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Locate and Extract Metal I-Beams

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MECHANIC ADVICE NEEDED....BUILDING AN ATV/UTV BRIDGE...AND MORE!

What happens here

The team ventures into a wooded area where old, rusty metal I-beams are found partially buried and hidden by overgrown vegetation. These I-beams are substantial, approximately 18-20 feet long and weighing several hundred pounds each. The process involves physical exertion to uncover and pull each beam out from its resting place, preparing them for transportation. This step highlights the resourcefulness of using salvaged materials.

Goal: The focus shifts to acquiring the structural components for the bridge by locating and manually retrieving long, heavy metal I-beams from a secluded, overgrown area of the property.

Tools and materials

  • Work gloves
  • Metal I-beams

What they say

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[Music] I don't know if any you guys have ever had a stump in your yard but it is just a hassle to get rid of a stump in your yard I found that this is the best method okay so what I did was drilled down in the stump and I put some weed killer in the stump some roundup in that stump and capped it off with a little bit of wax it's killed the stump and we just gave it two years to dry up and now hopefully it'll burn good it's just a pain in the butt though so the next thing we're going to do is we're going to go up here we're going to get the pickup truck then you Dodge Ram pickup truck that I got for three grand pretty cool I like it and we're going to load up some big I think there's 16-foot steel beams we've got three of these steel beams and the thought is that will mock up mock up will mock up a area to make a bridge over the creek it's going to be beautiful it's beautiful out here today nothing all right mechanics it's time mechanic time what in the heck is squeaking in here he doesn't squeak anymore when I rev it up and it does normally but it's constantly squeaking I think it's the belt tensioner it's either that or we got a bearing or something going bad something needs to breathe I think it's the belt tensioner tell me what you think I need some advice so folks this is what we're talking about these are the steel beams and they are old and crusty and rusty but they're stout SuperDuper stout I think it's a 5 inch steel beam this thing probably weighs 350 pounds this is what we're going to use or try to use to make our bridge and

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