Squashed culvert

[riptides]

Man,

Some people just don't get it. So I am doing a lot of concrete work. My driveway has a culvert pipe about 1/2 down. The grass is 4 feet tall in the pasture. I have mowed a path and lots of other trucks have made a path to the worksites.

I come home last night and see mud coming up the driveway.

Yep, some driver took his rig off the paths, into the tall grass, right over the edge of the culvert.

Now I have to go whine to them about that and spend more darn time tearing it out and doing it over.

I mean really, what is up with people these days?

 

[Buppies]

People in general are lazy and plain just don't care, if its not theirs so what somebody else can fix it

 

[aczlan]

I might speak to whoever is in charge on site and say that one of their guys was not driving on the road and has crushed the culvert, please get it fixed and let them fix it.

Aaron Z

 

[RDrancher]

Two key words..."truck" and "driver". From what I've seen in the last 35 years of working with them, the bad to good ratio is about 10-1.

 

[jinman]

Back in 2001 while building my house, a concrete truck 70% smashed the end of my culvert. I just let it go because concrete and rock haulers all seem to cut corners. I'm lucky that there is not much water running in that area and the culvert capacity is acceptable. Some day I may get a wild hair and use my pallet forks to see if I can open it back up a bit.

 

[Gator6x4]

Surely people don't think a modern day truck driver stops using a cell phone or texting simply because he parked his car and started driving a truck for a few hours?

Have you observed the bumper riding, eighteen wheel "Daytona" wannabes on the Interstate recently.

 

[Paddy]

maybe pound a stake at the edges with a red flag. You maybe able to take a floor jack to reshape the culvert?

 

[DKCDKC]

A floor jack is a good idea if the culvert is big enough. I once took my generator and a grinder out the mile to one of my culverts and just cut the squashed end off at a 45 degree angle that made it look better anyway.

 

[dave1949]

Not excusing this wanton and heinous culvert smash and run incident, but allow plenty of turning space for heavy dump and concrete trucks. They have a very wide turning radius.

Probably a good idea to flag the culvert.

 

[riptides]

Everyone thanks for letting me whine.

I'll have to contact the construction companies and let them figure out the who done it.

Trust me, the area in question is a pasture. The grass alone height alone should have been a visual clue as to "not go there". In addition, I imagine these particular companies were out here a few weeks back, perhaps a new driver.

To me, it is a no excuse event. The driveway has ample room on it, the culvert was clearly marked, the grasses provide a viual boundry, and the previous trucking/machinery paths provide the way for access.

I like the idea about the jack, however, I think it's closed too much, and the ground around it is also squashed.

As far as flagging, well that worked for a little while, but someone also squashed another area with flags, busting up a pet cemetary.

This culvert is thanks to my neighbor, deciding to regrade his yard, elevating it over four feet in areas, which dumps more water my way. So, I have a bad history with this subject. But, I will not go there......

It was a good day, bad day, yesterday.