Took the day off to get ready for the big day tomorrow. We're giving the old bridge away to someone who answered an ad in the paper. He is supposed to bring a trailer and the crane should be able to load it for him easily.
I dug out around the old bridge, hoping that the crane will also be able to lift out at least one of the old bridge foundations. It looks like it's about ready to fall over.
They dropped the crane off this afternoon. It's rated to lift 25 tons. The heaviest bridge section weighs 8 tons.
The creek is really high now and after almost washing downstream a couple of times, Pepper learned to cross the foot bridge.
They dropped the crane off this afternoon. It's rated to lift 25 tons. The heaviest bridge section weighs 8 tons.
Here is the footbridge that we will be crossing over for then next couple of days.
Hopefully the creek won't rise anymore than it has or we will have to swim across.
After lunch we worked on stripping the third and final form. Here are the two sides of the bridge. We did not get the form totally stripped but we will have tomorrow to work on it.
We rented the excavator again and Fred began moving the pile of dirt and trees away from the forms so the crane will be able to get to them Thursday.
We will be walking across the creek on a foot bridge for the next couple of days until the bridge is put into place. 