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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRandom question for people who have worked construction
What's the longest distance you've ever had to deal with between the site and the roadhead or railhead?
I'm trying to talk sense to a MAGA friend who still wants the "rest of the wall" built and trying to figure out realistically how much new road and rail that would take.
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Random question for people who have worked construction (Original Post)
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May 2019
OP
Tell them a dragon will burn down the wall and the non-wight walkers will come anyway ...
uponit7771
May 2019
#1
There would need to be a corridor suitable for heavy equipment along the entire length.
bluedigger
May 2019
#2
uponit7771
(90,323 posts)1. Tell them a dragon will burn down the wall and the non-wight walkers will come anyway ...
... they'll believe it.
They don't do that whole thinking thing too good
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)2. There would need to be a corridor suitable for heavy equipment along the entire length.
That would then need to be maintained for patrols and to provide access for repairs and routine maintenance of the wall.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,315 posts)3. Not very, because temporary roads are built all the time.
MythosMaster
(445 posts)4. You cannot reason...
With the unreasonable.
panader0
(25,816 posts)5. "Tear down this wall"