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Old 27-11-2006, 08:51 PM   #1
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Default my car almost fell through a bridge
well i was driving along a backroad up in the hills where i live and had to cross a fairly dodgy looking wooden bridge which had a sign saying: max load 2000kg.

now, knowing i really shouldnt have seeing as my car is around 2400 with a full tank but there was no way to turn around and so i chanced it, half way across and i hear a sickening crunch, get out and one of my back tyres has gone straight through the planks...DOH.

so with a bit of swearing, a bit of pushing and alot of revving i managed to get the poor girl free, and amazingly the only damage was one of my tailpipes got slightly bent.
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Old 27-11-2006, 09:11 PM   #2
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That would scare the crap out of me. What car is it because if it is an XF it won't be 2400 kg's ?
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Old 27-11-2006, 09:19 PM   #3
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That would scare the crap out of me. What car is it because if it is an XF it won't be 2400 kg's ?


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Old 27-11-2006, 09:22 PM   #4
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I hope it wasn't due to any extra 'passengers' in the back !!
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Old 27-11-2006, 09:25 PM   #5
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I hope it wasn't due to any extra 'passengers' in the back !!
nah i keep them buried behind my shed.
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Old 02-12-2006, 12:27 AM   #6
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I wouldnt be seen Dead driving that fat boy lol. Whats under the hood & what is it Mopar Power? :eclipsee_
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Old 27-11-2006, 09:12 PM   #8
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Damn, I wouldn't have though a few hundred kilos would have made the difference,
I hope you let the appropriote people know, you'd feel pretty bad if the broken plank caused an accident.
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Old 27-11-2006, 09:57 PM   #9
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Old 27-11-2006, 10:26 PM   #10
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Wow that's the biggest boot i've ever seen. It could be a hearse in another life lol.
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Old 27-11-2006, 10:45 PM   #11
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Wow that's the biggest boot i've ever seen. It could be a hearse in another life lol.
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Old 27-11-2006, 10:29 PM   #12
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The car would have seemed appropriate if you had have fallen through.
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Old 27-11-2006, 10:32 PM   #13
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well, that is pretty reckless of both the company who built the bridge and the local council who maintains it. Regardless of how old the bridge is.

I may not be a civil engineer (mechanical :P ) but anything that is designed has to have a factor of safety designed in. IE the sign said max 2000kg, should really mean it would be able to take 10,000kg...

An example of this would be an elevator... they say a maximum of 500kg for example, in reality it should be over-engineered to take at least 2000kg.

You got lucky with the bridge... next time take the long way around... :P
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Old 28-11-2006, 03:16 PM   #14
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I may not be a civil engineer (mechanical :P ) but anything that is designed has to have a factor of safety designed in. IE the sign said max 2000kg, should really mean it would be able to take 10,000kg...
yup. was my thought exactly but maybe not quite up to 10,000 kgs. But I'm mechanical too so maybe we are both wrong - you know what civils are like! ;)

These wooden bridges are crap and desperately need replacing. I know of one south of Kingscliff where they reduced it from two lane to one lane with footpath/cycleway access instead of building a decent bridge. Part of the issue was argument with developers further south over who should pay for it.
Geez, even a temp Army bridge would be better. If it can hold tanks ....
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well, that is pretty reckless of both the company who built the bridge and the local council who maintains it. Regardless of how old the bridge is.

I may not be a civil engineer (mechanical :P ) but anything that is designed has to have a factor of safety designed in. IE the sign said max 2000kg, should really mean it would be able to take 10,000kg...

An example of this would be an elevator... they say a maximum of 500kg for example, in reality it should be over-engineered to take at least 2000kg.

You got lucky with the bridge... next time take the long way around... :P
Yeah, you would think the figure quoted on the sign would really be the SWL, and the MWL would be a tad higher...but its an old wooden bridge there are probably termites in it or some such silly thing
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Yeah, you would think the figure quoted on the sign would really be the SWL, and the MWL would be a tad higher...but its an old wooden bridge there are probably termites in it or some such silly thing
Just an intresting titbit, the term SWL is no longer used for rigging, slinging, crane equipment etc, Its been replaced by WLL (working load limit).
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Old 27-11-2006, 11:59 PM   #17
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Yeah, I don't want my dirty mind to go there but I don't suppose you've ever had much success "making out" with a significant other down lover's lane in that rather "unique piece of automotive history"

Unless you go to a goth or emo convention.

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Old 28-11-2006, 12:06 AM   #18
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I dont know about that..

Drives in... mattressin the back. some curtains..

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Old 28-11-2006, 10:17 AM   #19
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I dont know about that..

Drives in... mattressin the back. some curtains..

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Yeah, I don't want my dirty mind to go there but I don't suppose you've ever had much success "making out" with a significant other down lover's lane in that rather "unique piece of automotive history"

Unless you go to a goth or emo convention.


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actually its great with a mattress in the back, girls love the car and one said she got a huge kick out of getting lucky in there knowing what car it was.
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Old 29-11-2006, 01:06 PM   #21
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Yeah, I don't want my dirty mind to go there but I don't suppose you've ever had much success "making out" with a significant other down lover's lane in that rather "unique piece of automotive history"

Unless you go to a goth or emo convention.


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I can just imagine the conversation with your mates the next day...

"how was your date, mate?"

"Nar nothing happened... she was frigid."
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I can just imagine the conversation with your mates the next day...

"how was your date, mate?"

"Nar nothing happened... she was frigid."
Lol good one mate!
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I can just imagine the conversation with your mates the next day...

"how was your date, mate?"

"Nar nothing happened... she was frigid."

Alternatively, That is one way to stay stiff...
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So the sign says max 2000kg, yet you drove over the bridge knowing full well your car weighs much more.

Stupidity at its best, and I hope you pay for the damage to the bridge.
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So the sign says max 2000kg, yet you drove over the bridge knowing full well your car weighs much more.

Stupidity at its best, and I hope you pay for the damage to the bridge.
thanks for the sentiments sweety.

wonder how much theyd want to replace a wooden bridge built at least 60 years ago that was dangerously degraded.
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really!? Wow. Thought it would have been too morbid for a shagging wagon. Definately not goth?
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really!? Wow. Thought it would have been too morbid for a shagging wagon. Definately not goth?
well none of them had black hair, enough evidence? :P
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well none of them had black hair, enough evidence? :P
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so your avg 4wd wouldnt be able to cross it, kinda silly of the local council to leave that the way it is
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Old 30-11-2006, 06:37 PM   #30
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so your avg 4wd wouldnt be able to cross it, kinda silly of the local council to leave that the way it is
Never mind 4wd, what about fire trucks! It can be a long detour around some bridges...
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