Drainage

[miniconnect]

This i how it looks. We cut the pipe just above the gravel and put a mesh hat on it. That way the majority of the water goes in the top with the mesh catching straw etc and the rest filters down through the gravel into the bug slits in the pipe.

If you do go down the flexible coil route go for filter wrapped stuff. We had some 25yr old drains open in the spring that are in sand under a layer of peat and apart from the ones that were layed up hill theyr good as new.

 

[Zetor]

This is mine, the trenchless has it's place but it's not for every situation.

 

[Farm X]

Hi Colin, aye I've been playing about with an old Barth machine for a while now and I'm very close to getting the machine in the ground. I've got lots of bits needing drained and like you don't want to pull in a contractor or use a digger, like you say the cost of gravel would be excessive with a wider trench.
It amazes me that more farmers aren't looking into doing more themselves as there the technology is already there on many farms RTK,high horsepower tractors etc.
If you look at the US lots of farmers are doing their own drainage and nearly all would say its giving them the highest return on investment of money spent on their farms.
I think the reason more farmers are doing it themselves is that RTK grade control is so simple, making the work of surveys, levels and design something the farmer can do himself.
I'm using a system called intellislope on my machine to control grade which can be used on many makes of machine and bought it direct from the US a couple of years back, since I bought it the company has been bought by AgLeader so I now have backup in the UK.
The company also build plows both mounted and trailed.
http://soilmax.com

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We're beginning to sell those Soil-Max drainage ploughs in the UK. We'll be visiting in August to do a demo day.

 

[goodevans]

We're beginning to sell those Soil-Max drainage ploughs in the UK. We'll be visiting in August to do a demo day.

You can come and do a demo in Shropshire if you are looking for a sight ,PM if interested

 

[Farm X]

If anyone is interested, Soil-Max is hosting a water drainage webinar next Tuesday, 10 August at 5pm WET. I know most farmers will be in the middle of harvest so if you can't make it, you can still sign up and receive a copy of the webinar.

You can sign-up here.