Field Drainage!

[RakeeyboE]

What prices have you paid to have you're fields drained?

We are wanting to get about an acre of land drained as it's soaking wet in the bottom of the field and useless,
We have had some quotes with main drain installed and branches going into that
What prices have you payed all in for everything included stone,Pipes Labour etc all Included
Cheers

 

[ARW]

£1200 an acre would be a start for large average but for just 1 acre and plenty of drains it will be more

 

[RakeeyboE]

£1200 an acre would be a start for large average but for just 1 acre and plenty of drains it will be more

Cheers, so £1200 all in ir should be for 1 acre of drainage including main drain etc? I've been quoted alot more than that

 

[z.man]

£1080 an acre for lateral drains + £500 an acre if needing new leaders then add stone if backfilling then bring machines to site so £3k would be highly possible

 

[RakeeyboE]

I've been quoted £3k-£5k hasn't said yet, but the field has no drainage work whatsoever except for ditches in the bottom, the quote included stone and machinery costs all in etc

 

[ARW]

I've been quoted £3k-£5k hasn't said yet, but the field has no drainage work whatsoever except for ditches in the bottom, the quote included stone and machinery costs all in etc

You won’t be far off at that.

 

[DrWazzock]

Sounds reasonable. Small job can’t spread the overheads. Obviously it would less per acre for a bigger number of acres.

 

[teslacoils]

Yup. Half the price will be getting the gear there. Any neighbours doing a bit so you can piggyback onto the job?

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Yup. Half the price will be getting the gear there. Any neighbours doing a bit so you can piggyback onto the job?

This!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

might be better just to dig a pond and plant a few trees! or just get someone in with a digger a lay a couple of drains in the worst bit, subsoil, clean ditches and see how it goes

 

[tr250]

We are hopefully having a neighbor to drain 60 acres in the summer quote is roughly £500 an acre we are supplying tractors and men on gravel carts and loading gravel 40m skeleton scheme to mole drain into