Please help with this engineering problem!

Yes, but the photos show that the pedestrian barrier part of the bridge seems to be intact on both sides. It should have gone through one side or the other.
 
Tycoon101 said:
Wow... That is a very surprising thing. I applaude the guy for actually doing that kind of thing. A real pioneer for us idiots. :)
Click to expand...

Any faster and He'd of got the Darwin award as the bridge would have collapsed, damn lifes sometimes so close to being exciting then your robbed by physics. Wheres a boulder landing on a mexican whilst having carnal knowledge with poultry when you need it!!
 
Veritass said:
Yes, but the photos show that the pedestrian barrier part of the bridge seems to be intact on both sides. It should have gone through one side or the other.
Click to expand...

By Jove Homes, I think your onto something!

Sorry I finally get what you mean. Yes this seems to indicate fake despite Padma's link indicating the contrary.
 
I would guess that the boom hit the bridge below the rail and then poped up through the decking as it was dragged along and stopped before it could go through the rail on the exit side. The concrete below the rail is much thicker than that in the middle of the bridge.
 
One of the pics shows the hoe removed from the truck it was on. My guess is the 3rd pic shows them raising the hoe up off the truck in order to get the truck out from underneath it.
 
Masquerouge said:
Well you know, that whole misestimation thing that Creationists are prone to, the Earth 6,000 years old blah blah.
But it was a joke, actually :)
Click to expand...
Ah, I understand... just more proselytizing by a religious fanatic.
 
Birdjaguar said:
I would guess that the boom hit the bridge below the rail and then poped up through the decking as it was dragged along and stopped before it could go through the rail on the exit side. The concrete below the rail is much thicker than that in the middle of the bridge.
Click to expand...

possible, did he drive that thing into the bridge backwards or is the boom pointed in the wrong direction? It looks like it is pointed backwards on the first and second photo but it is pointed forwards on the third? unless I'm misinterpriting the directions, it's difficult to tell from the third shot.
 
It appears to me that in the two pictures taken from below the bridge the direction of travel was from right to left. In the picture taken from the top of the bridge it was from left to right.
 
Birdjaguar said:
It appears to me that in the two pictures taken from below the bridge the direction of travel was from right to left. In the picture taken from the top of the bridge it was from left to right.
Click to expand...

That's what we've been saying in the last couple of posts, I believe.
 
Masquerouge said:
That's what we've been saying in the last couple of posts, I believe.
Click to expand...

Well it is 00:25 in the AM, what do you expect:) , I haven't had any stimulants since I got up this morning.
 
That's not possible though. Look at the angle that the arm is making in each picture, the pov is from the same side in each pic.

I think what's throwing people off in the 3rd pic is the unbroken barrier: but it's unbroken in all pics. And to the left isn't a break, it's debris.
 
ChrTh said:
That's not possible though. Look at the angle that the arm is making in each picture, the pov is from the same side in each pic.

I think what's throwing people off in the 3rd pic is the unbroken barrier: but it's unbroken in all pics. And to the left isn't a break, it's debris.
Click to expand...
I believe that the shovel is attached to the "right" arm in the picture taken on the bridge and to the "left" arm in the other two. I'll look for a different track hoe picture.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom