r/CatastrophicFailure • u/_idk__bruh_ • Sep 25 '22
Demolition Backhoe loader plunged into river while attempting to demolish century old bridge 2022.
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u/EngineeringOblivion Sep 25 '22
Don't fuck with the equilibrium of old masonry arch bridges. That centre span was counteracting the splay of the two outer arches.
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u/Embarrassed_Bee6349 Sep 25 '22
Yep. They would have better off using surveyor’s charges or dynamite. Shit, the Romans knew that if you removed cut stone that supports the arches, they collapse. Don’t blame the operator, blame the idiot who ordered him to do it.
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u/Kenny_Squeek_Scolari Sep 25 '22
I'm gonna Monday morning quarterback the hell out this and say they should have put the excavator on a barge
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u/Death_Trolley Sep 25 '22
I’m not going to offer any suggestions, I’m just going to say they shouldn’t have tried to demolish a bridge by putting their equipment on the same bridge
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u/Gloomy_Personality52 Sep 25 '22
Hate to be that guy, but this is a 360 excavator not a backhoe
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u/sean-345 Sep 25 '22
Not to add to the owners troubles but I’m pretty sure the seat is now smeared with excrement
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u/reactorfuel Sep 25 '22
Ah, the old demolish the ground you're standing on trick.
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u/songmage Sep 25 '22
"Shouldn't we send a few workers and a couple of engineers to oversee the bridge demolition?"
"Nah let's just send a guy with a backhoe and a lucky necklace. Also send a guy with a camera just in case something hilarious happens."
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u/Superbead Sep 25 '22
Were they just planning on leaving all the rubble in the river?
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u/Measure76 Sep 25 '22
If I've learned anything from this reddit, it's going to take two progressively larger cranes to get this out of the water.
One that falls in with it and a bigger one to fish out the first two.
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u/Enlightened_Gardener Sep 26 '22
Came here to get the backstory, got a series of outraged comments explaining the difference between an excavator and a backhoe. Also learnt not to knock out the central span of a multispan bridge. TIL.
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u/H3racules Sep 25 '22
Maybe don't sit on the structure you are trying to destroy with a several thousand pound machine? The lack of common sense never ceases to amaze.
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u/Trumpet1956 Sep 25 '22
Genius. Kind of sawing off the branch while sitting on the wrong side.
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u/greatwhite_ginger Sep 26 '22
Damn, some magnet fishing YouTuber is going to be so happy to pull that up.
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u/SparkingPot Sep 25 '22
Well... That's one way to shit yourself.
Jobs done boss . We'll need a crane to get the Excavator out though.