so obvious to me

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yup. It's a nice one too. Not surrounded by fence and trees and junk

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

RC

remote control?

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

There are various size classes

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The element that makes me think no one has gotten it right are the stairs. People enter and exit this when it is full.

I am willing to wager internet points that this is for washing or fluid based differentiation of materials. The dividers structure would be some form of flow distribution control or cleanup system.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Speculating, but maybe a runoff pond/detention basin?

Looks like the asphalt slopes toward it which would direct stormwater into it. There's also a pump-looking gizmo in the lower-right corner that appears to have a discharge hose away from the property.

[–] naharin@feddit.nu 6 points 11 months ago

Or for propane tanks. They need to have an area underneath to catch the gas if they star leaking. And the bumps can be some kind of foundation for putting the tanks. It looks like it could hold two tanks next to each other.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But why the humps and the ladder?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, the steps could be a safety device if you fell in since there's no safety rails around it. The humps are probably just sediment buildup.

Again, I'm speculating, but I've seen those kinds of basins before.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've seen them too but never with humps and a ladder

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It looks DIY, so I'm willing to accept the ladder. The humps are a bit of a mystery, but from the look of the dirt between the asphalt and the pond, I can see them being sediment buildup from the runoff. Not sure why they're in those configurations, though, but that'll have to remain a mystery for someone else to solve lol.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Probably just ordered too much gravel and put it somewhere and ended up with the humps. I agree though, looks very DIY.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Speculation but: Children.

If you have something that looks like a pool they’ll go swimming.

The ladder gets them out and the humps give them a place to stand in the middle to keep their heads above the water line. Their arms get tired very quickly.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

It just doesn't jive at all for me. The humps are too clearly arranged and purposeful.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I was thinking the same. It looks like gravel.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Possibly a slurry pond? The only pools like that I've seen on farms were all on dairies; and they dump the cow piss and shit in them. I've also seen above ground cess pools like this at some industrial factories in the boonies. Used to be a tarmic plant outside my hometown that used one.

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google Lens is suggesting either BMX or archeology

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One of the major problems with pattern recognition is that is only recognizes patterns it already knows.

It is not either of those two things based on the ladder and vent like thing at the end.

[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

So no way out for the archeologs? They supposed to dig their way out?

[–] KinNectar@kbin.run 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Could be a hog house sewage slurry lagoon, I see what looks like a pump out on the far right corner. I'm not sure about the humps on the bottom, but they might control the current to avoid a whirlpool effect when pumping out the pond. Just guessing here.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

This is almost certainly it. I agree those lumps on the bottom look intentionally designed to prevent sloshing when filling the pond

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yep it's a slurry lagoon aka as a stinking shit pond. Since it's unlined it leaks massive quantities of nitrates into the soil and water table.

[–] pixelscience@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

Looks like it would be a fun RC car playground.

[–] Markimus@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

The lumps in the sand are where they bury the bodies

[–] robdor@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 11 months ago

It's a model of a bigger pit.

[–] EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 11 months ago

It’s a built in take out container

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Fat tire skateboarding

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Considering it's in Wisconsin, my vote is a DIY ice skating rink with the waterproof bottom removed for the summer

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Leech pit.

No, not that kind.

The kind where they keep leeches.

[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

The subject of Mouserat's greatest hit.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

possible maintenance on various large equipment?

You drive them into and then onto those pillow shapeed humps, giving you acees to their under carriage?

Oil changes, transmission work, etc..

You can't exact floor jack up a combine..

Pure speculation..

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Maintenance on most large farm equipment is performed from the side. In a pinch, the undercarriage is also usually several feet off the ground at rest because it needs significantly more ground clearance than a road vehicle.

As for changing tires and such, actually you do floor jack up a combine. It's just a really beefy hydraulic jack.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

A very small area for that and there would need to be an entrance or exit. The stairs look like they are in the way.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yep..

Harvest season Funtime ballpit?

[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To small. It's a track for RC cars.

[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that makes more sense

[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Parcour-pitfighting, Dana White's newest blunder.

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago

Maybe they unearthed the septic system for maintenance recently?

[–] spez_@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Animal bath?

[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

they opened up that fucking pit and had the WALL OF DEATh, and now well... gotta do something with the leftovers.

[–] frosty99c@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

I was going to say BMX or dirt bike practice course But the steps and the weird pump thing in the bottom right corner would get in the way.

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