Building a logging bridge

[RealEstate]

Can anyone advise on building a temporary log bridge?

 

I need to bridge a shallow but rocky 6ft wide stream, gently sloping banks, suitable for a tractor and 5T trailer. Plenty of logs available 1 - 2ft dia and 20+ ft long.

 

Any advice /pics appreciated.

 

TIA

[se7enthdevil]

could something be made with old sleepers or machine mats?

[slack ma girdle]

Alternative layers of logs built up with gaps between the logs to allow water through, and a good thick layer of branches on top. This copped with the Zetor and a fully loaded timber trailer many times. Quick to remove to

[Justme]

A pipe sized enough for the flow in the bottom & then fill the ditch with logs all in the same direction along the ditch. Tanks crossings are made this way using pipes.

[Cae Ffynnon]

A pipe sized enough for the flow in the bottom & then fill the ditch with logs all in the same direction along the ditch. Tanks crossings are made this way using pipes.

 

:thumbup:

 

Just what I was going to say.

 

Depending where you are, Huws Gray should have suitable twinwall pipe in stock. You can cut it with a saw to length.

 

Chris

[RealEstate]

Thanks all!

[RealEstate]

A pipe sized enough for the flow in the bottom & then fill the ditch with logs all in the same direction along the ditch. Tanks crossings are made this way using pipes.

Interesting!

As you say a 'Pipe Fascine'

 

The outer pipes are connected together and the whole bundle rapped in netting.

 

Perhaps for a log fascine, cargo straps could be put around the bundle to stop any logs escaping sideways up the banks, on either side of the stream.