• Jackusflackus@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Wow that’s crazy, I thought they just drove larger and larger trucks over the bridge until it broke. Then weighing the last truck and rebuilding, apparently isn’t the way it’s done after all.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      18 days ago

      They need to calculate tolerance and don’t want to break the bridge or lose a truck. They just keep driving bigger trucks until it starts making a weird sound and then they call the limit at that weight.