Burying plastic culvert pipe

[LBrown59]

Take your choice... the answer is both the same.

Not the one across the front of my place .
I have a 15'' culvert and the ditch going into and out of it is 3or 4 feet wide and deep.
Either the ditch must be to big or the culvert is to small.
But which one?[/quote]

Are you saying That both the ditch and the culvert should be 15 inches ?
Or are you saying the culvert and the ditch should be 3 or 4 feet?

 

[LBrown59]

The answer to the two part question you posed is:
A) Why do you need to drain water?
B) Large enough to carry all the water that will be going through the culvert.
C) Why would you forget the culvert?
D) Large enough to carry all the water that the ditch will accumulating.

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A* So it won't flow over the wrong place.
B* What If I don't put in a culvert and just dig a ditch? What size ditch to dig?
C* May not need one.
D* That would be What?

 

[AndyM]

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B* What If I don't put in a culvert and just dig a ditch? What size ditch to dig?

Don't you need a culvert to get across the ditch to your driveway?

 

[LBrown59]

Don't you need a culvert to get across the ditch to your driveway?

No: this is not for the driveway

 

[AndyM]

No: this is not for the driveway

Personally, if you don't have a driveway going across the ditch, I would rather see it without the culvert.

A lot of people around here put a culvert in their ditch running the width of their property and then fill it over with dirt and plant grass over it. This defeats the purpose of having the ditch in the first place... then they complain about all of the water that runs off the road into their yard.

Now I'm interested to see how your ditch runs in front of your house.
Next time I'm over that way, I'll have to check it out!

 

[LBrown59]

Andy, My house is on the other side of the road and is dowhill about 5 feet from the road level..

Is there a road ditch running along the front of your property?

 

[Dusty]

Is there a road ditch running along the front of your property?

I believe that the road ditch in front of his property is stationary.

 

[JimR]

Is there a road ditch running along the front of your property?

Absolutely not. My yard is downhill from the road. There is no room for a ditch because of a stonewall along my front yard.

 

[AndyM]

Is there a road ditch running along the front of your property?

I believe that the road ditch in front of his property is stationary.

It would be hard to mow around if it was running!

 

[JimR]

It would be hard to mow around if it was running!

How could you ever keep up with it?

 

[Dusty]

How could you ever keep up with it?

With your running lawnmower.

 

[JimR]

With your running lawnmower.

It would have to be with your moving running lawnmower. Just because it is running doesn't mean it is moving.

 

[tallyho8]

And I used to read the comics when I wanted a good laugh!

 

[LBrown59]

Personally, if you don't have a driveway going across the ditch, I would rather see it without the culvert.

1*A lot of people around here put a culvert in their ditch running the width of their property and then fill it over with dirt and plant grass over it. This defeats the purpose of having the ditch in the first place...
then they complain about all of the water that runs off the road into their yard.

1* That's almost exactly what I did on the left side of my driveway last summer.
Buried a 110' of 15 inch culvert in a ditch that was 3 or 4 feet deep and wide and the state tells me I have to have an 8'' wide swale with a 6'' dip to the center. after installing the culvert.
Now that it's all done and I've had time to think about it the following questions come to mind.
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1*Since a 15'' culvert was enough to do the job why was the ditch 3 or 4 feet deep and wide?
Only thing I can figure is a 15'' culvert must hold as much water as a 3 or 4 foot ditch *
2*Since all I need is a small swale to carry the run off what was the purpose in burying 1000 bucks of culvert in a 3 or 4 foot ditch that shouldn't have been there in the first place???
The Right side of my drive way has the same missed up ditch like I had on the left side.
I intend to correct that problem also but without making the mistake of blowing a 1000 bucks needlessly burrowing culvert.

 

[LBrown59]

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A lot of people around here put a culvert in their ditch running the width of their property

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I think JimR had the running ditch not me!

 

[LBrown59]

I believe that the road ditch in front of his property is stationary.

Make that a walking ditch instead.

 

[JimR]

I think JimR had the running ditch not me!

My ditch only runs when it rains. It's lazy the rest of the time usually.

 

[LBrown59]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1026094-post6.html

My ditch should be like this not a 3 or 4 foot one that has eroded away into an irregular gully across my front yard from one side to the other.

 

[JimR]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1026094-post6.html

My ditch should be like this not a 3 or 4 foot one that has eroded away into an irregular gully across my front yard from one side to the other.

That is neat.

 

[AndyM]

My ditch should be like this not a 3 or 4 foot one that has eroded away into an irregular gully across my front yard from one side to the other.

How do you plan to stop the erosion?