Ditch dreching

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Emmadocking

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• Nov 11, 2021

• #1

Can anyone advise of a contractor that can provide ditch clearance near knutsford East Cheshire. Either manual or machine.

I have approx 120 - 150 meter run of ditches that have trees / hedge one side and a post rail fence the other. The sides of the ditches are clear, but there is build up at the bottom of the ditch which is now preventing drainage into the drainage pond.

 

Ffermer Bach

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Carmarthenshire, West Wales

• Nov 11, 2021

• #2

if anything like round here, there will be loads of people with a machine, sounds like 2 or 3 days work, if you don't want to damage the fence sounds like you may need a machine 8 ton or over to be able to reach over. It does depend on how far the trees overhang the ditch, as they may get in the way of the digger and need cutting back to give room, job maybe for a tree shear first on the machine?

 

teslacoils

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Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Nov 11, 2021

• #3

Have you ascertained that it's your ditch to clear? And thus where the spoil needs to go?

 

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robs1

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• Nov 11, 2021

• #4

There are probably a couple of diggers from the river lugg area looking for work

 

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Emmadocking

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• Nov 11, 2021

• #5

teslacoils said:

Have you ascertained that it's your ditch to clear? And thus where the spoil needs to go?

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Emmadocking

Member

• Nov 11, 2021

• #6

Yes based on boundary assumptions it belongs to the neighbour, but they left the country 3 yrs ago and are not interested as it does not affect them. So we will take of it.

 

teslacoils

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Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Nov 11, 2021

• #7

Emmadocking said:

Yes based on boundary assumptions it belongs to the neighbour, but they left the country 3 yrs ago and are not interested as it does not affect them. So we will take of it.

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So, are you going to ask them first? Might the ditch be in an environmental scheme restricting the dates when it can be cleared? Are you putting the spoil back onto your neighbours land?

Like many things in modern life, a surprising number of boxes to tick in these sort of things.

 

Goweresque

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Location

North Wilts

• Nov 11, 2021

• #8

Emmadocking said:

Can anyone advise of a contractor that can provide ditch clearance near knutsford East Cheshire. Either manual or machine.

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I'm intrigued as to how many manual ditch clearing contractors there could possibly be these days? I know farming is stuck in the 70s (© @7610 super q ) but at least its the 1970s not the 1870s........