What kind of claim to file??
- Thread starter Bob Buchanan
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone with an RV or an interest in RVing!
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
BinaryBob
Moderator Emeritus
Ahh ! A trick question!
The answer is neither.
Need to file a third party liability claim with the bonehead moving company.
The answer is neither.
Need to file a third party liability claim with the bonehead moving company.
Molaker
Well-known member
Just redo the garage doors and - voila, covered bridge.
Chet18013
Well-known member
I'd love to know how they finally solved this problem.
OP
OP
Bob Buchanan
Well-known member
Chet18013 said:
Chet, I'm working on finding that out. It was sent to me via a forward from an engineering student at U. of Kentucky - where I went to school. Pictures of bad designs are always floating around engineering colleges - though this is not a case of bad design vs. a load that should never have been pulled there in the first place. My thinking is that the driver or dispatcher was trying to avoid a freeway truss work bridge that he knew he couldn't get through/over.
ArdraF
Well-known member
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2006
- Posts
- 10,695
That thing is gigantic! I love watching the building move shows on TV - but none of them has been a disaster like this. Bob, please do be sure to let us know more as you find out.
ArdraF
ArdraF
mnmnutswer
Well-known member
What's the problem ?? Move in and fish out the front door...
whiteva
Well-known member
Claim waterfront homestead!
O
Oscar Mike
Guest
This is listed don Snopes and gives an explanation of the occurrence. http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/housebridge.asp
OP
OP
Bob Buchanan
Well-known member
Oscar Mike said:
Great!! Thanks, Oscar Mike.
Didn't think to check Snopes, though I looked pretty close to see if PhotoShop was involved.
With the links and keywords in Snopes a bit more info can be found. Such as it appears there was another set of wood pilings in the center supporting the roadway. Photos showed them to be rotted from the water surface down. The home itself was OK from one article due to the huge steel beams on the trailer supporting it.
Also, when asked, the mover owner said that evening he didn't have a clue at the time how he was going to move the home. He did move a large backhoe in to keep the canal clear just in case the whole thing collapsed. Would imagine they moved the portable cranes in next.
I also searched YouTube hoping to find some video of the move or bridge repair. The only thing I could find was the moving of a similar home - that went a lot better. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. Part 2 has him backing in which is interesting with an 80 foot home vs. my 18' TT - before my MH. The 3rd is the moving of a larger home using two cranes. They just pick those puppies up and set them down someplace else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN99OBqUax0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfB8WIL5YT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KquwpFBKfDg
Gary RV_Wizard
Site Team
I'm amazed that any professional house mover would even propose using a route without first driving it to investigate any bridges, overheads, tight turns, etc. Or that they would rely on the municipality to do the route verification for them and reject a permit application. Somebody screwed up badly, and I'm sure the mover paid dearly for that mistake.
But wouldn't you just love to see the face on the insurance adjuster if the home owner ended up filing a claim?
But wouldn't you just love to see the face on the insurance adjuster if the home owner ended up filing a claim?
Selah
Well-known member
Molaker has the correct answer. Move the garage doors to the ends and charge the state for installing a covered bridge. With the intelligence level of our politicians today, the mover could make a bundle!
B
bucks2
Guest
Selah said:
Most exellent advise. Then file a lawsuit that the road is too close to your house, and that the noise is bothering you. Get the state to then buy your house at twice market value.
Ken
OP
OP
Bob Buchanan
Well-known member
bucks2 said:
The value would naturally go up in that case - as it is now waterfront property. Of course, they would also have to add flood insurance. It was in Canada, so sale would be to that Province vs. a State.
One article stated they would probably replace the bridge with a culvert vs. another bridge.
Tin man
Well-known member
The good and the bad...
Good; You now have waterfront property.
Bad; You now need flood insurance.
Good; You now have waterfront property.
Bad; You now need flood insurance.
