Building a wooden bridge

[@robertburns3014]

Nice work, Marty! That bridge should serve you well for a long time.

[@truckertom3323]

I could just imagine me there, fishing chair & Umbrella up, flask of tea waiting for the rain to come, just to see it working as it should, Brilliant job Marty.

[@MartyT]

Haha.. I went down for a look in the first heavy downpour ;)

[@mischef18]

This popped up in the side panel and so glad it did. Nice one bro. Safe travels down your way

[@Frank-dz8jt]

Marty you have the land, you have the Mountain train, you have the lumber and you have all the equipment to build a true Covered Bridge!!!!!

[@craigsudman4556]

Nice work building the bridge over the river kyai, Marty. Great video, thumbs up.

[@craigsudman4556]

Kwai not kyai...what was I thinking? Geesh!

[@hughvane]

Now you need the Three Billy Goats Gruff to deal with the Troll that lives beneath that bridge, Angry Ram couldn't cope.

[@mrcee6512]

I've been watching you for awhile now. I really enjoy your videos brotha. Greetings from San Jose! Northern California. Cheers 🍻

[@richysee]

Great work and solid too. I hope the velocity of the water doesn't meet the bridge. Can avoid that with tapered trench on approach.

[@lindahollister5530]

Nice bridge.❤

[@markbehr88]

Great job. My only concern would be if any of the footings gave way, the vehicle could overturn (if the foundation sank etc).

[@Pushyhog]

Sweet lil' bridge

[@jakeg4070]

Nice job. Looks like a fun project.

[@slimJimmey]

This is the first video I've seen without any dislikes!! Good job marty

[@chadnaumetz2189]

And a year later, only one dislike.

[@zaptainkuboom5520]

A month later 5 dislikes, but why?

[@slimJimmey]

Darn we were close

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Stable! Very well done again and as always.

[@zweg1321]

Cant imagine hey anyone would dislike Martys video

[@keesstaps4606]

Is there anything you can,t do really enjoying your videos

[@kevinvallee9049]

👍🏼👍🏼always enjoy your videos

[@MartyT]

Thanks man :)

[@lawrenceengel3330]

Well done 👍

[@stelley08]

Glad you got over it (sorry, had to say it)... Nice job

[@vinceboon2993]

Good job

[@michaelmactavish1728]

pretty good old kubota mini ex there good old toughest beast even newer ones too

[@w.s4291]

Its a yanmar

[@stanwebb3480]

I would be afraid the water would rise and float it out of place , maybe not down stream but just out of place!!!! I would pounded some long spikes in the ground to hold in place or strapped it by rope to a few trees!!! And dug the stream deeper down stream a much longer distance assuring it would work!!!

[@MartyT]

The catchment is quite small, it will never move. During a heavy rainstorm the stream gets nowhere near the bottom of the bridge

[@MrNosajwhitey]

Just have to hope it doesn't end up floating down the gully in a big rainfall event

[@PixelVibe-RGB]

I see this video is now 4 years old, so how did this bridge resist rotting? As you do not seem to have put any protection on the wood against humidity, especially on surfaces resting directly on the ground. I ask you because 3 years ago, I also built a bridge in the forest, made of 8X8 planks without any protection against humidity. I'm thinking of disassembling it and protecting the parts with a membrane and tar.

[@gregb1237]

My thoughts exactly! It's a nice bridge if you don't mind rebuilding it every few years. - Put stones or concrete under the logs that would have ground contact. - Use roofing tar to coast the points where wood overlaps wood. - Use screws, not nails. - Put a board on the edge of the bridge to distribute the weight across several boards and to prevent a wheel from going over the edge of the bridge.

[@MartyT]

The bridge is holding up very well, the timber is ground treated so will be good for 20 years or so

[@glenpaul3606]

Water running will likely wear away the supporting earth around the footings.

[@MartyT]

No it hasn't, still holding up perfectly all these years later

[@Pushyhog]

I don't do nothing anymore, just watch this channel:)

[@terrortorn]

"Tantalized Pine" , The woodland tease!

[@SawmillerSmith]

I've built a few Bridges like that and all of them that I've ever built that was level with the ground got washed away.

[@MartyT]

The water level never comes higher than half way up the culvert so pretty safe here, with a bigger catchment/river it would be wise to raise the bridge as you say. I could have got away with a 500mm culvert but theyre so expensive.

[@-DHR4870]

Cheers bro. That's me sorted.🤙

[@MartyT]

Its holding up well, I think the only thing I'd do different these days is lay the posts on a few inches of gravel so the water drains away from the posts

[@-DHR4870]

@@MartyT sweet. Will do that to. Chur

[@mustlovedogs272]

If I can ever get me a mini excavator there is soooo many projects I could do. Somebody start me a GoFundMe on that please.

[@TheDangerBuck]

Still there after the latest floods?

[@MartyT]

Yes its all good

[@briananthony4044]

Your excavator shrunk Marty.

[@Golithir]

Love your videos Marty, but watch your feet with the chainsaw mate.

[@binoys3249]

Super

[@samiam7]

How's she holding up?

[@MartyT]

Solid as the day I built it

[@schwarzarne]

Isn't that going to rot away in no time?

[@MartyT]

No the timber is pressure/ground treated

[@mustlovedogs272]

An excavator makes all things possible.

[@bruceleealmighty]

Is it still there?

[@MartyT]

Yes it should last 30+ years no probs

[@daos3300]

no safety rail? shocking!

[@briananthony4044]

I know, should have hand rails each side, a one way warning sign, perhaps even someone standing next to it with a stop/go sign to control use. OSH would be aghast.

[@daos3300]

@@briananthony4044a guard hut with round the clock surveillance and barriers, at the very least.

[@josephreiter1223]

Why didn't you just lay a pallet over the span? It would have been much less work

[@MartyT]

3 main reasons- A pallet would not hold the weight of the machine, pallets are too short, pallets rot within 2 -3 years

[@chapmansbg]

mate spray those board with diesel or something ...........................

[@MartyT]

They're pressure treated