jon f mn
Well-known Member
Spent the weekend digging holes. Rented
this mini hoe to work on the sewer that
wasn't working anymore.
My sewer has been trouble since I bought the place, and they say for long before that too. So I just decided to run a new line rather than try to find the issue with the old one. Had some help from my son Eric, son-in-law Joe, and my friend Doug.
Dug in a total of 175' with a foot of sand and a foot of rock under, covered with rock and fabric.
All done. Will have to run over it with a drag when the clay dries out and break down some clumps and smooth it some, but that's it for now.
Since I had the hoe rented for the weekend I worked on some ditches to get some better drainage. Lowered one culvert and added another for better access to the other side of the ditch. Lowered the one 6 inches so it was at water level to get more drop to drain the wet spot at the far end of the field. Even at that there was only 12 inches of drop in 1/4 mile, so it will he a slow drain.
This is the main ditch that runs the length of the field. It was never deep enough and had filled some besides so it didn't do enough. I dug it put some a couple years ago with the DC, but it needed more. I did the main grade like this then came back and dressed up the edges.
This is the other end. I could only dig a few inches here, just enough to give the water a place to go.
This is the finished job. This first pic is the start, the lowered culvert is at the far end. That's Bonnie, my helper for the day. She ran the Lazer.
This is the far end where I Y'd off to go across a field to get the wet spot at he far side. Didn't look like much of a hill, but I had to get 3' deep at one point.
I will work it down with a disc and drag and use the back blade to level it more and dress the sides up and spread the dirt out more. But hopefully I'll have more ground that doesn't drown now.
I was suprrised at how dry it still was, we had almost 6 of rain in the last week, but there was no water in the ditch and the ground was dry at least down the depth I dug. I was surprised that much water could dissappear that fast. But til then we had had less than an inch all year.
this mini hoe to work on the sewer that
wasn't working anymore.
My sewer has been trouble since I bought the place, and they say for long before that too. So I just decided to run a new line rather than try to find the issue with the old one. Had some help from my son Eric, son-in-law Joe, and my friend Doug.
Dug in a total of 175' with a foot of sand and a foot of rock under, covered with rock and fabric.
All done. Will have to run over it with a drag when the clay dries out and break down some clumps and smooth it some, but that's it for now.
Since I had the hoe rented for the weekend I worked on some ditches to get some better drainage. Lowered one culvert and added another for better access to the other side of the ditch. Lowered the one 6 inches so it was at water level to get more drop to drain the wet spot at the far end of the field. Even at that there was only 12 inches of drop in 1/4 mile, so it will he a slow drain.
This is the main ditch that runs the length of the field. It was never deep enough and had filled some besides so it didn't do enough. I dug it put some a couple years ago with the DC, but it needed more. I did the main grade like this then came back and dressed up the edges.
This is the other end. I could only dig a few inches here, just enough to give the water a place to go.
This is the finished job. This first pic is the start, the lowered culvert is at the far end. That's Bonnie, my helper for the day. She ran the Lazer.
This is the far end where I Y'd off to go across a field to get the wet spot at he far side. Didn't look like much of a hill, but I had to get 3' deep at one point.
I will work it down with a disc and drag and use the back blade to level it more and dress the sides up and spread the dirt out more. But hopefully I'll have more ground that doesn't drown now.
I was suprrised at how dry it still was, we had almost 6 of rain in the last week, but there was no water in the ditch and the ground was dry at least down the depth I dug. I was surprised that much water could dissappear that fast. But til then we had had less than an inch all year.
