Building a bridge??
06-01-2005, 08:45 AM
#1
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Building a bridge??
Hello Group
At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
or examples in which I might find useful in
building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
Engineer :-)
Thanks in advance
Frank
At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
or examples in which I might find useful in
building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
Engineer :-)
Thanks in advance
Frank
06-01-2005, 09:02 AM
#2
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Re: Building a bridge??
A corduroy road comes to mind. This is 6-8', 4- 6" thick or so logs
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 09:02 AM
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Re: Building a bridge??
A corduroy road comes to mind. This is 6-8', 4- 6" thick or so logs
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 09:02 AM
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Re: Building a bridge??
A corduroy road comes to mind. This is 6-8', 4- 6" thick or so logs
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 09:02 AM
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Re: Building a bridge??
A corduroy road comes to mind. This is 6-8', 4- 6" thick or so logs
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
laid crosswise. The stumps have to be cut down or avoided.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
FrankW wrote:
>
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 10:02 AM
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Re: Building a bridge??
If you have a ready supply of timber, lay a corduroy road right over the
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 10:02 AM
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Re: Building a bridge??
If you have a ready supply of timber, lay a corduroy road right over the
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 10:02 AM
#8
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Re: Building a bridge??
If you have a ready supply of timber, lay a corduroy road right over the
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 10:02 AM
#9
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Building a bridge??
If you have a ready supply of timber, lay a corduroy road right over the
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
peat:
http://xjeep.dyndns.org/corduroy.jpg
Some tips:
1. Use hemlock if you have it for best rot resistance.
2. If you have time, use a draw knife to peel the green logs before you
lay them so they don't rot so fast. You might need 200 6-8 foot logs to
span 30 meters, so at 5-6 minutes per log, peeling could take 20 hours.
3. If your bog is really wet, cut the logs a few feet wider than your
Jeep wheel base for extra flotation.
4. Spike in small stringers along the top on each side of the road to
keep the logs together.
5. Lay larger logs crossway beneath the road to fill in the wetter spots.
6. Ice will heave the road. Annual maintenance usually required each spring.
Happy hunting.
Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org
FrankW wrote:
> Hello Group
> At our hunt camp we have a crossing in a swamp
> that is no problem for my ARGO6X6 (We call it "Argo Hole"
> as it was the first place I got stuck with my new argo at the time
> It got hung up on a stump. To make it easier for the argo to cross
> we piled tree branches across it to hold up the argo on top of the peat
> bog. Since the argo is a six wheeler and with the branches it keeps it
> on top like a snowmobile on top of snow)
>
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
> The crossing is about 20-30 meters long
> in a peat bog type of swamp. It has submerged
> stumps and logs. I'm thinking a log bridge
> might hold up a Jeep. Anyone have any pointers
> or examples in which I might find useful in
> building such a bridge. I am in no way a bridge
> Engineer :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
06-01-2005, 11:04 AM
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Re: Building a bridge??
"FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
news:Qu2dnSxKJ6tdMADfRVn-oQ@magma.ca...
...
> but I would like to cross it with my Rubicon.
The mind boggles at the metaphor...
"The die is cast".
__
Steve
ps lose the stumps imo
..