We kicked around a ton of ideas about a crossing that will last and yet be cost effective. By a complete stroke of luck I was speaking to a friend from high school and he just happens to manage a trucking company for another fella we went to school with and they had 2 decommissioned flatbeds on the yard that I COULD HAVE FOR FREE!
That alone saved a projected 3000.00 off the project, I contacted another friend that runs hotshot work and 900.00 later and extremely overweight and over length 40ft trailer and dodge pickup rolled into the driveway a few days later.(we paid the yard hands 200.00 to load them)
Once we got them unloaded which was more than a handful for a single JD tractor we started stripping them down the frame. Once stripped we could see all the issues and make a plan to fix them, today we plan on doing some welding repairs to some gussets and a good power washing followed by a heavy layer of Red Oxide paint on the first 53 footer!
Once both trailers are complete and in place that will form a bridge 16ft wide50ft long
For reference in this first picture is the crossing and those culverts are 36 inches tall. The plan is to install 6ft x 2ft x 2ft concrete bin blocks at a cost of 45.00 each (roughly 4000lbs each) an build footings on each end and in the middle building the whole crossing up 6 ft higher than it is and completely remove the current structure. The Southern side will be heavily armored with"Rip Rap" at a cost of 22.00 a yard.
That alone saved a projected 3000.00 off the project, I contacted another friend that runs hotshot work and 900.00 later and extremely overweight and over length 40ft trailer and dodge pickup rolled into the driveway a few days later.(we paid the yard hands 200.00 to load them)
Once we got them unloaded which was more than a handful for a single JD tractor we started stripping them down the frame. Once stripped we could see all the issues and make a plan to fix them, today we plan on doing some welding repairs to some gussets and a good power washing followed by a heavy layer of Red Oxide paint on the first 53 footer!
Once both trailers are complete and in place that will form a bridge 16ft wide50ft long
For reference in this first picture is the crossing and those culverts are 36 inches tall. The plan is to install 6ft x 2ft x 2ft concrete bin blocks at a cost of 45.00 each (roughly 4000lbs each) an build footings on each end and in the middle building the whole crossing up 6 ft higher than it is and completely remove the current structure. The Southern side will be heavily armored with"Rip Rap" at a cost of 22.00 a yard.
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