Dismantling Bridges

[Furby]

 
I was thinking screwed!

[sprucebunny]

 

[Paul_H]

These are the last of the pics.We finished up at the Bailey bridge at 11:30 this morning(Aug 11) after swinging the junk out of the river bed and  then helped button up the crane before heading down the hill.

We stopped and had a look at the site where the log bridge was.The Madill 3800 came in and had things pulled,chunked,and piled in 2 1/2 hours. Dave,the operator had pulled all the cribbing out and had it stacked up neatly too.






Before and after



Not much meat left on those stringers eh?



Here is the 3800 already parked and waiting for the lowbed.

[Furby]

Not bad at all!
Nobody got hurt right?

Yup, they look a bit "well used".

[Paul_H]

There was one injury,a fractured ankle 





 Ken,the super on the job is 57 years old and has had health problems. We climbed up on the bridge on Tuesday afternoon for a pre work inspection.As we were walking back up the deck,he was hanging on to the rail tightly.I asked if he was okay and he told me that the medication he was taking since his stroke screwed up his balance 

When we got to the top of the bridge(right hand side in top pic) I jumped down and offered my arm to grab a hold of.He refused and I told his to stop being proud and take my arm.This went back and forth a few times and then he tumbled off of the bridge and smashed his legs pretty bad.I kept his head and shoulders from hitting the rocks but I can still hear the "thud" he made.
Helped him back to the truck and he was a little embarrassed and cut up.He had fallen around 6'.

Next day he was sporting a brand new cast and didn't get out of the truck. 

[Furby]

Bummer!
Glad it wasn't any worse though!

[Paul_H]

Pride comes before a great fall.

[Furby]

Ain't that the truth!

[Kirk_Allen]

So sorry to here about the injury.   Looks like the job went a whole lot faster than was anticipated.