Well I know this is an old video about 3 weeks old but anyhow that walkway looks good brother but you're going to have to do something you going to have to sharpen that damn chainsaw blade bro that thing's dollars and dog can be over doll but anywho sharpen that thing man maybe to work a little bit better I was doing is blown out dust okay keep up the good work You're doing good
You better watch it driving that tractor over that loaded with material!! You should have used atleast 3x lumber even 4x. That 2x stuff will not hold up And you will get severe sagging in the center over a short period of time.
We are going to build a 40’ steel beam bridge sometime soon. Already have the beans just haven’t had the time. The wooden brushes are just for walking and 4wheelers. Definitely not capable of holding up a tractor.
We use the bridges mainly for foot traffic (nature walks) and 4 wheelers. Small tires and small feet apply the force on a small sections of the bridge at a time so the boards flex. The border helps spread the force out to multiple boards and prevents a lot of the flexing. A lot of folks put perpendicular boards along the center of their bridges but I was concerned with people tripping as they walk or run across. Another reason is that it looks better and covers any differences in the deck board lengths. Thanks for the question and good luck with your bridges!
According to the telephone pole spec sheet, a pole this size at a 20' moment (center of span) is around 2,500lbs per pole. However these are old, used poles so we dont take anything heaver than 4wheelers or bigger utvs across them. We will be building a 3rd large bridge and will use 3 or maybe even 4 poles. Still not enough for me to drive a tractor across but will give us some comfort carrying trailers across.
I didn’t have the cameras on the day we pushed the logs across the creek. We will be building an additional bridge in the future and I’ll do a video on how we get the poles across. We only use this bridge for foot traffic and 4 wheelers. The next bridge will have to hold up a tractor and will have a third and maybe a 4th pole. Video yet to come.
Unfortunately, I forgot my camera that day. We used a chain to drag the poles to the side of the creek. Then we put the tractor bucket, scoop down, on the end of the pole and used the tractor to push the pole across as far as it would go. The heavy end of the pole was the push side. Honestly it surprised me how far the pole was able to reach out before starting to tip. The poles both made it to the other side without too much sagging. We only needed to jack each pole up about 18 inches to get it completely up on the bank. This is the only way we could do it since we had no access to the other side of the creek. We thought about it for months before I decided to just give it a shot. We discussed chains and pullies, guide poles, and even using a track ho. None of those were really an option so we just rolled our sleeves up and started pushing. As with most things, sometimes the easiest way is the best way and this time it worked out. Thanks for the comment! - trey
