- Setting a skidder bridge -

BargeMonkey · May 09, 2014, 10:07:19 PM

Cutting the road way out down to the creek.

Shaping the creek banks for the bridge.

Loading the bridge. 2 panels, 6ft wide X 30ft long. About 5 ton each panel.

Dragged them down about 3/8th mile into the woods with the small skidder, push them to the dozer.

Almost there.

Finished. Be in there about 2 weeks, get done and pull it back out.

Maine logger88 · May 09, 2014, 11:12:52 PM

Looks good those portable bridges look handy to have

Woodboogah · May 10, 2014, 07:53:07 AM

Barge monkey do you make your own bridges? Those are nice! In NH if you are crossing bank to bank you dont need to file for a wetlands crossing. Big plus to have some right there, one less piece of paper.

Autocar · May 10, 2014, 08:59:47 AM

Nice bridge decking, around here they use steel pipe but for myself I try to stay away from creeks I once crossed a creek with a 440 J.D. and dropped the hitch as I entered the creek only to get hung up and before I knew it water was running though one door and out the other. Iam gun shy now ;D.

GRANITEstateMP · May 10, 2014, 10:30:16 AM

BargeMonkey,

I love the pics, glad you got a camera to show all this! Ya know what they say about a picture being worth 1K words...

BargeMonkey · May 10, 2014, 11:02:59 AM

All the pictures I take are just off my S-4 phone, not to bad sometimes.

Being in the NYC watershed I get the bridges for free, we actually store them for the WAC at our gravel pit you see in the one picture. That bridge is actually pretty rough shape, they get them welded up every year or so. Those are heavy, my landing loader cant pick them up completely.

loggah · May 10, 2014, 11:57:03 AM

Nice Job! beats using a bunch of hemlock logs.I think trenchbox sides would work well also ,theres a couple in the junkyard at the moment. Don

chester_tree _farmah · May 10, 2014, 03:33:56 PM

How do u get them for free? State pays?

treeslayer2003 · May 10, 2014, 04:04:03 PM

happy birthday Don!

treeslayer2003 · May 10, 2014, 04:06:08 PM

treeslayer2003 · May 10, 2014, 04:07:05 PM

BM looks good but they would have a fit if i disturbed the bank like that.

BargeMonkey · May 10, 2014, 04:40:15 PM

Quote from: treeslayer2003 on May 10, 2014, 04:07:05 PM
BM looks good but they would have a fit if i disturbed the bank like that.

Its not a protected stream, and it was that or about 30 bales of hay in the creek and we wad thru it. 8)
In the NYC watershed there is a program with the loggers for water quality. They actually paid me decent money to put the bridge in. We store the bridges for them at our gravel pit and load them as needed. I think they have 4 bridges they loan out to area loggers who deal with the WAC. Some guys dislike them, ive never had a problem. Pay me to add coble, water bars, anything near the water.

thecfarm · May 10, 2014, 05:50:40 PM

Not allowed to run through a stream here either. Looks good.

snowstorm · May 10, 2014, 06:04:41 PM

Quote from: chester_tree _farmah on May 10, 2014, 03:33:56 PM
How do u get them for free? State pays?

the state of maine has some that they loan or rent. went to a bmp meeting a while back thats what they said

treeslayer2003 · May 10, 2014, 06:14:31 PM

every water hole here is protected.
must be nice, i have to buy my own or borrow from a mill.

BargeMonkey · May 10, 2014, 10:13:44 PM

Quote from: treeslayer2003 on May 10, 2014, 06:14:31 PM
every water hole here is protected.
must be nice, i have to buy my own or borrow from a mill.

The bridges dont offset the higher taxes and other BS we have up here. 8)
Waiting to hear but I think quite a bit of stuff will come out over the bridge, the creek turns into a chasm about 50yds downstream. There is still a foundation from a water powered sawmill not far from there.