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orange4boy · 12-21-2009, 06:37 PM

Well ecomodding will be delayed for a while...

We had a torrential rainstorm last night and when we were getting ready to leave for work, My father who lives up the hill from us, came over to tell us the bridge was out. The creek had risen so much our bridge had been acting like a dam. It's a log bridge with fill on top and the water undermined one side partially collapsing the bridge and washing the fill off the middle.

We just got in from dragging 2, 24 foot 6x12s from the upper property down to the creek for a temporary crossing. We are hoping to get some 8x16 glue lams from our neighbour to lay down for a permanent fix later today. Looks like the ElecTrak will be called in for duty again.

The new winch I attached came in very handy to pull the beams out of the bush and to push them across the gap. We put down a 2 x 12 and pushed them across with each beam held up under the front of the ET by the winch. No back breaking work required.

Bridge has been there for 30 years. Two winters of massive rainfalls have done her in. Last year must have done some damage and last night finished the job.

Looks like we need more ecomodders quick!

12-21-2009, 06:37 PM	#142 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	Well ecomodding will be delayed for a while... We had a torrential rainstorm last night and when we were getting ready to leave for work, My father who lives up the hill from us, came over to tell us the bridge was out. The creek had risen so much our bridge had been acting like a dam. It's a log bridge with fill on top and the water undermined one side partially collapsing the bridge and washing the fill off the middle. We just got in from dragging 2, 24 foot 6x12s from the upper property down to the creek for a temporary crossing. We are hoping to get some 8x16 glue lams from our neighbour to lay down for a permanent fix later today. Looks like the ElecTrak will be called in for duty again. The new winch I attached came in very handy to pull the beams out of the bush and to push them across the gap. We put down a 2 x 12 and pushed them across with each beam held up under the front of the ET by the winch. No back breaking work required. Bridge has been there for 30 years. Two winters of massive rainfalls have done her in. Last year must have done some damage and last night finished the job. Looks like we need more ecomodders quick! __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist.