Blue Barrel Culvert Idea, Is it Crazy?

[fried1765]

Chances are good that it will work as long as there is sufficient fill over the top.

Do price things out first though.

^^^^^ all true!

 

[MossRoad]

Hello everyone, I have a ditch that is about 8 ft across at the top tapers to about 3 ft at bottom, around 6-8 ft deep and about 75 feet long . The pond drain runs in this ditch all the time as i have a spring fed pond. The pond drain is 10 inch and handles the pond water just fine until heavy rain then the overflow takes over. What i want to is tile the ditch as cheaply as possible and i have had a few ideas. Truck tires, old Tanks welded together, Barrels welded together, and then Blue Plastic Barrels. Ideally i would just buy a culvert new or used in the 24 to 36 inch range and go from there, But they aren't cheap and the blue barrels around here are sometimes 5 bucks a piece and i was thinking if just getting those and cutting both ends out and using treated 2by's to screw them together. they would be at least 4 feet under ground and all that would be ever going over them is 4 wheeler and tractor and cows. Would they hold up? would they work? would i need to reinforce them somehow? just something i am mulling over here.

What is the maximum depth of water you've ever seen in that ditch?

 

[BrokenTrack]

I make the assumption there is a long ditch that you would rather just fill in. 75 feet is a long ways, so I assume it is not a road or driveway going over it. But I wonder if you might find a photo that you really like that shows how you can change the ditch so that it is better looking for your liking. Maybe use your tractor to shape it into something you could be proud of rather then burying it?