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Good draining soil that, need gravel in clay , not that good stuff .No gravel on these oldies still working. Trencher track repairs I under estimated how much work that is.
K140?Has any thing changed regards stone on drains now the stone is exactly half the cost of the job. View attachment 946485
No, and its very hard to add stone later, its there for 100 years if its plastic and single runs to a ditch to be able to jet every 10 years, so why skimp?Has any thing changed regards stone on drains now the stone is exactly half the cost of the job. View attachment 946485
I now have about 40 million questions for youYes k140 with the merc 6 pot engine. Rebuilding tracks mostly and couple of tidy up jobs. View attachment 946851
Heavy clay here.
Every drain ive dug up with no backfill was dry, but the ground above is wet.
Not dug up many drains with backfill. Probably because there was no need to dig them up
Maybe your drains aren’t back filled?How is the soil structure looking? Last week, most of my drain outfalls had run dry but the surface was still wet. To get below field capacity, there needs to be top growth in the plants or a welcome drying easterly wind. It's too cold for much growth but as I drove down the main road past your place this morning the fields are certainly showing signs of fresh greenery.
Maybe your drains aren’t back filled?
Nice clean slate! I reckon you no tiller guys will be making so much money you will be able to back fill right to the surface. I understand beeswax use best gravel at 20 meter spacing.Sadly, that’s true. None of the drains we’ve dug up had backfill and were all silted up. The analysis of my predecessor was “they were done cheaply and are about buggered”
It would but the straw is already rowed up in the field after harvest each year ready to use. Could it capture carbon as straw deep in clay would take a long time to break down? It would drain slower than open pipes and be like a sponge, reducing flooding? And filter out sediment, nutrients and pesticides better?That would be easier with gravel.
Go the whole hog with 2 deep legs on the combine to open it up and drop straw in and roll back down, just add another 300HP!It would but the straw is already rowed up in the field after harvest each year ready to use. Could it capture carbon as straw deep in clay would take a long time to break down? It would drain slower than open pipes and be like a sponge, reducing flooding? And filter out sediment, nutrients and pesticides better?
Just my overactive imagination, I regularly have wacky ideas rarely do they come to anything
My tracks are going to need doing soon wouldn’t mind knowing what you refurbed yours withI’m 7 years in so know my way round it what do you want to know.
And the weed seeds and grain losses would be buried too!Go the whole hog with 2 deep legs on the combine to open it up and drop straw in and roll back down, just add another 300HP!
What are people's thoughts of putting drains in with a trencher 10m apart with no gravel rather than 22yards apart with gravel