structural help for a foot bridge...

[teg]

I would add a deck and possibly railing .steel can be slippery when wet and fall can be painful...

It would be a soft water landing... I'll suggest it to him.

 

[teg]

Is the grad student family?
I hate to be negative, but this looks like a law suit waiting to happen....

Not family and I do plan to have him sign a waiver "I'm crossing at my own risk".

 

[teg]

Finished project (yea, it's not level)...
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This is the shallow "end" of the test site... @ Open Grounds Farm.

 

[merlebo02]

first big rain and all that hard work is going to be gone..

 

[lilranch2001]

Miss one rung and that grad student may become a girl
:confused3:

 

[teg]

first big rain and all that hard work is going to be gone..

Yea, that's step two. Farmer said the same thing... grad. student's comment was... "it never gets up and I've never seen it flow much"

A couple of hurricane tie down screws and some cable the next time I'm down there...

 

[teg]

Miss one rung and that grad student may become a girl
:confused3:

I told him to be extra careful... really only need some hip waders to get across but this was what he wanted.

 

[lilranch2001]

IQ does not = common sense......

 

[Streetcar]

Yea, that's step two. Farmer said the same thing... grad. student's comment was... "it never gets up and I've never seen it flow much"

A couple of hurricane tie down screws and some cable the next time I'm down there...

Anchor only one side. It can then move if water gets that high, but not get lost. If you anchor both ends ,the bridge could be damaged by force on debris caught in the bridge

 

[teg]

IQ does not = common sense......

Tell me about it!!! What I've seen, the more book smart, the less common sense. We do a fair amount of sink or swim, and learning "life's little lessons", the hard way!