Show me your bridges

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Hey I want to build a small bridge over a creek on the land I hunt. It is about 150 acres and split in half by a long creek. At low season at the lowest point I can walk through in boots by stepping rock to rock or ill just roll up my pants and take my shoes off. Problem is come hunting season with rain and snow landing and melting..... a lot... and I mean A LOT of water builds up. The creek is about 6ft deep and 10ft across at all the other points (cant put a bridge in the low area, thats the only place where a tractor can pass).

Anyway, inspire me CGN. Show me your bridges.
 
Kupple-tree trees and wire them together?
An extension ladder and some plywood strips?
Tie a rope and swing like tarrzan?
Boat?
Raft?
Inner tewb?
 
The aluminum ladder would be an awesome, durable solution but liable to be stolen if that is an issue. Could do even a 2x4 ladder, up off the dirt a few inches on either end. Lean up under/ against tree on your last trip across in winter to prevent rot. Hell, even sandiwch two 2x10s together and lay em across. Two logs together with boards on top is a good one,

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There creek crossing around here that are nothing more than a fallen log with roof shingles nailed along with a guide rope across, works but not pretty. If your planning vehicle crossings I'd just built a nice boardwalk style bridge.
 
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Hank44 said:
The aluminum ladder would be an awesome, durable solution but liable to be stolen if that is an issue. Could do even a 2x4 ladder, up off the dirt a few inches on either end. Lean up under/ against tree on your last trip across in winter to prevent rot. Hell, even sandiwch two 2x10s together and lay em across. Two logs together with boards on top is a good one,

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There creek crossing around here that are nothing more than a fallen log with roof shingles nailed along with a guide rope across, works but not pretty. If your planning vehicle crossings I'd just built a nice boardwalk style bridge.
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Might be a good idea just to find 2 fallen logs and do something like this.
 
Brian46 said:
Cheapest and heavy duty solution.

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/bfd/d/flat-rack-steel-container/6306138387.html
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Thats pretty funny.
I saw that picture while checking out meat grinders....
As Brian46 mentioned about ladders and not being designed for horizontal use why not go for some scaffolding ?
I'm sure CL has its share of scaffolding part, but of course some trail user may decide they need the scaffolding for a home project.
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/mat/d/scaffolding/6229619122.html
Or a loading ramp that one sees on United Van-Lines moving and relocation trucks.

Rob
 
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Brian46 said:
Ladders are not meant to hold a load in the horizontal position
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Works ok up on top of the world, Then again these would be the type of crossings where I'd mention ladders aren't meant to hold a load in a horizontal position haha.
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They aren't meant to but most certainly will, just don't ask worksafe BC what their opinion on it is.
 
Truck boxes up to 45 foot , old school buses, flat bed trailers, telephone poles, commercial ceiling trusses,old drill pipes. I have used a bus body great covered bridge no need to shovel off in winter plenty big enough for ATV`s great place to fish off of on rainy days . Good solid endbuttments are a must, wooden cribs with large stone fill or large cement blocks layered tightly and back filled with large gravel . Choosing the right place to cross is the biggest Decision .:wave:
 
Hank44 said:
Works ok up on top of the world, Then again these would be the type of crossings where I'd mention ladders aren't meant to hold a load in a horizontal position haha.
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They aren't meant to but most certainly will, just don't ask worksafe BC what their opinion on it is.
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not your typical extension ladder , and the people crossing are tied off and wearing a harness.
 
Brian46 said:
not your typical extension ladder , and the people crossing are tied off and wearing a harness.
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Its two very typical single ladders lashed together, and I am not fat nor feeble enough yet to worry about it or the need to be tied off over an 10' creek a few feet in the air.
 
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Grizzly Adams said:
Couple of old telephone poles and some decking. ;)

Grizz
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win. Did this for a 25 foot crossing this summer (sorry don't have pix on my computer), 2 telephone poles @$40/each, recycled (and some new) 2X6 for decking and rail, all lag bolted /screwed together. Whole thing was under $400 and can take the weight of my ATV and subcompact tractor. Made sure to run the spacing of the telephone poles based on the width of the tractor so that the wheels run on top of the poles and not just the 2X6
 
Sporkman said:
win. Did this for a 25 foot crossing this summer (sorry don't have pix on my computer), 2 telephone poles @$40/each, recycled (and some new) 2X6 for decking and rail, all lag bolted /screwed together. Whole thing was under $400 and can take the weight of my ATV and subcompact tractor. Made sure to run the spacing of the telephone poles based on the width of the tractor so that the wheels run on top of the poles and not just the 2X6
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40$ delivered? I just cant imagine how I would bring the telephone poles to the property otherwise. 40$ is pretty cheap though. Getting them halfway into the property by the ravine could be done with the tractor. Thanks for the idea.
 
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