Starting my bridge!!

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Progress so far.
Taking a break for some ice water and swapping of laundry.

This is the center stringer.
Gonna weld up the outside stringers after my break
Gonna be tricky getting the other 6x6 across the creek
We have a crossing I can drive my tractor across….1.5” of rain last night made it really slimy!

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I'm sure it will be fine. Looking forward to seeing the finished results
 
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#13  
1 stringer welded!!

1/8 7014 rod-110amps
Miller Blue Star 185 welder
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following, interesting design.
 
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   / Starting my bridge!!
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Good looking stick welds. I didn't use one enough to get good at stick welding. After I bought a good MIG, I never went back.
I’ve got a wire feed
For a project like this it’s really slow.
 
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#17  
Stringers complete!!!

2x4 is just to show how the cross tubes will go.
They will be 3x3x3/16..8’ long 0CCBB721-3FE7-46F6-A08F-7A6CFA65E63D.jpeg751BA632-190B-4065-9959-ECD538656F0B.jpeg
 
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That’s about it for today!
Level-ish
Square-within 3/4”-hard to square big things solo
I’ve got 6 more cross pieces to cut/notch/weld

Then the deck……might do steel tubes flat where the tractor/truck drive and than wood for the rest 8E80F362-3B96-4636-84C1-F32D1797218A.jpeg5C8884E5-54E3-432E-B8D7-A22B94E6AE40.jpeg354E80E8-915E-4413-AF1A-405B83C4BE18.jpeg1A369EB6-C2BD-41FE-A6D6-5F40EFBAA21D.jpeg
 
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