Jamesy_C Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Random But how much does your average Manual Swing Bridgw weigh when you push them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilllearning Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Hi. In my experience it varies so much that it would be impossible to give a meaningful answer. I have bad memories of the swing bridges along the K&A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post matty40s Posted June 13, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jamesy_C said: Random But how much does your average Manual Swing Bridgw weigh when you push them? Same as it does when you dont push them. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, Stilllearning said: Hi. In my experience it varies so much that it would be impossible to give a meaningful answer. I have bad memories of the swing bridges along the K&A. Mine were on the L&L where on the odd occasion passers-by had to co-opted into the operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Surely the weight of the swing bridge is immaterial. What matters is the force required to open it, and this only really matters to users if the bridge is manually operated. This swing structure weighs 2250 tons in normal operation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, David Mack said: the weight of the swing bridge is immaterial. What matters is the force required to open it Beat me by seconds! It simply depends how well "stuck" the bridge is in its bridge'ole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 39 minutes ago, Jamesy_C said: Random But how much does your average Manual Swing Bridgw weigh when you push them? as much as a very, very big ball of string 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilllearning Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 I remember one on the K&A, in the 90s, one morning around Aldermarston. It was frozen in place, what fun I had with that one! The really enjoyable ones are those that enable one to block a car or two, or three, especially if the driver is in a hurry and one really really is trying, honest guv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacet Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Jamesy_C said: Random But how much does your average Manual Swing Bridgw weigh when you push them? Typically a single digit number of tons, is my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Heaven Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jamesy_C said: Random But how much does your average Manual Swing Bridgw weigh when you push them? The weight isnt that important, if it's well maintained and well balanced it needs hardly any effort to move. On the other hand if it's not well maintained, as some of the ones we have recently encountered on the L&L, three strong people can only just move it ? Steve Edited June 13, 2021 by Just Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Well a railway turntable is basically a swing bridge and one man and a boy can turn a large Loco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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