Extracting over a weak bridge

[LGP Eddie]

I don’t know if you’ve any timber bog mat hirers reasonably local.

 

Very inexpensive to hire, and you can skid them easily behind an Alpine if required to get them to the location.

 

They do a wide range of lengths and thickness mainly in 1 metre wide.

The 75mm thick versions will protect and strengthen as you require.

 

I’ve used them on many projects for actual bridging, sometimes going up to the crane mats that are 250 or 300mm thick. 
Very quick and effective.

[Johnpl315]

Thank you very much for all your replies. Plenty to think about. 

 I will try and get up and take some photos tomorrow. 

 I am thinking the pit props could be good solution

[drinksloe]

I'd say lpg eddies way would be the easiest and would save any wear on bridge.

 

But scaffold borads would do the same as long as longer the the bridge and u doubled them up, be easier to get a hold off anyway

[woody paul]

  On 08/08/2021 at 17:06, Johnpl315 said:

horses etc use it all the time.

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This is one thing to watch out for if you change the surface of the bridge, have you heard a horsey women kick off.

[doobin]

  On 11/08/2021 at 20:45, woody paul said:

This is one thing to watch out for if you change the surface of the bridge, have you heard a horsey women kick off.

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Yeah, you end up wishing the horse would kick them off!

[doobin]

A really good tip too- if it’s only a small stream, just chuck a decent piece of twin wall pipe into the stream and then fill in around it with logs. Quick and easy and all you will need is the pipe! 

[Stubby]

  On 11/08/2021 at 20:45, woody paul said:

This is one thing to watch out for if you change the surface of the bridge, have you heard a horsey women kick off.

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If it were my missus and her horse she would walk it through the stream anyway .  If you compete cross country its what you do .  

[Canal Navvy]

If you're putting anything in a watercourse it's probably a good idea to take it out at the end of each day 😉

[LGP Eddie]

Done loads in my time, stack the mats on top of each other, chain to blade and simply skid to where required with you, keeping the front just up off the ground.

 

Drop on where required and you’re good to go.

 

These are 5m x 1m x 150mm thick which is a very common size and my Kubota Kx57 would handle them if called upon.

 

Just make certain they’re good quality mats, if they’re light, they’re almost certainly shite!

 

 

Eddie.