Building our DIY suspension bridge

[@jimalford6359]

Very very cool Great job!

[@MBRMrblueroads]

Nice. Bridges are tough. Nature take it's toll non stop

[@diabloo7]

this was my dream as a child. now i sit behind a computer all day long

[@andreodore7905]

Glad I found your video...the design i had in mind was much more complex and this has certainly help me refine the ideas I had.. thanks for sharing!

[@retrodog65]

Inspiring stuff. I would never have imagined I could do something like this, but when its broken down, its definitely possible for an amateur like me. Great job!

[@FatherOfTheParty]

Brilliantly done! Thank you for documenting your process. I have a similar situation in a creek which I would like to span, the distance is similar to what you have done. Thank you also for mentioning the problems and your thought process as you worked through them.

[@mustlovedogs272]

I'd be real proud of that if I had built it. Great job !

[@Dave-oh2sv]

Fascinating. I’m impressed.

[@roberthaines4221]

"The ravine is about 25 feet deep, and about 13 meters wide". There go the Welsh, showing off their bilingual skills again...

[@davisphillips7792]

Very nice project. Thanks for sharing. Everyone has an opinion on how to do things. Take the constructive comments into consideration ignore people that are negative. Please update us on how it's doing.

[@triangle_v]

I hope your bridge has served you well. I would highly advise rotating your cable clamps 180 degrees to have the saddle on the “live” cable vs the “dead” cable end. We have a pneumonic to remember this crucial point: “Never saddle a dead horse.” The u-bolt portion has the potential to cause catastrophic failure in the live end. Great work though!

[@paulchristho]

Can you explain that further? Im assuming the saddle is the part of the clamp that the nuts tighten towards the u bolt. Live end is the short side that is cut?

[@davidp4350]

I was just about to post the "never saddle a dead horse" thing and then I saw that you had ! Probably in this low tension application it would never be an issue, but there are logical engineering principles for putting the saddle on the live side (the part that crosses the ravine), the short cut off end gets the u-bolt.

[@triangle_v]

@@davidp4350 true true, but man if it’s that easy to do something right, I’m gonna do it right!!

[@davidp4350]

@@triangle_v Absolutely agree, I worked in engineering doing amusement park rides, ski-lifts and zip lines, so wire rope was use alot.

[@kathya1965]

Hello Travis, can you explain further about the clamps on the live cable vs the dead cable. We are about to build a suspension bridge using this example. Would really like to understand the "Never saddle a dead horse" warning. Thank you for your help!

[@josefinaponciano-albis4706]

Thank you. It's a great help for me.

[@Cristofre]

Great idea about the concrete piers for the ends of the bridge and the transport system.

[@samuelwere8292]

Wow, excellent job, I will try one why not!

[@marckessler9241]

Never saddle a dead horse! You have to flip the Crosby clamps around

[@tristanhuff5123]

This is pretty cool

[@MrDeepwatermarine]

Awesome job. I want to build one over my creek. I wish I could see the attachment points better on the smaller wires. Was it a shackle of some type? Also can’t see how the cable was woven to the deck wires. A+ on the build. B+ on the video documenting ❤

[@johnjerrehian4642]

careful some of the trees around the bridge don't fall and ruin your work. Great work and great looking.

[@AwoL205]

The way you've got the planks secured doesn't seem like the safest or smartest way to do it. I know you went "innie, outie" and its more than likely fine, but just running the wire through an eye bolt seems like it would be safer for sure. Nice work though. May try to build myself one

[@Data4664]

Verrry good!

[@williamshemansky5480]

Could you possibly post a link of the wood joining washers you used? I’m in America and cannot find them for the life of me! Thank you!

[@MapleRidgeHomestead]

Just stumbled onto this video...we're in the process of building something similar for our treehouse. Any issues with the bridge since?

[@rl2562]

I am planning to build a hanging bridge on my property in the Dominican Republic instead of wood for support am going to used four H steel beams I think it will give a safer and longer support

[@likeatr332]

i coudnt help but question the thickness of the concrete where the I bolts went through. was there more than 4" of concrete? doesnt take much to have a concrete failure.

[@anya3027]

And no steel reinforcement 😮

[@likeatr33]

@@anya3027 I was being nice. There's no way that those concrete fixtures are not going to either get pulled right out of the ground and if they don't they're definitely going to crack around the eye bolt because you need 4 in in every direction around any fastening area... And if you get lucky good but I'd rather not play Russian roulette with 5 out of six bullets.

[@anya3027]

@@likeatr33 agree , its realy dangerous, cracks in the concrete can be unseen until failure... or as Murphy low goes exactly whan you show off to your friends 😱

[@roberthaines4221]

Impressive job, and surprising that it only required 5 days of work and 800 Pounds!

[@markalyea3976]

The saying goes to "Never saddle a dead horse" all of your cable clamps are installed backwards and that becomes a saftey hazard. Not trying to be rude, please look up and learn about the physics behind it. Your concrete posts aren't quite as strong as you think but they work for what they're worth. Overall a great video to learn something from.

[@puaishibashi4396]

Aloha, mahalo for sharing.

[@greenforce888]

Why didn't you use earth anchors rather than the complicated concrete piers you built?

[@thewanderlustingfemale4674]

I am trying budget cost for something like this, what did it cost you?

[@FatherOfTheParty]

He mentioned it was about 800 pounds.

[@nsmith5287]

Where did you get the washers from?

[@TiAGO.da.INTERNET.2025]

Top mas podia fazer mas seguro a parte de baixo das tabuas com cabo de aço

[@newtonframes]

Nice!

[@jeremycaines]

How did you get the rope to the next side, did you throw it to the other side??

[@ovniproject]

how to tension the steel cable?

[@luisferreira9857]

Excelente

[@nickfairbrother5974]

Please come and build me one 🙂

[@arnelfalcotelo6687]

It's better to show it by working rather than talking. Sorry Folks!