Nicely done. This is exactly what I was looking for. I will use your bridge-a-macational knowledge to build my tractor bridge over a small water run-off ditch. I truly enjoyed your video. Thanks. Just joined ya.
8:33 You are smarter than an engineer brother. Them engineers are worthless, they try to tell us how to build power lines we laugh. Great job on the bridge.
Ok, this is crazy but i just posted a video asking my viewers to give me suggestions on what i should do about a small water way on my property. 5 of my subs sent me links to this video today. thanks for posting this. I think i may use it. Hello from Northern Wisconsin.
Wow... that's great. Glad I could help. This one works for me. I think the construction (wood over metal) would work for a bridge a lot longer than this one (for a wider creek)... but I'm not sure how long you could actually go. Glad to have you on the channel. I'll check yours out :)
Love this! Quick question, are those cinder block footings on each bank? Or did you pour some concrete footings for the bridge to rest on? Thanks for sharing!
The blocks are just sitting on the bank... no footing. On a few of them I had to dig out a little of the dirt to make all 4 of them level on one side. As far as I've seen in the past, the water doesn't rise up high enough in this area to wash around the blocks... but we'll see.
Thanks for this video! I have a similar sized ditch and am planning a bridge much like this. I happen to have some concrete parking space stoppers/bumpers that the ends of the bridge will rest on and will drive rebar through the holes in the bumpers to help keep them in place. Do I need to attach the main wooden beams of the bridge somehow to the concrete it rests on or maybe bolt it to some 4x4 posts sunk into the ground behind the concrete bumpers? Is your bridge just resting on the blocks or is it attached somehow?
It's just resting on blocks, and I've seen signs of erosion under the blocks. It's making me nervous, so I just put in a corrugated pipe beside this bridge (like the video below) I'll probably pull this bridge out and use the metal and wood for other projects. For that reason, I would recommend doing this: ua-cam.com/video/_Zwc7DTS9Ro/v-deo.html But, you may not have problems if you anchor your bridge better than I did...
How's the bridge? Is it still in place and safe? We have a John Deere 541 tractor with bush hog that will use our bridge. Should we build a wooden bridge or us a culvert?
Yep.. it's still in place.. BUT... I wish I had put in a culvert. I did a culvert in a different place and I like it better. Here's my culvert installation: ua-cam.com/video/_Zwc7DTS9Ro/v-deo.html
The only thing I wonder about is putting the lag screws in on the bottom instead of the sides. The bridge is going to flex up and down the same way that the lag screw will work itself out, down. If they were on the sides then it seems like they would stay in place better.
Interesting point. I used the existing holes in the angle iron. I won't use the bridge often, but you might be right about the flex. I think if it did happen, there wouldn't be a problem because the wood would still be sitting on the metal, and probably wouldn't move any. I think it would take a lot more time to do it than I have years left to live... but who knows. Good observation.
TexasPrepper, I have to build a contraption like this for a tractor pulling a bat wing brush mower. My crossing is about 13ft and a drop of 5-6ft. Any suggestions?
Depends on how much water comes through there, but a culvert pipe is the best way. If I had it to do over again, I'd do a pipe on this crossing. Here's a place where I did use a pipe: ua-cam.com/video/_Zwc7DTS9Ro/v-deo.html
I'm curious why you chose to build a bridge rather than install a culvert. I have about the same size creek and would like to be able to cross with my Ford 340 tractor or my Dodge Ram 3500. Thanks for posting. Tim @ Cliffside Acres
I thought about a culvert, but chose the bridge. Not sure why... just did. Might be because I had the angle iron on hand and hadn't done anything with it for years. Sometimes the water flow is really high and didn't want it to wash around the culvert either. ua-cam.com/video/nP3lV2PsEyU/v-deo.html
Nicely done. This is exactly what I was looking for. I will use your bridge-a-macational knowledge to build my tractor bridge over a small water run-off ditch. I truly enjoyed your video. Thanks. Just joined ya.
Glad I could help.
Good to have you around :)
Good job my Texas Friend. I’ve been researching bridges. We need to build a couple on our place. I like the wood over Angle iron.
Thanks, it's pretty doggone strong
Great job. Looks solid.
Thanks!
Excellent job!
Yeah! got it done. Looks fine! Don't wear it out playing with it, admiring how slick it is! (^:
That was awesome.
Thanx
Nice bridge brother.
