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Posted: 4/17/2022 2:19:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/17/2022 2:19:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/17/2022 2:22:12 PM EDT
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I didn't have bridges. I made berms and jumped the gap.
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Posted: 4/18/2022 9:24:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryStupid question: Why did you not remove the axles, or at least the wheels and tires? I know of a few old flatbeds used for bridges and they always removed the axles. |
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Posted: 4/18/2022 4:31:06 PM EDT
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Interesting thread topic, looking forward to this one.
No good examples to show myself. Built a few when I was younger but they weren't really made to last long term. One rotted away after 10 years or so, and I remember another washed away in a flood. Building a house on the property I grew up on and we have a culvert under the driveway at the bottom of the hill for a stream. Might never get to it but sometimes I think it would be nice to get rid of the culvert and go with a bridge. The culvert can be kind of a pain, higher maintenance, and once in a while we'll have rains heavy enough that the culvert can't keep up. It's never a long term problem, maybe the stream runs over for an hour or so, but when that happens it sometimes does some damage. |
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Posted: 4/20/2022 9:06:47 PM EDT
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did a video of the trails/ bridge for the atv/utv's on my property
and like above I thought about a trailer for on other area on my property. it's still an idea  UTV / ATV firewood trail making with bridge for the Polaris ranger on the homestead |
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Posted: 4/20/2022 9:35:31 PM EDT
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6’ wide
Approx 27’ long  Attached File Attached FileAppprox 3’ wide 25’ long  Attached File Attached File Attached FileMight do a cable/suspension style bridge this year. I’ve got quite a bit of 3/8 cable. |
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Posted: 4/20/2022 9:49:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2022 8:18:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 6’ wide Approx 27’ long https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/469047/A871179A-872A-487A-830E-BAAD939A0B12_jpe-2356182.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/469047/062550F2-8662-4479-9C86-EC120D1FBC09_jpe-2356186.JPG Appprox 3’ wide 25’ long https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/469047/C2709DC6-6E74-47FD-AFA6-A15433D98EC4_jpe-2356188.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/469047/222C7345-C7C0-4177-B4AD-2910FDFED629_jpe-2356189.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/469047/0FDB754B-D7C2-4788-AAA9-32B3239E6094_jpe-2356192.JPG Might do a cable/suspension style bridge this year. I’ve got quite a bit of 3/8 cable. Those look dang nice. The support mid span really helps with carry the load, but if that creek takes on much water, it's like a magnet for floating debris that can try to rip the whole thing apart. |
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Posted: 4/21/2022 8:20:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI was just reading an article a week or two back (for the life of me I can't remember where), that a lot of poorer rural counties have been using surplus rail cars to reconstruct old county road bridges. Cool idea. |
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Posted: 4/21/2022 8:46:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Those look dang nice. The support mid span really helps with carry the load, but if that creek takes on much water, it's like a magnet for floating debris that can try to rip the whole thing apart. Thanks for the compliment! I get down in the creek and grab the sticks and stuff that collects. Poles are pinned to the large stones on the bottom and pinned to the deck with rebar. |
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Posted: 4/26/2022 2:44:53 PM EDT
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@Blackfox
I believe he has one on order for his "project" |
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Posted: 4/26/2022 4:06:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Blackfox I believe he has one on order for his "project" You would think it would be easier, but I'm roughly $500K into this project and still have no actual steel. My project is a 100' full span galvanized steel bridge 22' wide with concrete pad and fairly over-engineered abutments. Her weight rating will be 100,000 lbs, which will allow us to have concrete trucks, 18 wheelers and other vehicles (tracked or wheeled) access the island. These are old drawings, but give you the idea. The bridge now has two massive gates included and a squared off profile on the trusses.   Here's a better idea of what it will look like when done:  The existing bridge is a little less glamerous.  |
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Posted: 4/26/2022 5:59:43 PM EDT
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@BlackFox
Impressive!!! I’ve got one more bridge than you right now…….does that make me the winner of something? |
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Posted: 4/26/2022 8:07:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @BlackFox Impressive!!! I’ve got one more bridge than you right now…….does that make me the winner of something? A smarter man than me? The old joke about owning a boat versus having a friend with a boat is a real thing  . The same is true for owning a bridge versus knowing somebody with one. The amount of red tape around boat clearance, weight/vehicle placards, inspections, leases from the State and more are real. I'll have no less than $1M in this 100' bridge and gate system when it's all done. Don't be me 
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Posted: 4/26/2022 8:38:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:A smarter man than me? The old joke about owning a boat versus having a friend with a boat is a real thing . The same is true for owning a bridge versus knowing somebody with one. The amount of red tape around boat clearance, weight/vehicle placards, inspections, leases from the State and more are real. I'll have no less than $1M in this 100' bridge and gate system when it's all done. Don't be me Smarter……unlikely. Gonna put toll gates on it to recoup some costs??? Mine are recycled wood/telephone poles/steel tube drops. Maybe $150-$200 in fasteners/etc. Next bridge will likely be a cable/suspension foot bridge. |
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Posted: 5/10/2022 8:34:24 PM EDT
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any ideas to get over a swampy section?
