Creek crossing pictures?

[willy1947]

Anyone have any pictures of a creek crossing they built? I've got to build a ford across my creek and just wondering what other people did.

The water is about 12-15' across. The depth is 6-18". What makes it bad is the banks on either side. They are 10'+ high and are real sandy. A friend up stream has one. He has to use his tractor to clean it out twice a year or after major flooding.

I plan on just digging out the sides (they are pretty sandy) and putting some large rock in the approaches. My friend does this and it works pretty well. Just wondering what everyone else has done.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[fivestring]

<font color="red">"I've got to build a ford across my creek and just wondering what other people did." </font>

IMOHO, I would use a Dodge instead... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Poppa]

That is what I was thinking, Why waste a perfectly good Ford?

 

[SnowRidge]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( IMOHO, I would use a Dodge instead )</font>

So, you're saying he should just Dodge the creek instead of Fording it? Might be a long way around. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

SnowRidge

 

[Gatorboy]

Not sure this helps you or not, but this is what I did to cross my creek.

I cut out a nice sloping path down on each side of the creek. This photo was taken during our drought of 2002, so the creek is pretty low. This year I'm going to have to bring in some more rock to replace what has washed away over the winter/spring.

This may be of more use than the wise-in-hymers posting above me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Junkman]

Around here we would call that a pot hole and put a 12" pipe in and fill over it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Gatorboy]

Junkman,

That crossing of mine is in a very low lying area -- it gets mighty wet and undriveable in parts of the year -- where my bridge needs to go looks more like this. It's about 30' feet wide and about a 4' rise in elevation from low side to high side.

Here are two views from the high side: 1 | 2

 

[willy1947]

I'll try to get some pictures posted soon. Basically I've got 20 acres on the other side of the creek, with no access to it. I won't really be using it for anything, but it would be nice to be able to get over to it. I can get the fourwheeler there now, but nothing else.

hmmm.... Dodge it...????.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Might try that one night /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif lol

Thanks,
Dave

(I should have known better than to post this /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Egon]

My litle crossing is just filled with rocks That I drive over.

Egon

 

[fivestring]

So, Dave.....
You do "ford" your creek????? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif