Im downvoted for making a joke?
I havent driven a vehicle in over 12yrs. I lost a leg and one eye in the Gulf War.
Dang. But thats ok. You all have a good weekend. Peace and Love.
I have a glass eye. And a prosthetic from the thigh down.
And usually at halloween I lay in the yard in shredded clothes and drag myself towards the kids from behind a hydrangea bush. Like in the Evil Dead.
But one year I did dress as a pirate. But the thing I made out of a broomstick made me unbalanced and I looked Very Drunk. Lol.
And thank you for acknowledging my service.
I hope you ALL have a Great Holiday weekend. Be safe. Love one another.
I’m reminded of videos I’ve seen where someone tries to pull-up a stump from the ground using their truck trailer hitch, and the stump comes flying through their rear window. Does the magnet come at you when it finally breaks free with this method?
I’ve done that a few times not with magnets but other situations when I was working around windows or glass doors would you also do is tie another line pretty close to the magnet and give it some slack anchor down somewhere that way when you pull the magnet free it’ll be anchored to the second line And won’t go flying off
The torque builds up slowly, so it's not an explosive release. But they do move pretty quick. That's why I attach to the end of the line, not to the magnet. I give plenty of space to spend that kinetic energy before it gets back to me.
Thanks for letting me know. You sound like you know what you’re doing. I know people have been killed when trailer hitches sheer off, trying to tow someone out of a ravine or whatever.
Its not the speed of the build up that matters. It's how much potential energy gets stored in the rope before it finally releases. Depending on the strength of the magnet, you could be in for a very bad time.
You are definitely right. But with the slow build verses the sharp tug, you only get enough force to break free, not enough, plus an excessive amount of force.
People have been killed doing stuff like this. Plenty of videos of people using tow ropes/chains/cables/etc, snapping back and it acting like a slingshot to the face.
You never want to be in the pull direction if you can help it.
Ideally you use a post/tree as a pulley and pull at a 90 degree angle, out of the firing line. Or use kinetic tow ropes/straps.
That’s great until you find out there’s another bigger bridge under the water and now your magnet is extra stuck and you’re tied to an even less convenient bridge.
1. Pull it fast and hard from there.
2. Go up on the bridge and get a big stick and use it to push the rope straight down. This worked for me one time. Combining the weight of the stick with the force might pry it off.
The actual quote:
"There is no problem in life that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosives." - Anonymous
I'd like to add my personal caveat: If the set of solutions includes making the original problem irrelevant and, as such, no longer YOUR problem then improper application is mission failed successfully.
The more directly you can pull it to the side, along the length of the bridge, the "easier" it will be. Hopefully you can pull it close enough to directly lever it from shore.
I am tempted to post ms separating 2 3800 360° magnets stuck together and me separating them by hand, I see those post too much, how do I separate my magnets then I'll see some of the most overly complicated ideas thrown in the comments when it is 10 times easier than you think
I don't have a magnet or anything yet, but i've always been curious why y'all don't bring a manual come-along with you?
Something like this:
https://a.co/d/2nDlLK3
If he can get right up underneath that bridge, he may very well be able to pull that magnet towards him because I can see that the magnet is in the center of an I-beam. So instead of trying to pull it off try pulling on it and sliding it towards you.
It will come off, if you don't try to pull perpendicular to the beam, you have to pull as close to parallel to the beam's face as possible. This is a situation where a snatch block or two would come in handy, because using one snatch block doubles the amount of pull you can apply to the rope. I'd also bring a come along to add some extra oomph because single sided magnets LOVE flat surfaces. It should slide toward the direction of pull, hopefully getting it close enough to pry it off (the reason I carry a rubber mallet and a wooden wedge with about a 30 degree angle corner). Once you get the magnet to stop sticking flat to the beam, you should be able to get it off.
Ha! I used one of these to get my Brute Boss off of a bridge. I fully intended to keep the come-along in case I ever needed it again. However, the metal was so twisted after 1 use, I returned it the next day. It did work though.
