Olivetroad Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 On the way home from a auction the other day, we stopped and visited a 120 foot long covered bridgeIt was put together with wooden pegsThen we left (after my neighbor had a rest stop) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Cool, I like them covered bridges because they are so old and there are not many left. I hate when them retarded kids go and spray paint on them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 I hate when them retarded kids go and spray paint on them.Retarded? Now Vinny, the spelling was really good. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Retarded? Now Vinny, the spelling was really good.Thank you Olive. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Neat ole bridge! I dont think there are any covered bridges in Montana. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Neat ole bridge! I dont think there are any covered bridges in Montana.HG - Don't feel bad, that is one of only four in Missouri. Folks in Montana did not want to cover their bridges as it shuts off the view of the BIG SKY. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That would be a good place to hone your wide-load driving skills.Hmm....I just pee'd after reading another one of your posts, and now I have to go again. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 HG - Don't feel bad, that is one of only four in Missouri. Folks in Montana did not want to cover their bridges as it shuts off the view of the BIG SKY.23 covered bridges in my county. I used to cross one every day when I drove for Shuster's. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Neat bridge. Did you paint "Built Like a Mack Truck" on the inside of the bridge? I have to pee too.Mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 That would be a good place to hone your wide-load driving skills.Hmm....I just pee'd after reading another one of your posts, and now I have to go again. I am here just to help you guys remember to pee outside of your pants.I pulled home a field cultivator today that was 19.5 feet wide - I need to go lay down for an hour and collect my thoughts. There sure were a lot of folks on the way home that liked to wave at me with their middle finger - is that some new cool thing? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I am here just to help you guys remember to pee outside of your pants.I pulled home a field cultivator today that was 19.5 feet wide - I need to go lay down for an hour and collect my thoughts. There sure were a lot of folks on the way home that liked to wave at me with their middle finger - is that some new cool thing?Don't you worry any Olive. It is just the new Hawaiian Peace Sign. Everybody is doing it these days. My finger has had author for years and it stays that way.mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I am here just to help you guys remember to pee outside of your pants.I pulled home a field cultivator today that was 19.5 feet wide - I need to go lay down for an hour and collect my thoughts. There sure were a lot of folks on the way home that liked to wave at me with their middle finger - is that some new cool thing?What no pics lol. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 like dale Earhardt-You're number 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-114988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 It was rebuilt after a couple of nimrods set in on fire.Same thing happened several years ago to the one I used to cross.like dale Earhardt-You're number 1...Or #3, which would be a #1 and a #2. Don't give him any ideas. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-115002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Neat ole bridge! I dont think there are any covered bridges in Montana.Cant think of any covered bridges,but i have seen a SHITPOT of old flatcars used as bridges in Montana,got a good friend who lives in Great Falls,he says its pretty common...........................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-115370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifth wheel Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Here are two photos I took of the Bartonsville covered bridge about 2 hours before it was swept away by flood waters from hurricane Irene 8/28/2011. Built in 1870 and 151 feet long it was completely destroyed except the lattice trusses which were 1/2 mile down river. Bartonsville is between Rockingham and Chester which is in the middle of southern Vermont. The amount of water and the damage you would not believe until you actually have seen it. I have more photos next post (file to large).FW 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 That must have been a wall of water coming down the creek to take out that tough old girl after she had been there 140 years. DId they rebuild it? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Wow, thats a neat old bridge, to bad it was destroyed. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifth wheel Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Looking up stream from the bridge about 11:15 AM, the river rose to about 2 feet from the bridge and by 3:PM it was carried away. There is a Youtube video of it.The second photo is about 15 miles up river, and at the crest the water was 2 feet over the this bridge deck.More to follow,FW Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Looking up stream from the bridge about 11:15 AM, the river rose to about 2 feet from the bridge and by 3:PM it was carried away. There is a Youtube video of it.The second photo is about 15 miles up river, and at the crest the water was 2 feet over the this bridge deck.More to follow,FWWow, ive actually watched the video I think. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Here it is. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifth wheel Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 The road closed for about 3 months until a temporary bridge was put in. They are now cleaning up the old bridge and debis now. Most flood relief work stopped one week befor Christmas and started up about one month ago.More to follow,FW Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I passed through the Woodstock/Bridgewater area on Route 4 in December and there was still damage along the road. It was amazing how much damage Hurricane Irene inflicted on Vermont; there were towns completely cut off and supplies had to be airlifted in by NH National Guard helicopters. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hope to see a Timber Framers school do a rebuild of it.We got away lucky on the end of the island with Irene. We have had an Airliner blow up 2 miles from home (flight 800) an Avianca Airliner hit a hill side and a restored P 40 go down off the beach (pilot had a heart attack) and 3 big wild fires.......Still rather just have the storm, at least you have alittle control. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hope to see a Timber Framers school do a rebuild of it.We got away lucky on the end of the island with Irene. We have had an Airliner blow up 2 miles from home (flight 800) an Avianca Airliner hit a hill side and a restored P 40 go down off the beach (pilot had a heart attack) and 3 big wild fires.......Still rather just have the storm, at least you have alittle control.Warning-you get some warning. Tornadoes just appear, planes fall from the sky. Usually the NOAA people give some warning.Might be wrong area, but at least it got your attention Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/24563-covered-bridge/#findComment-119385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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