Muddy gateways?

[Dry Rot]

Haven't seen this discussed, but are there any magic solutions? Every time a tractor goes through the gate it picks up mud from a wet puddle depositing it in the field making the muddy hole even deeper and muddier. Is there any way of stopping the cycle short of paving the gateway with large stones or concreting it? I am wondering if old tyres filled with heavy chippings would be a solution....or just move the problem further out into the field?

 

[Highland Mule]

Haven't seen this discussed, but are there any magic solutions? Every time a tractor goes through the gate it picks up mud from a wet puddle depositing it in the field making the muddy hole even deeper and muddier. Is there any way of stopping the cycle short of paving the gateway with large stones or concreting it? I am wondering if old tyres filled with heavy chippings would be a solution....or just move the problem further out into the field?

Usually find a couple of tonne of type 1 spread out in the opening helps, along with some drainage and minimising traffic until it’s stabilised itself.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Water is the problem here, you need to get rid of it,
Depending on the land, but where the water stands, dig a big hole as deep as digger will reach and fill with big stones in the bottom getting less in size as you come up, as a great big soakaway, dig small trenches spurs off into the field below ploughing depth,

 

[Bobthebuilder]

If possible try n keep gateways higher than field with natural slopes or stone/gravel in gateway so water can’t lay in gate way

 

[RushesToo]

Move the gate to the highest bit of the hedgeline. It probably was that in the first place, just got compacted and no drainage left - so isn't any more.
Essential to get the water to run away from it, not into it. Bottom line is when it's sodden the gateway the surrounds will be mush, if it drains it will recover, if it's the lowest point you're stuffed.

 

[farenheit]

Water is the problem here, you need to get rid of it,
Depending on the land, but where the water stands, dig a big hole as deep as digger will reach and fill with big stones in the bottom getting less in size as you come up, as a great big soakaway, dig small trenches spurs off into the field below ploughing depth,

Meh I think I'd just sell the field.

 

[Dry Rot]

Funnily enough, my worst gateways are over culverts for a ditch! But I get the point. You'd think they would also be fairly free draining as the soil is sandy. I paved one bad gateway with old concrete blocks and that worked quite well, just didn't have enough.

Water everywhere just now. I had a fence strainer post break off at ground level (wet rot) so I've been putting in a (temporary) replacement with the water table about 2 feet below the surface. Jammed the new post down the same hole with lots of stones rammed in around the top. Hope it holds, but it only has to tension a permanent electric fence until spring so should last.

 

[HarryB97]

I always find that no matter how much stone etc you put in the gateway the mess just increases futher and further into the field, its a never ending battle that you won't win unless you move to a farm on chalk or sand

 

[Agrivator]

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A layer of terram just under the surface can work wonders.

 

[Wombat]

Problem is not normally the gateways it’s the mud in the cleats that’s the issue here

 

[Agrispeed]

if you're on a road then stone in gateways isn't ideal, as the tractor tyres picks them up and shotblasts cars as you go down the road! You also drag them out to the field and its not great for feet or mowers!

 

[Macsky]

Dump a pile of coarse mag lime in it, firm things up a lot

 

[Riverblue]

What we do is put loose wool/daggings in the gateways with a good layer or stone/hardcore on top of it. Should last for years.

 

[Treecreeper]

Haven't seen this discussed, but are there any magic solutions? Every time a tractor goes through the gate it picks up mud from a wet puddle depositing it in the field making the muddy hole even deeper and muddier. Is there any way of stopping the cycle short of paving the gateway with large stones or concreting it? I am wondering if old tyres filled with heavy chippings would be a solution....or just move the problem further out into the field?

I remember once being asked as to why farmers always put gateways in the muddiest part of the field!

 

[kelletview]

This time of year its loads of muck going into the field that mash up the ground and makes the mud. If possible i try to use two gates, one for entrace one for exit. It keeps the mud on the road to a minimum , even if means going out trough an ajoining field

 

[Farmer_Joe]

STONE HARD CORE INTO THE FIELD AROUND 4/5M , ops caps, then when you enter the field you can try use a new path off the track/hardcore each time, this means your no poaching the same spot, it certainly help alot.