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Q.) How much does a house weigh ???
A.) Just a tad more than a rural two-lane bridge can hold, apparently.
SO WOULD THIS BE COVERED BY HOUSE INSURANCE, CAR INSURANCE, OR DOES IT COME UNDER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ???
House for Sale Water views river frontage fish straight from the varandah :doh:
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oops
I guess you could knock out all the walls and open the kitchen for a drive through diner!!
I can imagine the phone call now...
"Hello? RACV?"
With water views!:B:B:D
public liability insuranceQuote:
Originally Posted by wheelinround
the road/bridge owner is probably entitled to turn the house into match sticks at the owner's expense too
as to the weight of the house, don't forget the weight of the transport subframe which is usually many time the weight of the house
House, absurbly accessible
your own trout stream right at front (rear and side) door
boat moring included (you just have to supply the stairs)
From the pictures, I can't understand why there was only a single set of wheels. With 2 or 3 sets of wheels, the load wouldn't have crushed the bridge. In the US, the liability is on the house mover.
Have a look at the second picture again, they have fallen off :oQuote:
Originally Posted by rrich
What amazes me is not ONE broken window :doh:
I want the name of that builder either to much play in the window frames of
or the glass maker for the strength of the glass used
wouldn't that be DIVE through ? :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by tea lady
I'm thinking... there's a lot of thought and effort put into making sure the house and the trailer are going to work together... the right design of the trailer to carry such long, wide and heavy loads. Council clearances, a crane or at least jacks and preparation of the house for the move etc etc.
A lot of effort.
And then nobody appears to have considered the load carrying of the bridge after all that trouble.
It's probably got 3T on a sign :)
Great pics, thanks, wheelinround. Any idea of where this occurred?
The crappy old bridge was noticably past its use by date and needed replacing anyway.
The beams didn't fail, the uprights fell over (probably rotted rightaway)
typical of a slack country council that avoids maintaining as much as possible.
I wonder if there are fish in that river?
prozac
You worry a lot... Prozac. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by prozac
Could be, but no evidence of any wheels, ever, near the aft end of the load. Still looks like negligent preparation, and the liability would be on the mover.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ's Timber
Joe
Most likely the good ol USA, there's a Dodge Ram in the second pic.Quote:
Originally Posted by wayfarer