Leeds bridge removal fail

[bobtail4x4]

https://youtu.be/LUQYNWXjm9M

[gazza285]

Oops. Bit too heavy for the trailer by the looks of it.

[The Mad Monk]

bobtail4x4 said:

https://youtu.be/LUQYNWXjm9M

Why does he talk like that?

[RDM]

The Mad Monk said:

Why does he talk like that?

Think it’s some kind of YouTube translation bot doing the narration. Lots of YouTube videos use similar and it makes many of them unwatchable.

[Stella Tortoise]

The Mad Monk said:

Why does he talk like that?

It’s Yorkshire.

[CoolHands]

Who pays for the replacement piece of bridge then

[Condi]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Not quite AI, but text to speech.

[gazza285]

CoolHands said:

Who pays for the replacement piece of bridge then

That is already paid for, the bit that dropped off the trailer is part of the old bridge that was being removed.

[Wotzname]

Shirley, would logic and common sense suggest it would be easier to transport the block in smaller, more manageable sections ?

No wonder the roads are f'ked if you're going to start moving 120 tonnes of concrete on the back of a trailer.

Really does beggar belief

[Big Rig]

Wotzname said:

Shirley, would logic and common sense suggest it would be easier to transport the block in smaller, more manageable sections ?

No wonder the roads are f'ked if you're going to start moving 120 tonnes of concrete on the back of a trailer.

Really does beggar belief

Shame all those engineers & workers didn’t have you around last night to ask before the lift.

[Wotzname]

Big Rig said:

Wotzname said:

Shirley, would logic and common sense suggest it would be easier to transport the block in smaller, more manageable sections ?

No wonder the roads are f'ked if you're going to start moving 120 tonnes of concrete on the back of a trailer.

Really does beggar belief

Shame all those engineers & workers didn’t have you around last night to ask before the lift.

Not really my thing buddy

I'm just the one with the logic and common sense, and in five minutes I found this on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prXWeIJ8-SI

Not really rocket science is it, if you employ the right people to do a job.

[fiatpower]

Looks to me like they were trying to do it in a night/weekend. Cutting into small pieces would take a lot longer so i'd say they took the right approach but someone got the calculation slightly wrong. Sure it'll all come out in the HSE investigation.

[gazza285]

Wotzname said:

Not really my thing buddy

I'm just the one with the logic and common sense, and in five minutes I found this on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prXWeIJ8-SI

Not really rocket science is it, if you employ the right people to do a job.

You cannot compare removing a section of the deck with removing one of the beams. The deck has already been removed from the beams at the Leeds bridge, and you cannot exactly cut the beam into manageable pieces without it falling down. Much easier to lift it down whole, and rather than close down a major route while you chop it up, transport it out of the city centre.

Obviously this relies on your trailer not failing.

[CubanPete]

The ambulance and the police confirmed nothing happened...

[944 Man]

Wotzname said:

Shirley, would logic and common sense suggest it would be easier to transport the block in smaller, more manageable sections ?

No wonder the roads are f'ked if you're going to start moving 120 tonnes of concrete on the back of a trailer.

Really does beggar belief

So does your lack of understanding.

[Biggus thingus]

The way this thread has gone is so typical of most threads nowadays. Antagonistic and aggressive

I blame covid/lockdown for this total lack of patience

It's like a pile on for anyone who dares to offer an innocent, and well intentioned opinion

The bridge removal experts move in and get all aggressive on a poster who has dared to offer an opinion. It's pathetic and it impacts on other people who, i'm sure, decide not to bother contributing because the "experts" will be along shortly to "correct" and humiliate anyone who's dared to contribute.

I live near Leeds and the pot hole situation is ridiculous but i better keep me gob shut for fear of reprisals from far more informed posters. Sad

[bobbo89]

Biggus thingus said:

The way this thread has gone is so typical of most threads nowadays. Antagonistic and aggressive

I blame covid/lockdown for this total lack of patience

It's like a pile on for anyone who dares to offer an innocent, and well intentioned opinion

The bridge removal experts move in and get all aggressive on a poster who has dared to offer an opinion. It's pathetic and it impacts on other people who, i'm sure, decide not to bother contributing because the "experts" will be along shortly to "correct" and humiliate anyone who's dared to contribute.

I live near Leeds and the pot hole situation is ridiculous but i better keep me gob shut for fear of reprisals from far more informed posters. Sad

Or maybe if you admittedly know st all about civil engineering you might think twice about wading in cock sure with your 'common sense' based opinion...?

One 120T trailer with its load spread across several axles that likely has 4 wheels per axle will have zero detrimental effect to the surface and base course of the highway. The reason the roads throughout the UK are fked is due to constant stat co's upgrading, maintaining or repairing their apparatus, the UK climate which means we have a lot of rain and in winter a lot of sub zero RST's and mainly a lack of investment from the top which doesn't provide sufficient funding for a proper maintenance schedule.

[eharding]

Biggus thingus said:

The way this thread has gone is so typical of most threads nowadays. Antagonistic and aggressive

I blame covid/lockdown for this total lack of patience

It's like a pile on for anyone who dares to offer an innocent, and well intentioned opinion

The bridge removal experts move in and get all aggressive on a poster who has dared to offer an opinion. It's pathetic and it impacts on other people who, i'm sure, decide not to bother contributing because the "experts" will be along shortly to "correct" and humiliate anyone who's dared to contribute.

I live near Leeds and the pot hole situation is ridiculous but i better keep me gob shut for fear of reprisals from far more informed posters. Sad

Did you have a previous PH existence on which to base your opinion of how things are 'nowadays', or are you just using your whole nine months of experience to give you a sense of profound PistonHead gravitas?

As for the mild bickering on this thread - relax, it's just a few armchair demolition experts and civil engineering anoraks flirting with each other. No cause for alarm.

[PH User]

Wotzname said:

Shirley, would logic and common sense suggest it would be easier to transport the block in smaller, more manageable sections ?

No wonder the roads are f'ked if you're going to start moving 120 tonnes of concrete on the back of a trailer.

Really does beggar belief

Yeah, all those engineers who've trained for years should just ask some random bloke off the internet.

[gazza285]

Biggus thingus said:

The way this thread has gone is so typical of most threads nowadays. Antagonistic and aggressive

Haven't seen much antagonism or aggression on this thread, it is all very tame compared to most of the threads in N,P and E.