Milling A Quick Bridge

[aggiewoodbutchr]

There are still a few old Redwood log bridges in my area that were put in place a 100 years ago. They used dropped trees across creeks/streams and dirt for a top coat. They were used to haul logs out.

That would be cool to see. Got any pics?

 

[olyman]

Boy thats about the ugliest most unsafe thing I have ever seen!!! What, no handrails? No decrative ornamants? I understand it was done in thre hours, I understand you just "whipped it up", but no pride in you're work? Man...........

Very nice work!! Thats impressive as Ill get out!!! Never milled, but I think I might be about half way through ONE of thse long beams in threee hours!!!

---------and---im sure osha would never approve of it-----even after you threw the inspector off the bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!muwahahahahaha

 

[Husky137]

Excellent post as this gave me a search term for google which gave me this PDF which is the first to actually give some sizes of timber beams needed.


http://www.masterlogger.org/logjam/

Those will work and are very similar if not identical in the specs I've seen. I'll have to check around, not sure if I have a PDF of the one we build.

 

[wdchuck]

Sweet impromptu there rigger, and thanks for having us along via the pictures.