Drainage

Why Worry · Mar 21, 2014

Hello all,

I have a lane that’s about ¼ mile long and slopes up a hill to the county highway. The problem I have is that my hay field tapers down toward a low spot in the lane and water tends to pool up and cause a big mess.

What I’d like to do is dig a trench across the low place and pour concrete footers and have it drain off in the ditch directly on the south side of the lane, which in turn goes into the holler (hollow.

I would need to put a grate over the trench but have no idea how big/heavy, etc. I would need to accommodate equipment, trucks, cars and all other traffic.

Any suggestions???

ss55 · Mar 21, 2014

Maybe install a culvert under the lane at the lowest spot and build up the height of the lane so it stays above the water?

If you could post a picture it would be easier to understand. Good luck.

notjustair · Mar 21, 2014

If it were me I would get a hold of a prefab concrete drainage culvert type thing and be done with it. Grade it down, put in the system, and backfill it up three or four feet. You just never know what you may want to drive over that area and you sure don't want to be limited. Your kids will thank you as well - it will be easier to sell the place when you are gone if Bubba can drive his 8340 over it and not collapse it.
Concrete drains

paul · Mar 21, 2014

In most areas you need to get a permit to drain fields. Fedral, state, and county, someone is gonna be on you....

A culvert is the way to go.if there simpler isn't any depth for a culvert, then a fjord - a pconcreted or rocked crossing that is lower than the road, often dry but lets the water flow and you can drive on it.

Paul

showcrop · Mar 21, 2014

As everyone else is telling you, do it the way the rest of the world does. Depending on where you live, you drive over a 2-5 every mile. Stop and look. I would get a plastic culvert myself and use a plastic funnel at each end. If you want to get fancy you can get precast headers. Dig a catchment pool on the high side and line it with erosion stone, to keep the culvert from filling in with silt. I had a problem with a wet area on one of my fields due to an old class six town road next to it. I knew where the town had parked some old culverts on some town land a few years earlier, so I went there and got the contractor who was working on a project there to load them on my trailer. I then dropped them off at the class six road, dug a ditch across the road and laid them in. A senior citizen abutter got upset with me, but I convinced her that there was not one ounce more water coming onto her property.

Why Worry · Mar 21, 2014

Photo is a good idea. I'll snap one this weekend and post it Monday.

JMS/.MN · Mar 21, 2014

In Arizona they"re called arroyos (dry creek). The desert packs like concrete, they average about 7 inches rain per year, but an inch can cause a flood. Instead of culverts/bridges, they just construct a dip in the road to let the water cross.

sms · Mar 22, 2014

Plastic culvert used to recommend 2 feet of fill over top to prevent crush, I see a lot of them with less so maybe different now.

Why Worry · Mar 24, 2014

Here are some photos of the drainage I was talking about. Hopefully I did this right?

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