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Gosh-darn traffic blocking the MUP

Old 07-19-20, 08:25 PM
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Gosh-darn traffic blocking the MUP

No consideration at all.





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Old 07-19-20, 08:44 PM
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Did you use your bell?
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Old 07-19-20, 08:45 PM
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I did, the excavator did not seem to care!
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Old 07-19-20, 08:48 PM
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These people belong in camps
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Old 07-19-20, 08:52 PM
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Looks like Arthur Dent left his bike in the path, so he and Ford could pop off for a cold one before the Vogons arrive.

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Old 07-20-20, 06:27 AM
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In Georgia, this is a violation of state and federal law... not that construction companies, local-state-federal govts seem to give a rats arse
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Old 07-20-20, 06:30 AM
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You stopped for that? Tandem bunny hop that bump.
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Old 07-20-20, 06:37 AM
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Looks like a prop for Danny MacAskill's next video.
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Why does everyone think they need hydraulics and aggressive tread for the MUP?.
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Old 07-20-20, 09:33 AM
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I would have Evel Knieveled that and kept on going...maybe
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Good job "taking the lane."
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Old 07-20-20, 01:35 PM
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But does it have SAE or ISO controls
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Originally Posted by General Geoff
No consideration at all.





I dig that photo, it's got some good traction!
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Old 07-21-20, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Digger Goreman
In Georgia, this is a violation of state and federal law... not that construction companies, local-state-federal govts seem to give a rats arse
Uhmm, if it's federal law wouldn't it be nationwide? What law says you can't bring equipment in to maintain the critical infrastructure you own?
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Old 07-21-20, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dedhed
Uhmm, if it's federal law wouldn't it be nationwide? What law says you can't bring equipment in to maintain the critical infrastructure you own?
Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Old 07-21-20, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Digger Goreman
Americans with Disabilities Act.
So the ADA won't allow the COE or whomever owns that levee the right to maintain it with whatever equipment is needed?
The alternative is probably to close the trail at the nearest access points in both directions.
It should have a least had some barricades around it.
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Old 07-21-20, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by dedhed
What law says you can't bring equipment in to maintain the critical infrastructure you own?
That's fine if the equipment is actually being actively used to maintain that infrastructure. But this equipment is just parked there, when it could have been parked off to the side to allow traffic to flow on the MUP.
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Old 07-21-20, 07:39 AM
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What are they working on nearby? If it's not the trail, they should move it.
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Old 07-21-20, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
when it could have been parked off to the side to allow traffic to flow on the MUP.
Is there any slope on the side of the trail that is not visible in the photo?
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Old 07-21-20, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
That's fine if the equipment is actually being actively used to maintain that infrastructure. But this equipment is just parked there, when it could have been parked off to the side to allow traffic to flow on the MUP.
We call that "mobilization". Some truck driver drops the machine off before the work starts. Without knowing the work planned it's possible the heavy machine on a side slope isn't going to be a good thing. Or the machine was done and waiting to get picked up. That is not a machine that is getting moved with a pick up truck. I also wouldn't be surprised if the OP rode around some sort of barricades, or should have, to get to that machine
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In 1988 I was on a bike tour coming north out of Basel CH, on the Rhine River bank levee top road, as I approached Freiburg Germany
in my path across the levee top path was an M1 Abrams Battle Tank.. So I had to find another way..
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It's cute how so many people seem to think road construction and maintenance are supposed to just happen by magic.
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Heavy equipment like that can utterly destroy an MUP. They generally weren't excavated deep enough, don't have as much road base or layers of asphalt as a regular road. Contractors doing work here frequently cause major damage to the MUP by running heavy equipment across it without taking necessary precautions like laying dirt over the path or using heavy steel plates.
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Old 07-21-20, 10:24 AM
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I feel your pain! This beast was blocking the path along the river near my home. I asked if I could borrow it for about 5 minutes to "renovate" my neighbor's crappy landscaping!

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Originally Posted by gecho
Heavy equipment like that can utterly destroy an MUP. They generally weren't excavated deep enough, don't have as much road base or layers of asphalt as a regular road. Contractors doing work here frequently cause major damage to the MUP by running heavy equipment across it without taking necessary precautions like laying dirt over the path or using heavy steel plates.
The contract should have "restoration" in it.
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