River/Creek Crossings

[Brian662]

We just got our hands on a few free 18" culverts and made some waterways in WI. Time will tell how they hold up, but I have high hopes they hold on for several years.

You guys are posting pictures more of what I would call washed out drainages than actual waterways. Everything is relative to flow, average rains, and potential volume. There is a reason the COE design overflows on the big rivers, you never know what might happen. Hard for us "little guys" to engineer for worst case scenario stuff.

 

[Turkish]

Looks like some great spots for arrowheads

I’ve looked. This is the closest I’ve found. Not even sure it’s anything of note.

 

[b116757]

I use 6” rock as a base compact it down with the dozer then I may put down some smaller 1”-3” to smooth it out a bit but the larger rock locks everything in place. If no culvert is used I try to dig it down so my rock Xing doesn’t create a dam that backs up water. I even use the 6” rock when I use a culvert I throw down just a little native soil on the culvert then dump the 6” rock over that lining around the pipe ends well with the larger rock then maybe some smaller rock or a little native soil to smooth it out a bit. I’ve got two 18” culverts and a 12” that I’m planning on using to cross a seasonal creak/overflow area latter this summer on one of the farms. That water crossing gets crappy in the winter when the tenant is feeding hay. Trouble with many of my seasonal xings is even those three culverts may not be enough flow at times and the water will flow over my culverts washing out everthing that’s why I use the 6” rock. For smaller creeks that only get foot traffic or a quad I’ve used two 20’ grip strut just laid across the creek. Like this stuff

 

[MadMadHoosier]

Get some old railroad ties and make yourself some crane mats (that your FEL can handle) to lay across the area.

 

[Turkish]

i looked at a couple projects with a dirt contractor yesterday. We looked at the crossing in post #39. His permanent fix suggestion was a culvert made from a shipping container. Said he could set it in about 2 days of work.

I just really worry about a culvert there because I think the dirt around it could never be compacted enough to keep water from eventually running around it.

 

[omicron1792]

Quick and easy way is to use bags of quikcrete. Place the whole bag like bricks building a path. When wet it will harden like a stone.

 

[b116757]

I dry stacked the bags into a retaining wall and drove rebar threw the entire stack into the ground beneath to lock it all together worked ok for where I needed it done. Not much to look at however so I wouldn’t use it in my yard or anything.