draining ,ditching & jetting lets get this water flowing
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pipeman1964
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- Suffolk / Norfolk Border
its the dog rubbish !!! if your gonna do a job you want the right gearProper kit there Pipeman, keep the pictures coming.
2wheels
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- aberdeenshire
no, i meant i was surprised to see that there appears to be no stone in te ground, makes a difference to the workability as regards cultivation.
pipeman1964
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- Suffolk / Norfolk Border
2wheels
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- aberdeenshire
boy's ground?
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- East yorks
Quite common in England to see no stone. We have no stone in our bit either just clay down as far as the digger goes
pipeman1964
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- Suffolk / Norfolk Border
keep telling yourself that 2wheels !!! its not all like thatboy's ground?
Valtra Man
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Most useful tool I've found for draining is a terrier locator and collar(apart from the digger). No use for new drains but I spend half my life repairing old ones and being able to pinpoint where the pipes are in the field makes it so much quicker and easier. Trouble is it only goes 50m so you often need to keep on finding the pipe to follow it. Simple and quick though as once you dig down on top of the locater you only need to hand dig the last few inches and you never smash existing pipes with the bucket being less than enthusiastic about using the shovel.
). No use for new drains but I spend half my life repairing old ones and being able to pinpoint where the pipes are in the field makes it so much quicker and easier. Trouble is it only goes 50m so you often need to keep on finding the pipe to follow it. Simple and quick though as once you dig down on top of the locater you only need to hand dig the last few inches and you never smash existing pipes with the bucket being less than enthusiastic about using the shovel.
pipeman1964
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- Suffolk / Norfolk Border
ive got a ferret finder on the head of my jetter which does the same thing but you got to find the drain first before you can use it.Most useful tool I've found for draining is a terrier locator and collar(apart from the digger
Valtra Man
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We are lucky here as most pipes run into streams so it's usually easy to find outfalls as they are 'mostly' kept clear. The only benefit of the terrier collar is I can be 50m from the the collar and don't have to follow the collar along. I usually stick the locator in a 50m coil of alkathene ram it up the pipe and then go looking. The box then tells you exactly how far and how deep the locator is. Not sure if the ferret locators tell you exactly how deep or far away they go as I haven't used one. As you say though it's only good if you know where the pipe is to start. For a simple bit of kit it's surprising how useful they are.
You soon become a detective when you get involved in drainage repair and the tools of the trade include divining rods, google earth, coloured dye and finding the old bloke who worked on the farm all his life who saw the draining being done originally (drainage maps are better but no one seems to think they should keep them handy)
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- Welshpool Powys
I can smell them [emoji23][emoji23]
pycoed
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- Pontarddulais, UK
Perfect!Ok, How's this.
Ditch dug by hand, digger only stopped by to watch me swet !!!
Honest john
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- Fenland
Loving this thread.
pipeman1964
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- Suffolk / Norfolk Border
I told you it bred in you if your a drainer boy !!!!!!!
massey765
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- nr clitheroe lancs
My ferret finder has gone f#cked....contemplating a cat 4 with depth jobby on it ......anybody used one to follow the jetter pipe.....maybe with a signal off a genny?
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