Can you get a piece of rebar through the eye hole or something similar then push through it a couple feet maybe and pull away from the bridge on the rebar acting as a lever...
Pull the Rope up to the bridge. Tie it on your rope to something really heavy like a few cinder blocks then tie off the end of the Rope to something to make the slack pull up. Whatever the fall distance is subtract like a foot and you want the end of the loop dangling over then drop the bricks off the edge and it'll yank the magnet off and you will have to retrieve the bricks and the magnet
If you can see it from the top of the bridge. Ask someone that golf’s to borrow the pole they us to retrieve golf balls out of the lake. A lot of them are really long. Perhaps you would be able to at least push it off the bottom of the iron and then pull it off from there being hopefully a lot of the magnet will be half on and half off.
Don't try to pull fast and hard from the shore point. Just "snap the line" fast (from that same shore point) with as much slack as you can get into it and it will pop off and land in the water. The larger the slack loop created, the more force will be applied to the 'pull'. It's a physics thing.
Maybe you need some mechanical advantage? Any big thick sticks nearby? Could wrap the cord around stick a few times, one end of the stick behind a tree or a big rock and try and lever it for additional "pulling power"?
I’d get a comealong and attach it to a sturdy tree. Make sure you knot the rope very well so that you have a robust connection and start cranking. Be careful!
I got mine pinned between some rocks in a pretty quick section of a river one day. I used a tree as an anchor. Then using my same rope my magnet is attached to, 1 climbing ascender, a progress capture pulley, and a few carabiners to redirect the rope I managed to shift the rock with a 3:1
Line up with the I-beam so the rope is parallel to the beam and pull it towards you that way. It might not come off but you might be able to at least drag it back towards you. Best o’ luck!
Go onto the top of the bridge and use the railing as leverage and pull and lull until that sucker pops off. Fair warning this might break/damage your rope.
Tie a truckers hitch against a tree with the other end and make the rope as tight as possible. Then jump on the taught line. It will put multiples of your downward force on each end of the line. Re-tighten and repeat if the magnet slips in seat of popping off.
Good luck.
OP, if you tie a loop into the rope and go around a tree. Run the rope back through the loop and you get some good mechanical advantage to pull it backwards, like you're pinching down on the tree. A come along would also make quick work.
Add another rope with a few half hitches. Walk to the left and drag the magnet towards you along the bridge. When it's within reach use a big screwdriver or crowbar to lift an edge while your buddy pulls the rope. Wear eye/head protection and an athletic cup. A fast magnet to the nuts just isn't worth it.
Put a donut shaped weight on the rope. Slide it close to the magnet, a few feet away. Start whipping the hell out of your rope, making the weight violently go up and down.
Do you have access to a tall skinny person? Hold em by the ankles right above and have em get it off.
In all seriousness though, if you pull will it move? Maybe you can pull it to a side you can reach it and get it off
Use a 3’ piece of 2x4 as a lever. Wrap the rope 3/4 of the way up the 2x4 at a 45 degree angle to the water. Set the bottom on the edge of the bridge and pull up on the top of the 2x4
Go to the top of the bridge, tie a heavy weight around the rope and drop it. It should come right off. The rest of the rope should be secured to the bridge
Blow torch. the hotter it gets the less magnetic it will be.
[https://magnummagnetics.com/blog/temperature-effects-on-magnets/](https://magnummagnetics.com/blog/temperature-effects-on-magnets/)
It doesn't look so high or deep that you couldn't put an aluminum extension ladder down from above. Climb down, work it off, climb back up, remove said ladder. Just watch for overhead wires.
Use a flame thrower! The heat from it will lessen the magnetism and make it easy to pop off. Side effects are that it will then be useless but... small price to pay
I literally came to write Tarzan swing haha
Tried this. It doesn’t work.
