If the bridge replacement had happened in Georgia replacement would be anything other than 'pretty quickly'. They've been 3 years already simply rerouting a railroad overpass on GA 41 between Warm Springs and Greenville. It seems the contractor figures that might be his retirement program!
"They've" always said that but many of us don't pay that much attention. My Colorado has real time mpg estimates as well as for 25 and 50 miles. It's pretty interesting and educational to see how much of difference speed makes. Below 70 isn't too bad, but get up to 80 and it really drops. What kills it most though, is the multiple trips I make from my house to my field every day... and leaving it running with the AC on for my dog while I run into a store.
If he's just going down the road a short distance and keeps his speed down that might be OK. Hopefully he repacked the front wheel bearings first though.
Dang, that's a lot of vehicle history there. Starting at the truck and working backward. Shame.
I think a lot of highway contractors are looking for their entire family’s retirement program. It’s ridiculous.
One of my assignments in the admin side of the state highway department was a year assisting federal investigators to see if the bid-rigging they had found in Eastern states (Spiro Agnew case) also existed in the West. After looking at $4 billion of construction - not only the winning bidder but also all the losing bids - we concluded there was adequate competition and no sign the bidders were colluding on State work, where the design engineers knew how much a project should cost. (The feds did find some problems with work for smaller cities, where the city contract administrators didn't have the expertise to recognize and reject excessive cost).
