Engineering Question of the Day

[wheelinround]

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

[Wongo]

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[petersemple]

oops

[tea lady]

I guess you could knock out all the walls and open the kitchen for a drive through diner!!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I can imagine the phone call now...

"Hello? RACV?"

[artme]

With water views!

[ian]

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 ???

public liability insurance
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)

[rrich]

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.

[DJ’s Timber]

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

[wheelinround]

What amazes me is not ONE broken window


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

[Gra]

I guess you could knock out all the walls and open the kitchen for a drive through diner!!

wouldn't that be DIVE through ?

[wayfarer]

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?

[echnidna]

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.

[prozac]

I wonder if there are fish in that river?

prozac

[wayfarer]

I wonder if there are fish in that river?

prozac

You worry a lot... Prozac.