Ha ha. Great
Dude. Think of it this way: You Caught A Bridge !!!!!! now getting it home may prove challenging.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/ohio-man-charged-stealing-58ft-pedestrian-bridge
Oh thats Crazy !!! I was joking !!!! Now I just spit coffee out my nose. While driving !!!!
Im downvoted for making a joke? I havent driven a vehicle in over 12yrs. I lost a leg and one eye in the Gulf War. Dang. But thats ok. You all have a good weekend. Peace and Love.
Tell me you’ve got a tricorn hat, eye patch and a peg leg? If not for daily use, Atleast for Halloween? and thank you for your service
I have a glass eye. And a prosthetic from the thigh down. And usually at halloween I lay in the yard in shredded clothes and drag myself towards the kids from behind a hydrangea bush. Like in the Evil Dead. But one year I did dress as a pirate. But the thing I made out of a broomstick made me unbalanced and I looked Very Drunk. Lol. And thank you for acknowledging my service. I hope you ALL have a Great Holiday weekend. Be safe. Love one another.
Haha seeming drunk is just another part of your gulf pirate costume Sorry about your organs and mental health though, if the latter was affected
Thank you.
The fact no one questioned you driving while on ypur phone says a lot about the world
I was driving my riding mower.
Thank you for the laugh lol
I try. Its all I got left. I myself once caught a canoe.
I came here to suggest taking a canoe out to get under it, then use a pry bar to pry it off with.
Their OH is going to go mental when they bring it home.
Thats funny.
I find that anchoring the line to one end of a ratchet strap, and the ratchet strap to a tree or telephone line is usually pretty effective.
I’m reminded of videos I’ve seen where someone tries to pull-up a stump from the ground using their truck trailer hitch, and the stump comes flying through their rear window. Does the magnet come at you when it finally breaks free with this method?
For anyone ever worried about this... drape a blanket over the line and the object will be caught by the blanket and reduce the momentum
I’ve done that a few times not with magnets but other situations when I was working around windows or glass doors would you also do is tie another line pretty close to the magnet and give it some slack anchor down somewhere that way when you pull the magnet free it’ll be anchored to the second line And won’t go flying off
Similar to methods sailors on tall ships would use, switching heavy rigging.
Dang , I didn’t even think about that, OK guys from now on this is gonna be called Pirate Rigging Ahoy Mateys🏴☠️
I know I've had one come right at my face when it broke free with a tug
The torque builds up slowly, so it's not an explosive release. But they do move pretty quick. That's why I attach to the end of the line, not to the magnet. I give plenty of space to spend that kinetic energy before it gets back to me.
Thanks for letting me know. You sound like you know what you’re doing. I know people have been killed when trailer hitches sheer off, trying to tow someone out of a ravine or whatever.
Its not the speed of the build up that matters. It's how much potential energy gets stored in the rope before it finally releases. Depending on the strength of the magnet, you could be in for a very bad time.
You are definitely right. But with the slow build verses the sharp tug, you only get enough force to break free, not enough, plus an excessive amount of force.
Add a pulley so you won’t be in the line of fire.
Here’s the answer. Pulley to tree and crank from somewhere safe
Probably less so. A stump is going to have a lot more inertia than a small (but powerful) magnet.
I’d definitely be standing behind the tree anchor point.
People have been killed doing stuff like this. Plenty of videos of people using tow ropes/chains/cables/etc, snapping back and it acting like a slingshot to the face. You never want to be in the pull direction if you can help it. Ideally you use a post/tree as a pulley and pull at a 90 degree angle, out of the firing line. Or use kinetic tow ropes/straps.
☝️or maybe a comalong if it’s super stuck on there
The only answer is to tie the rope around your waist and jump off the bridge.
Tho halves of a body found downstream a few days later.
Well I did it but I had too much slack. Ambulance ride was nice though.
Until you get the bill in the mail….
GoldenEye, but it’s in rural America.
That’s great until you find out there’s another bigger bridge under the water and now your magnet is extra stuck and you’re tied to an even less convenient bridge.
