Got asked to bid a very unusual project

[CliffordK]

Yep, blow it up while firewood size chunks of wood fly through those giant windows LOL

Easy! Just point the dynamite AWAY from the windows! Let me know if you need and further advice...

You need to contact the Oregon State Highway Department. They are experts on such matters.

 

[MossRoad]

 

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How far down does that jam go (depth into the river)? How much are you expected to remove - just the logs, or the built up sandbar?

I realize that this thread is an attempt to mitigate the following, but
this guy got mocked mercilessly for this speech but he had a really good point:

I'm still in the camp of "this is too big a job". Removing the logs on top of the sandbars removes the unsightly mess, but it's the tip of the iceberg and next year it's going to start piling up again. Sure, the logs on top catch other logs that much more easily, but you're talking a very short term "solution", and the solution is only a solution to the immediately visible problem and not the root.

Definitely seems like the liability is on the bridge; if I was the rich museum, I'd sue the RR company to make them take care of their bridge and ensure they understand the huge liability they have.

Meanwhile, if you insist on taking the job, perhaps there's some US Army floating bridge kind of thing that's available ... somewhere... (link)?

in the "drought months" shouldn't be a problem to set that across the river, and you could get a decent excavator on it.

 

[airbiscuit]

Might as well hire Moses to part the waters.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[MossRoad]

This might give you some ideas....

 

[Jchonline]

Rent a river barge, rent an extended arm excacator with hydraulic thumb. If barge long enough you can scoop directly onto barge. Carry to dock/port and offload on truck.

 

[Hay Dude]

How far down does that jam go (depth into the river)? How much are you expected to remove - just the logs, or the built up sandbar?

I realize that this thread is an attempt to mitigate the following, but
this guy got mocked mercilessly for this speech but he had a really good point:

I'm still in the camp of "this is too big a job". Removing the logs on top of the sandbars removes the unsightly mess, but it's the tip of the iceberg and next year it's going to start piling up again. Sure, the logs on top catch other logs that much more easily, but you're talking a very short term "solution", and the solution is only a solution to the immediately visible problem and not the root.

Definitely seems like the liability is on the bridge; if I was the rich museum, I'd sue the RR company to make them take care of their bridge and ensure they understand the huge liability they have.

Meanwhile, if you insist on taking the job, perhaps there's some US Army floating bridge kind of thing that's available ... somewhere... (link)?
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in the "drought months" shouldn't be a problem to set that across the river, and you could get a decent excavator on it.

OMG


You really ”jumped the shark” with this one

Its a small pile of logs!!!!

Army floating bridge? C’mon bro.

 

[Hay Dude]

Maybe the Russians could hit it with precision guided munitions.
Like a predator drone!

 

[quicksandfarmer]

When I visited Gettysburg, I was told that after the battle there were so many bodies floating in the river that they piled up against a bridge, damming the river and threatening to flood the town. In order to save the town men had to swim into the river, at night, and clear the bodies.