8:33 You are smarter than an engineer brother. Them engineers are worthless, they try to tell us how to build power lines we laugh. Great job on the bridge.
Thanks a lot! I have worked with a lot of engineers in my life too. Most of them were a bunch of doofus‘s.
Ok, this is crazy but i just posted a video asking my viewers to give me suggestions on what i should do about a small water way on my property. 5 of my subs sent me links to this video today. thanks for posting this. I think i may use it. Hello from Northern Wisconsin.
Wow... that's great.
Glad I could help.
This one works for me.
I think the construction (wood over metal) would work for a bridge a lot longer than this one (for a wider creek)... but I'm not sure how long you could actually go.
Glad to have you on the channel.
I'll check yours out :)
👍
Great video!
Excellent video.
thanks
That’s amazing!
Love this! Quick question, are those cinder block footings on each bank? Or did you pour some concrete footings for the bridge to rest on?
Thanks for sharing!
The blocks are just sitting on the bank... no footing.
On a few of them I had to dig out a little of the dirt to make all 4 of them level on one side.
As far as I've seen in the past, the water doesn't rise up high enough in this area to wash around the blocks... but we'll see.
Thanks for this video! I have a similar sized ditch and am planning a bridge much like this. I happen to have some concrete parking space stoppers/bumpers that the ends of the bridge will rest on and will drive rebar through the holes in the bumpers to help keep them in place. Do I need to attach the main wooden beams of the bridge somehow to the concrete it rests on or maybe bolt it to some 4x4 posts sunk into the ground behind the concrete bumpers? Is your bridge just resting on the blocks or is it attached somehow?
It's just resting on blocks, and I've seen signs of erosion under the blocks.
It's making me nervous, so I just put in a corrugated pipe beside this bridge (like the video below)
I'll probably pull this bridge out and use the metal and wood for other projects.
For that reason, I would recommend doing this: ua-cam.com/video/_Zwc7DTS9Ro/v-deo.html
But, you may not have problems if you anchor your bridge better than I did...
How's the bridge? Is it still in place and safe? We have a John Deere 541 tractor with bush hog that will use our bridge. Should we build a wooden bridge or us a culvert?
Yep.. it's still in place.. BUT... I wish I had put in a culvert.
I did a culvert in a different place and I like it better.
Here's my culvert installation: ua-cam.com/video/_Zwc7DTS9Ro/v-deo.html
Nice!! :)
The only thing I wonder about is putting the lag screws in on the bottom instead of the sides. The bridge is going to flex up and down the same way that the lag screw will work itself out, down. If they were on the sides then it seems like they would stay in place better.
Interesting point. I used the existing holes in the angle iron.
I won't use the bridge often, but you might be right about the flex.
I think if it did happen, there wouldn't be a problem because the wood would still be sitting on the metal, and probably wouldn't move any. I think it would take a lot more time to do it than I have years left to live... but who knows.
Good observation.
What size of concrete footings did you use on both sides? Were they precast?
I just used some 8"X16" Hadite blocks... nothing special
Has held up well
TexasPrepper, I have to build a contraption like this for a tractor pulling a bat wing brush mower. My crossing is about 13ft and a drop of 5-6ft. Any suggestions?
Depends on how much water comes through there, but a culvert pipe is the best way.
If I had it to do over again, I'd do a pipe on this crossing.
Here's a place where I did use a pipe: ua-cam.com/video/_Zwc7DTS9Ro/v-deo.html
I'm curious why you chose to build a bridge rather than install a culvert. I have about the same size creek and would like to be able to cross with my Ford 340 tractor or my Dodge Ram 3500. Thanks for posting. Tim @ Cliffside Acres
I thought about a culvert, but chose the bridge. Not sure why... just did.
Might be because I had the angle iron on hand and hadn't done anything with it for years.
Sometimes the water flow is really high and didn't want it to wash around the culvert either.
ua-cam.com/video/nP3lV2PsEyU/v-deo.html
You did an awesome job!
Thanks
I wonder where I could get four 1/2" thick angle irons about 12 ft long each?
Call some welding shops in your area.
Also, check with any scrap places or other sellers of metal in your area.
ooh, you got a new camera?
Nope... Been using an iPhone 6S for a couple of years now for all my videos.
Hope creek doesn’t flood and wash dirt alway. Plant grass.
That's the plan :)
Calling that a creek is a pretty liberal use of the word. We might call it a ditch. Maybe it’s too narrow, maybe it’s just a crease in the soil
Hahaha... very true.