Diverting water across a track

[patrickr321]

We've made a drain and run a pipe on one side of a track that works well at taking alot of surface water away from higher up. I want to put in something diagonally across the track, a little higher up, to make sure all water is channelled to the correct side of the track and into the drain. Obviously this needs to be hard-wearing as the track is used by heavy machinery.

Concrete? Wood? Metal? Anyone got any tips.

Thanks

 

[puppet]

A gentle slope could just be graded to shed water sideways. Steeper needs a channel. Motorway barrier sunk in or deeper u channel if there is no livestock going along it.

 

[Farmeraduk]

Probably concrete hump, did a channel but always fills up with silt.

 

[Bald Rick]

We've made a drain and run a pipe on one side of a track that works well at taking alot of surface water away from higher up. I want to put in something diagonally across the track, a little higher up, to make sure all water is channelled to the correct side of the track and into the drain. Obviously this needs to be hard-wearing as the track is used by heavy machinery.

Concrete? Wood? Metal? Anyone got any tips.

Thanks

Embed a motorway crash barrier diagonally across the track

Ultimately, it will silt up but easy (ish) to clean so long as there is no cover over it. Those grilled pre-formed concrete drains are a waste of time

 

[dave78+]

We've made a drain and run a pipe on one side of a track that works well at taking alot of surface water away from higher up. I want to put in something diagonally across the track, a little higher up, to make sure all water is channelled to the correct side of the track and into the drain. Obviously this needs to be hard-wearing as the track is used by heavy machinery.

Concrete? Wood? Metal? Anyone got any tips.

Thanks

Road planed rock.

 

[Alchad]

I’ve used heavy duty 6in x 3in “U’ channel dug into our farm track and laid slightly at an angle to divert rainwater, works very well. I did make a small “sleeping policeman’ mound of concrete on the downstream side to help make sure the rainwater went into the channel but over the years that’s disappeared but hasn’t made much difference to the effectiveness.

 

[Rnold]

The Morley agricultural foundation in Norfolk have installed several different ideas in their farm tracks to prevent run off. They had been experimenting to find the best solution. As a research organisation, I am sure they will give advice to help.

 

[Pig man Rob]

I fitted two of these sections at the bottom of my yard road, after suffering a flood after a summer torrential downpour and water getting into a grain shed. I was really looking for something a bit larger but these seem to be able to cope with a large amount of water.

Effluent Channels and Grids

www.cravenconcrete.co.uk

 

[Kevtherev]

Sleeping policeman or either camber road to tip water away you can also sink a piece of channel iron in at angle to take water off but will need maintenance to keep clean.

 

[ISCO]

Embed a motorway crash barrier diagonally across the track

Ultimately, it will silt up but easy (ish) to clean so long as there is no cover over it. Those grilled pre-formed concrete drains are a waste of time

I am planning on doing this to our track, do they need concreting in or just laid in the stone?

 

[Blue.]

I acquired a pallet load of these.

Block Paving Drainage | Simply Paving

Our linear drainage is a long established and cost saving system that allows efficient drainage of water for hard landscape areas.

www.simplypaving.com

Haven’t used any yet but look like they won’t block with leaves and straw etc as easy as the grid type.

 

[dave78+]

Embed a motorway crash barrier diagonally across the track

Ultimately, it will silt up but easy (ish) to clean so long as there is no cover over it. Those grilled pre-formed concrete drains are a waste of time

Nicked motorway crash barriers could manifest as plod having a nice day!

 

[Bald Rick]

I am planning on doing this to our track, do they need concreting in or just laid in the stone?

Do it right, do it once. Personally I’d embed it in concrete. Worst case when the metal rots away, you’ve still got a concreted form

 

[patrickr321]

Hi all. Thanks for so many useful pieces of info. I've got a couple of sections of crash barrier, as it happens which I could stick end to end. Failing that, sleeping policeman sounds sensible too!

 

[Kevtherev]

I acquired a pallet load of these.

Block Paving Drainage | Simply Paving

Our linear drainage is a long established and cost saving system that allows efficient drainage of water for hard landscape areas.

www.simplypaving.com

Haven’t used any yet but look like they won’t block with leaves and straw etc as easy as the grid type.

Watch for cyclists they get their wheels stuck in them

 

[Yale]

Road planed rock.