Any ideas on how to build a bridge?

[RammyMP]

Every bridge I’ve built has ended in tears. This was the last one: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/great...

[dhutch]

RammyMP said:

Every bridge I’ve built has ended in tears. This was the last one: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/great...

I remember that when it happened, not far from us at all.

[lear]

The steels arrived today...:



And some footings built up to level off to the opposite bank...:



Starting to feel this is a lot of building to cross a not quite 2 metre gap. Culvert, couple of boards across, old trailer or digging a ford might have been simpler!

[Munter]

lear said:

Starting to feel this is a lot of building to cross a not quite 2 metre gap. Culvert, couple of boards across, old trailer or digging a ford might have been simpler!

Oh no. None of that. We're all looking forward to seeing your magnificent erection. Not some muddy tunnel.

[williamp]

If I were you I'd get this bridge:

http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/offer/tracked-vehicl...

No planning permission needed, 50 ton capacity and a free tank for..you know....tank stuff

[DoubleD]

Munter said:

Oh no. None of that. We're all looking forward to seeing your magnificent erection. Not some muddy tunnel.

Ha ha

[DonkeyApple]

lear said:

The steels arrived today...:



And some footings built up to level off to the opposite bank...:



Starting to feel this is a lot of building to cross a not quite 2 metre gap. Culvert, couple of boards across, old trailer or digging a ford might have been simpler!

Building something simple and cheap has a charm. But not as much as constructing something that can facilitate the Third Reich.

[Flibble]

williamp said:

If I were you I'd get this bridge:

http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/offer/tracked-vehicl...

No planning permission needed, 50 ton capacity and a free tank for..you know....tank stuff

That engine can't be running right though, it's spewing smoke like a steam engine.

[biggiles]

Flibble said:

williamp said:

If I were you I'd get this bridge:

http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/offer/tracked-vehicl...

No planning permission needed, 50 ton capacity and a free tank for..you know....tank stuff

That engine can't be running right though, it's spewing smoke like a steam engine.

Better get ordering before October as "IF YOU ARE SHIPPING TO THE EU WE OFFER COMPLETE DELIVERY STRAIGHT TO THE BUYER’S DOOR." Delivery is more complex outside the EU (though perhaps they balance that with more flexibility in how "WEAPONS SYSTEMS CAN BE DISARMED IN ACCORDANCE ... WITH THE REGULATIONS OF EACH STATE" for the other vehicles (T-72 anyone?).

Great seeing how the bridge(s) are progressing. How much load do you think it will be able to carry? An ag trailer can be >10 tonnes across a few closely-packed wheels.

[Murph7355]

lear said:

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Starting to feel this is a lot of building to cross a not quite 2 metre gap. Culvert, couple of boards across, old trailer or digging a ford might have been simpler!

King of understatement

[lear]

Have had a bit of a bridge building hiatus given the weather. Not exactly Whaley Bridge but heavy rain and heavy clay meant the excavator couldn’t slither across. Restarted today and finally we have something traversing it in vaguely the right direction:




And an exciting pic of a load of hard core to build up the approaches...(I am getting that slightly sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut feeling again)...:

[lear]

biggiles said:

Great seeing how the bridge(s) are progressing. How much load do you think it will be able to carry? An ag trailer can be >10 tonnes across a few closely-packed wheels.

Oh it won’t be anything like that - its primarily for a Massey 135 plus big flail mower and that sort of thing - 2 tonnes tops. Possibly an excavator as have decided I need/want one! It’s been ‘designed’ to take 3 tonnes though that’s possibly stretching the definition a bit...

[timf]

6 pages in and no mention of the top gear bridge over the river Kok PH is failing

[lear]

At long last I can now declare us bridged! Pretty much finished today except for some logging and tidying up.

The approach:


The view from any passing ships:


The deck:


The inaugural crossing:


Nobody died...:


Thanks for all the advice on the way through!

[Lemming Train]

That is awesome. I want one and I don't even have a stream running through my garden .

[pidsy]

Well done.

PH - Over engineering matters!

[seiben]

This is just the most ridiculous thing. Well done.

[Zetec-S]

Lemming Train said:

That is awesome. I want one and I don't even have a stream running through my garden .

Sounds like you need to refer to the "diverting a river" thread first

[AlmostUseful]

lear said:

At long last I can now declare us bridged!

Nobody died...:

Well where's the fun in that? I was looking forward to "Help, how do a I get a crane down here to rescue my Massey"

[dhutch]

lear said:

At long last I can now declare us bridged!



Nobody died...:

Boss. Good work!