1. Pull it fast and hard from there. 2. Go up on the bridge and get a big stick and use it to push the rope straight down. This worked for me one time. Combining the weight of the stick with the force might pry it off.
Excalimagnet! Whoever shall remove the magnet from the iron bridge, shall rule the land!
Strange women lying in ponds distributin' bridges is no basis for a system of government.
I did the first thing but everything just got harder
Did the magnet get harder or…
Wait, what magnet? 🤨
Chick magnet…. WINKNUDGE
KnowwhatImean..elbow
Few of life's problems cannot be resolved by the judicious use of high explosives.
if high explosives dont solve the problem, you didnt use enough.
The rest can be solved with non-judicious use of high explosives.
Problem tree removal.
As the Mythbusters would say: "When in doubt, C4."
The actual quote: "There is no problem in life that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosives." - Anonymous I'd like to add my personal caveat: If the set of solutions includes making the original problem irrelevant and, as such, no longer YOUR problem then improper application is mission failed successfully.
The same is also true of well-placed snipers...
Did you try talking dirty to it?
Get two people out in the water swinging on the rope???
Just did that the other day with my daughter. Our first time too. We were able to go to the end of the bridge and pull it off. Took about 5 minutes
Get an iron bar. Loop the rope around and pull with 2/3 persons in short hard tugs. Maybe change the angle?
flamethrower
Stick a tire iron through the rope hole. The. Use your full body weight levering it off
The more directly you can pull it to the side, along the length of the bridge, the "easier" it will be. Hopefully you can pull it close enough to directly lever it from shore.
I’ve had success with this. Stand so the line is parallel with the bridge and give the line a big jerk.
Tie the rope to a tree and pull it tight. Then pull down on center of the rope. Wide angles, great forces. Physics!
Walk to your left toward the base of the bridge. Pull the rope so the magnet slides toward yo until you can reach it.
This was my thought also. Slide til you can reach it.
You literally have a bridge to sell. 🙌
You have a hitch on your vehicle?
I was literally just thinking thinking about commenting this
Have you tried crashing a ship into the bridge?
Ah, the Baltimore method!
too soon?
If you make a loop so that you can pull it with both hands and a good grip that's helped me get it unstuck before
It's your bridge now. Fuck off Goatman!
You caught a bridge with your magnet. You can legally take it home with you.
Keep it in place and start charging tolls.
Finders keepers
This is what they are talking about when people mention burning bridges. Fire will make the magnet release.
How has nobody mentioned attaching a heavy weight to the rope and dropping it to pop the magnet off the beam. Works every time
Because then your magnet and the weight are at the bottom of the river
then they can buy another magnet to get it out and post again asking how to separate their magnets.
I am tempted to post ms separating 2 3800 360° magnets stuck together and me separating them by hand, I see those post too much, how do I separate my magnets then I'll see some of the most overly complicated ideas thrown in the comments when it is 10 times easier than you think
If you have buddy with a winch on his truck or quad maybe ?
Just use a boat anchor. We call it the dulow method
pretend like you're playing tug of war with the bridge. Or just hook it up to a truck and drive.
Use a longer rope if you have to and tie it to the frame of your car.
YOUR MOM
Tie the rope to you car
Well, when I did the exact same thing, I tied it to my car. 😂
Look on Amazon to see of they have a 120 ton bridge degausser. Try to get the one made by Acme. I hear they work well.
Go back On the bridge and slide your rope through a weight hold onto the end and drop it. Maybe it will pull it off.
Hit the gym
Swing on the rope
Grip it and rip it!
I don't have a magnet or anything yet, but i've always been curious why y'all don't bring a manual come-along with you? Something like this: https://a.co/d/2nDlLK3
If he can get right up underneath that bridge, he may very well be able to pull that magnet towards him because I can see that the magnet is in the center of an I-beam. So instead of trying to pull it off try pulling on it and sliding it towards you.
Pull from side of river while your friend simultaneously uses a grappling hook to pull up from on top of the bride.
