Advice - solution for bridging ditch for access

MF35

Member
Location
Hampshire
Dear Forum members, I am trying to find the most cost effective solution to bridging a field ditch to facilitate access by vehicles under 3.5 tons realistically. Any practical recommendations appreciated ? One side is slightly higher than the other.

Always admire the ingenuity and helpfulness on this site to find solutions.

thanks.
 

bovrill

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
East Essexshire
I'm just about to do a similar job. I'm going to get a 20' length of 300mm twinwall pipe to put in the bottom (that'll be the expensive bit), then I've got some massive lumps of WW2 concrete I dug out of a mound last year which I'll lay at the edges, effectively as kerbs, bridging the ditch, then fill with any clay/dirt I've got to hand.
I could put some crush concrete on the top, but it's from one field to another, so I don't think I'll bother.

My ditch is 6'+ deep, and 10'+ across the top, and the lumps of concrete are I think the foundation edges of a Nissen hut, which I've broken up into lengths I can pick up with the loader, probably two to three tons each.
I wouldn't calculate yours for 3.5t loading, go big, you won't regret it when you have to take something bigger in one day.
 

mo!

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
York
As above, pipe it in with sloping sides of earth. We did it between two fields, I reckon it paid for itself in one year.
 

Paul E

Member
Location
Boggy.
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Well somebody had to say it !(y);)
 

Matt L

Member
Trade
Location
Suffolk
Twinwall of appropriate size for the catchment and ditch size. Then backfill with suitable material and top with type one. Twinwall will be the most costly part.
Make sure you clean the ditch out properly first or the culvert will be in at the wrong depth when you do get the ditch cleaned.
 

RobFZS

Member
decent twinwall pipe, some nice stone to cover it and then a load of rubble, then whatever you need to level the top off, we have concrete sleepers over ours.
 

MF35

Member
Location
Hampshire
As ever, some excellent ideas and practical advice by way of response. Thanks to all for your contribution. Now need to decide the route subject to what I can find from the various potential shopping list items suggested.
 

Bobthebuilder

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
northumberland
As ever, some excellent ideas and practical advice by way of response. Thanks to all for your contribution. Now need to decide the route subject to what I can find from the various potential shopping list items suggested.

What's your location? As I know a local farmer/ haulier of concrete pipes often has odd sizes going cheap
 

Massey675

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Bristol
The way we done it on a field is metal girders across the ditch with railway sleepers fitted into the girders 20 odd years on its still with stood flooding and years of abuse.
 

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