My ditch bridge

[webfoot]

The fence builder started building fence on the neighbors and then mine. We talked to him last night. Said it would be quicker and easier to come in through my place. He asked if he could pull a goose neck trailer with a load of fence supplies in that way. The neighbor and I both said the road would be good but the bridge over the ditch is a bit sketchy. Well he tried it today. He didn't have the trailer square behind him. So he went across but the trailer missed the bridge. Had I been home and if he stopped as soon as it happened. We could have unloaded the trailer with the tractor and then used the tractor to pick up the back of the empty trailer and set it on the bridge. But instead he used the truck and a skid steer to pull it on across totally dismantling the bridge. Note in the one picture two full bundles of T posts now forming a dam in the ditch. I called and left a message with a guy who has a sawmill about 3x12 that are 16 feet long. Fence guy gets to go into the bridge repair business.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

What a mess, some guys just don't care or are just ignorant

 

[Faster horses]

Gosh, what a mess!!! I hope he learned something.

 

[webfoot]

I believe he simply followed my tracks leading to and off the bridge. Of course I just drive the quad across it. It is not a straight shot on either side so he was too far to the right and the trailer wasn't following right in his tracks. I am not sure if the trailer actually missed the bridge or if it was just too far to that side and out beyond the stringers. Either way the majority of the decking is destroyed.

 

[Puzzled]

Hopefully Jell0shotz is still tuned in to Ranchers, so he can see how not to cross a bridge.

 

[webfoot]

I gave Jelloshotz this guys phone number. If he had gone to work for him it would have been an interesting day for him yesterday. Two of his hired guys were stripped down to their BVD's in the ditch fishing out T posts. Turned out there was 3 bundles. The first bundle had broken so they were pulling out posts one or two at a time. Second bundle we hooked on to it with my tactor. Got it to the edge of the ditch before it blew up. Majority of the posts were still in their 5 post bundles. Still a by hand passing them out of the ditch. Used a piece of bale twine to get chains around both ends of the third bundle. It got lifted out in one piece. I thought about getting my camera and taking a picture.

 

[Puzzled]

How many 5 post bundles in each of the larger bundles ?

Gosh, what a mess!!! I hope he learned something.

From this day forward the driver will be known as "He Who Missed the Bridge" :)

 

[webfoot]

How many 5 post bundles in each of the larger bundles ?


From this day forward the driver will be known as "He Who Missed the Bridge" :)

I don't know how many posts are in the large bundle. So my answer is a guess. I would say 100 post but there might be more.

 

[webfoot]

The new bridge which the fence builders installed yesterday. They bought the decking and used RR ties from my pile to replace all the stringers. I need to bring up some big rock to fill that hole to the right. Also I have a pile of old bridge to burn this winter.

 

[Puzzled]

The new bridge which the fence builders installed yesterday. They bought the decking and used RR ties from my pile to replace all the stringers. I need to bring up some big rock to fill that hole to the right. Also I have a pile of old bridge to burn this winter.

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Looks like more material came out of the old bridge than went into the new one.

 

[webfoot]

Looks like more material came out of the old bridge than went into the new one.

Actually less material just shorter pieces. I have now found 3 different big pieces hung up on the boards at a couple ditch weer further down stream. They can stay until we shut the ditch down this fall. I don't feel like going wading to remove a chunk of lumber that isn't hurting anything.

 

[Puzzled]

The new bridge looks good :)