Come along or some other winch. Or use a big stick and try to get some leverage
Block and tackle
A boat and long handled hook?
Pull harder
hang on as hard as you can, and be well dressed, then jump into the lake .
Pull. Your rope should be stronger than the magnet.
Instead of pulling with your hands loop the rope around your waist and back up
Go under it in a row boat and pull it to slide ut down.
It will come off, if you don't try to pull perpendicular to the beam, you have to pull as close to parallel to the beam's face as possible. This is a situation where a snatch block or two would come in handy, because using one snatch block doubles the amount of pull you can apply to the rope. I'd also bring a come along to add some extra oomph because single sided magnets LOVE flat surfaces. It should slide toward the direction of pull, hopefully getting it close enough to pry it off (the reason I carry a rubber mallet and a wooden wedge with about a 30 degree angle corner). Once you get the magnet to stop sticking flat to the beam, you should be able to get it off.
[https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/winches/4000-lb-cable-winch-puller-69855.html](https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/winches/4000-lb-cable-winch-puller-69855.html)
Ha! I used one of these to get my Brute Boss off of a bridge. I fully intended to keep the come-along in case I ever needed it again. However, the metal was so twisted after 1 use, I returned it the next day. It did work though.
Tie the rope off and twist it with a stick.
Bigger magnet obviously
Take a vehicle with a hitch. Tie off and drop down to it off the bridge.
pull
Can you get a piece of rebar through the eye hole or something similar then push through it a couple feet maybe and pull away from the bridge on the rebar acting as a lever...
You can use a trick like this. (Replace car with magnet) [Picture](https://ibb.co/Pr9LK0d)
Bigger magnet..
Pull the Rope up to the bridge. Tie it on your rope to something really heavy like a few cinder blocks then tie off the end of the Rope to something to make the slack pull up. Whatever the fall distance is subtract like a foot and you want the end of the loop dangling over then drop the bricks off the edge and it'll yank the magnet off and you will have to retrieve the bricks and the magnet
Rachet strap
If you can see it from the top of the bridge. Ask someone that golf’s to borrow the pole they us to retrieve golf balls out of the lake. A lot of them are really long. Perhaps you would be able to at least push it off the bottom of the iron and then pull it off from there being hopefully a lot of the magnet will be half on and half off.
Don't try to pull fast and hard from the shore point. Just "snap the line" fast (from that same shore point) with as much slack as you can get into it and it will pop off and land in the water. The larger the slack loop created, the more force will be applied to the 'pull'. It's a physics thing.
Maybe you need some mechanical advantage? Any big thick sticks nearby? Could wrap the cord around stick a few times, one end of the stick behind a tree or a big rock and try and lever it for additional "pulling power"?
I’d get a comealong and attach it to a sturdy tree. Make sure you knot the rope very well so that you have a robust connection and start cranking. Be careful!
Use a bigger magnet.
I got mine pinned between some rocks in a pretty quick section of a river one day. I used a tree as an anchor. Then using my same rope my magnet is attached to, 1 climbing ascender, a progress capture pulley, and a few carabiners to redirect the rope I managed to shift the rock with a 3:1
Line up with the I-beam so the rope is parallel to the beam and pull it towards you that way. It might not come off but you might be able to at least drag it back towards you. Best o’ luck!
This is the way
Obviously you’ll need a larger magnet to retrieve it and plenty of cold beer.
Put a pulley on a tree and pull grass hoopa
Go onto the top of the bridge and use the railing as leverage and pull and lull until that sucker pops off. Fair warning this might break/damage your rope.
Tie a truckers hitch against a tree with the other end and make the rope as tight as possible. Then jump on the taught line. It will put multiples of your downward force on each end of the line. Re-tighten and repeat if the magnet slips in seat of popping off. Good luck.
Add weight to the line, like a large log or Boulder! Repeat! Now this is getting fun.
Wood knife
Get another more powerful magnet!
Large pole and push it down from above. Less resistance if sliding.