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Posted: 5/10/2022 10:36:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: any ideas to get over a swampy section? How far a span and what are you driving across? In the construction industry they use “mats” Lumber glued or bolted into squares to spread the weight out. I’ve seen them 10x10 and also made out of large 8x8 timbers |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 9:26:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How far a span and what are you driving across? In the construction industry they use “mats” Lumber glued or bolted into squares to spread the weight out. I’ve seen them 10x10 and also made out of large 8x8 timbers Going off memory, I want to say the last time we priced mats at work they were like $800/each, and I think that was for 10' x 10's. |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 11:36:50 AM EDT
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A new neighbor to me put this bridge in recently. At first, I thought it was two 20' or 30' container flat racks, but I'm not sure now. Can anyone confirm what these were before he turned them into a bridge?
   I have no idea what this spring mechanism is for:    |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 12:06:04 PM EDT
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Flat bed deck with some kind of fold-up ramp or lift gate?
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Posted: 5/11/2022 6:31:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Flat bed deck with some kind of fold-up ramp or lift gate? I’ve seen similar “pallets” at the airport for freight. |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 6:33:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Going off memory, I want to say the last time we priced mats at work they were like $800/each, and I think that was for 10' x 10's. One of my customers at work makes mats in suburban Chicago. I’ve been told I can have my pick of them……no way to haul them though. |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 7:43:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How far a span and what are you driving across? In the construction industry they use “mats” Lumber glued or bolted into squares to spread the weight out. I’ve seen them 10x10 and also made out of large 8x8 timbers Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: any ideas to get over a swampy section? How far a span and what are you driving across? In the construction industry they use “mats” Lumber glued or bolted into squares to spread the weight out. I’ve seen them 10x10 and also made out of large 8x8 timbers maybe 40 feet total. I want to get a UTV/atv and my Kubota L2501 Quoted: One of my customers at work makes mats in suburban Chicago. I’ve been told I can have my pick of them……no way to haul them though. How far are you from the board near Lake Geneva? we can figure out a way 
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Posted: 5/11/2022 8:37:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: maybe 40 feet total. I want to get a UTV/atv and my Kubota L2501 How far are you from the board near Lake Geneva? we can figure out a way They are approx 10 miles west of the Illinois/Indiana border. One of our bridges is ATV/UTV safe…..no way my L2501 is going over it though!! I’ve scaled it at 4000 pounds. |
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Posted: 5/12/2022 7:55:04 AM EDT
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Any idea how much weight a flat bed deck can handle as a bridge?
I need to rebuild a ~40 bridge and it will need to support cattle haulers w/40k+ lbs of calves. I’m thinking two flat beds side by side could handle it? I’ve got some big 5’ plastic culverts I considered using but I’m not really confident in that. I don’t want to spend $500k, but I also don’t want a load of calves in the canal. |
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Posted: 5/12/2022 9:41:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Any idea how much weight a flat bed deck can handle as a bridge? I need to rebuild a ~40 bridge and it will need to support cattle haulers w/40k+ lbs of calves. I’m thinking two flat beds side by side could handle it? I’ve got some big 5’ plastic culverts I considered using but I’m not really confident in that. I don’t want to spend $500k, but I also don’t want a load of calves in the canal. I'm no engineer, but I've operated and transported heavy equipment most of my life. Two flat bed semi trailers side by side should carry the weight easily. That would only be 10 tons each. Depending on how often it's used for heavy loads, you may want to pour reinforced concrete abutments at each end for them to sit on, possibly with piles driven beneath for a foundation if soil is sandy or loose. I would definitely tie them together with straps welded to frames beneath and welds where they contact each other at the top to prevent them from moving independently with load and vibration from traffic. |
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Posted: 5/13/2022 6:30:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm no engineer, but I've operated and transported heavy equipment most of my life. Two flat bed semi trailers side by side should carry the weight easily. That would only be 10 tons each. Depending on how often it's used for heavy loads, you may want to pour reinforced concrete abutments at each end for them to sit on, possibly with piles driven beneath for a foundation if soil is sandy or loose. I would definitely tie them together with straps welded to frames beneath and welds where they contact each other at the top to prevent them from moving independently with load and vibration from traffic. Thanks. It would have concrete piles and abutments. Pretty sandy soil and, during the occasional hurricane, the canal can get a good flow going. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:24:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A new neighbor to me put this bridge in recently. At first, I thought it was two 20' or 30' container flat racks, but I'm not sure now. Can anyone confirm what these were before he turned them into a bridge? https://i.imgur.com/BylZeF4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tGq34Z3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5ogATxx.jpg I have no idea what this spring mechanism is for: https://i.imgur.com/Ivhp6NY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WUKJ3bV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MjGwJPk.jpg 
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