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[ning]

Bubba'd
"How did you do it?
"Well this was broken here and there so I asked myself, what would bubba do? and got 'er done

 

[WVBill]

Actually with an oversize load I would prefer that way. The AFB is near that bridge. The road up the island has narrow areas. The highway to the bridge from I 5 is a good road. The only tough part is the bridge. If you are over 10 feet wide you need to coordinate with WSP. They stop oncoming traffic at the bridge as you approach.

It's a Naval Air Station, not Air Force . Deception Pass bridge is a major tourist attraction. There are walkways between the road and the bridge railing with just a small cable separating walkway from traffic lane. More than one tourist has gotten smacked by an RV passenger side rearview mirror while leaning into the traffic lane to get "the perfect picture" of their companion.

 

[bmaverick]

Sure, they've all heard that story before. When I was in high school, a guy bet us he could drive through town (small town) in reverse. He got halfway before the local cop stopped him. He convinced the cop the transmission was stuck in reverse and even got the cop to hold a flashlight for him while he "unstuck" the linkage.

He lost the bet but it was a great conversation piece for years.

I never got 'caught', but did drive a 1976 station wagon in reverse for about 23 miles to get home in the winter. It was the only gear that was working. It is amazing to still see the speedo work while going backwards. 22mph was the limit on that 440cid Chrysler. Dumb 727 transmission. And yes, my family talked about it for years too. Nearly every holiday get together and to my fiancé then (wife now). So, I can never live that one down, ever.

 

[California]

That's Deception Pass bridge from Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island. Designed and built in 1935. ... They never could have conceived of trucks this size and weight back in '35. Amazing.

No logging there, then? If its still suitable for permit weight now, the designers back then must have considered logging overloads.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

It's a good strong bridge. I hauled equipment to a job at the airforce base years ago weighing between 110k and 138k gross and the back from the job. The ferry system was a no go because it was all oversize. They don't allow oversize if there is a road to get there.

I hauled rock chips to Island County for several years for their chip seal road maintenance. We were always loaded to 105,000+ and crossed that bridge sometimes with two trucks at a time. The worst part was the approach from the Fidalgo Island side, you had to crowd the centerline to keep the trailer off the curb.

Not meaning to be too nit picky, but it was Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Ault Field. Or Whidbey NAS. Nearest Air Force Base is McChord, now Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

 

[paulfun9]

I never got 'caught', but did drive a 1976 station wagon in reverse for about 23 miles to get home in the winter. It was the only gear that was working. It is amazing to still see the speedo work while going backwards. 22mph was the limit on that 440cid Chrysler. Dumb 727 transmission. And yes, my family talked about it for years too. Nearly every holiday get together and to my fiancé then (wife now). So, I can never live that one down, ever.

Before being able to buy my own car, my dad would let me use his on select nights. Problem was he limited my travel by telling me I could only go so many miles in a night and if I were to go more, no more car!
Fourtunately for me I realised the odometer didn’t work in reverse and we lived outside of town a good bit. That car saw more miles in reverse on any given night than it did in forward gears.
To this day I can back up better than most can go forward!

 

[duramaxsky]

It's a Naval Air Station, not Air Force . Deception Pass bridge is a major tourist attraction. There are walkways between the road and the bridge railing with just a small cable separating walkway from traffic lane. More than one tourist has gotten smacked by an RV passenger side rearview mirror while leaning into the traffic lane to get "the perfect picture" of their companion.

Your right it's been 20 years since we did that job. And yeah it's narrow. That's why with the big machines we had to gat WSP to stop oncoming traffic. Can you imagine taking a 14 foot wide excavator across that otherwise?

 

[duramaxsky]

I hauled rock chips to Island County for several years for their chip seal road maintenance. We were always loaded to 105,000+ and crossed that ridge sometimes with two trucks at a time. The worst part was the approach from the Fidalgo Island side, you had to crowd the centerline to keep the trailer off the curb.

Not meaning to be too nit picky, but it was Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Ault Field. Or Whidbey NAS. Nearest Air Force Base is McChord, now Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Yes you are right. As said it's many years ago.

 

[Jstpssng]

Before being able to buy my own car, my dad would let me use his on select nights. Problem was he limited my travel by telling me I could only go so many miles in a night and if I were to go more, no more car!
Fourtunately for me I realised the odometer didn’t work in reverse and we lived outside of town a good bit. That car saw more miles in reverse on any given night than it did in forward gears.
To this day I can back up better than most can go forward!

That isn't a very high bar in many cases...

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

Your right it's been 20 years since we did that job. And yeah it's narrow. That's why with the big machines we had to gat WSP to stop oncoming traffic. Can you imagine taking a 14 foot wide excavator across that otherwise?

Biggest excavator I worked under was a 670 Hitachi. Two scoops per box and we were loaded with 28 yards in less than a minute. I can't imagine that machine crossing that bridge or traveling the roads up to the bridge on either side.