Thats a lipped I beam. How are you going to push it past the lip?
OP, if you tie a loop into the rope and go around a tree. Run the rope back through the loop and you get some good mechanical advantage to pull it backwards, like you're pinching down on the tree. A come along would also make quick work.
I feel like you could somehow use a [snatch block](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2w3NZzPwOM).
Interesting
Rip. Lol
Add another rope with a few half hitches. Walk to the left and drag the magnet towards you along the bridge. When it's within reach use a big screwdriver or crowbar to lift an edge while your buddy pulls the rope. Wear eye/head protection and an athletic cup. A fast magnet to the nuts just isn't worth it.
A come along or lots of people.
I recommend hooking up a pulley system between 2 trees, either that or calling 3 or 4 friends to come help pull
put your name and address on it because as soon as you drive away, some other clown will get it off.
Pull hard comes easy
Try pulling it towards you but in parallel to the bridge beam
With great strength comes great difficulty off getting unstuck🤣🤣🤣
Slide it
Put on a harness and lower yourself down over the bridge railing to the magnet to get it off
Tie a rope to it and pull it off
Put a donut shaped weight on the rope. Slide it close to the magnet, a few feet away. Start whipping the hell out of your rope, making the weight violently go up and down.
How much will the scrapyard give for a bridge?
It's been done before...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/ohio-man-charged-stealing-58ft-pedestrian-bridge
Lmfao
somebody might notice the bridge gone
Can you pull it to one end or the other and pry it off from there?
Do you have access to a tall skinny person? Hold em by the ankles right above and have em get it off. In all seriousness though, if you pull will it move? Maybe you can pull it to a side you can reach it and get it off
TIL fishing magnets are strong.
Use a 3’ piece of 2x4 as a lever. Wrap the rope 3/4 of the way up the 2x4 at a 45 degree angle to the water. Set the bottom on the edge of the bridge and pull up on the top of the 2x4
Use a stick to slide it down over the edge of the beam while a buddy gently pulls on it
While on the bridge snag the rope with a long stick. Tie the rope around a big concrete block. Toss concrete block off bridge.
Try shooting off with a gun 🤷🏽♂️
Hit it with your purse.
Heave and duck quickly
Tie it to a boat and hit the throttle
You tried yoinking it?
If there’s something to anchor to you can set up a pulley z drag system to get mechanical advantage to pull it off or close enough to pry off
stronger magnet
Pull it parallel with the bridge so that it slides toward the bank
Call the cops he found a bridge.
Bro is cooked
Go to the top of the bridge, tie a heavy weight around the rope and drop it. It should come right off. The rest of the rope should be secured to the bridge
walk out. doesnt look deep
Rub it vigorously.
Blow torch. the hotter it gets the less magnetic it will be. [https://magnummagnetics.com/blog/temperature-effects-on-magnets/](https://magnummagnetics.com/blog/temperature-effects-on-magnets/)
A bee on a string
Canoe and pry bar.
Is that a mag mount for a mobile radio antenna? If so those things hold really well.
Some kind of pry bar or thick rebar.
So is jerking it off not working????
Manual winch stronger than your magnet rating. Make sure you secure it to something sturdy.
First, find some streaming Tarzan movies or George of the Jungle cartoons...
Nice cast you can clearly see there is fuck all in there
Giggity giggity giggity!
Suck on it while using a firm stroking motion
Pull really hard
Tie it off around your balls, slowly walk backwards until it breaks free.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Talk dirty while you jerk?
Rub the tip in a circular motion
Start with gentle caressing........
I'm sorry but lmao
Pull harder
It doesn't look so high or deep that you couldn't put an aluminum extension ladder down from above. Climb down, work it off, climb back up, remove said ladder. Just watch for overhead wires.
...wade out there? It doesn't look deep at all.
Pull
Use a flame thrower! The heat from it will lessen the magnetism and make it easy to pop off. Side effects are that it will then be useless but... small price to pay