Claytonfarms
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So I am in the process of installing a new septic drainfield. I have a ditch 8 feet deep, 2 feet wide and 60 feet long.
I need to fill 6 feet with stone. The stone is about baseball size, not the easiest to move. I need to get the backhoe over the ditch to spread and level the stone. The soil is a little sandy so if the tires get close, the sides cave in and in a couple of spots I had to remove tree stumps to the trench is a little wider.
I can swing the machine over the hole in places but at others the soil is too soft. Any ideas?
I have thought of using railroad ties to make a bridge but I do not know their strength or where to get some quick.
I have an old Ford 550 backhoe and I am worried about too much pressure on the swing chains moving the machine back and forth over the ditch.
I need to fill 6 feet with stone. The stone is about baseball size, not the easiest to move. I need to get the backhoe over the ditch to spread and level the stone. The soil is a little sandy so if the tires get close, the sides cave in and in a couple of spots I had to remove tree stumps to the trench is a little wider.
I can swing the machine over the hole in places but at others the soil is too soft. Any ideas?
I have thought of using railroad ties to make a bridge but I do not know their strength or where to get some quick.
I have an old Ford 550 backhoe and I am worried about too much pressure on the swing chains moving the machine back and forth over the ditch.