DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen

LBrown59 · 06-09-2008, 06:27 PM

This is what I use to keep leaves from getting into my Culverts and Drain Pipes and plugging them up.

johnnylight · 06-09-2008, 06:46 PM

Nice Idea.
I would also used it for keeping the critters out.
field mice etc..

nice job.

LBrown59 · 06-09-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnylight

Nice Idea.
I would also used it for keeping the critters out.
field mice etc..
*nice job.

* Thanks.

If I had it to do over agan i would not have drilled the holes in the cap as the screening is plenty of opening into the pipe.

The screening is held in place by two large hose clamps one on each end of the screening.

klm · 06-09-2008, 10:23 PM

I'm looking for ideas for cleaning out a 14" X 20' culvert. Sure don't want to dig it up. Keep thinking about some sort of roto-router driven off the tractor pto.

LBrown59 · 06-09-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by klm

I'm looking for ideas for cleaning out a 14" X 20' culvert. Sure don't want to dig it up. Keep thinking about some sort of roto-router driven off the tractor pto.

What is the culvert made out of?
Is it double wall smooth bore?

The state will clean out my smooth bore double wall plastic culvert if it gets plugged up.

RedDirt · 06-10-2008, 04:17 AM

klm,
Any chance of blasting it out with a water stream? I've got one too that needs cleaning. Luckily, I have a fire hydrant within fire hose distance but a tank truck could supply water too. I think a 3/4" to 1" dia sked 40 pvc pipe with a 45 degree and hose fitting on the end would allow one to rotate the stream in a desired direction. I'd make four 5ft screw-together "rigid hoses", start at the far end and blast away. I have a non-adjustable fire nozzle that fits on a garden hose that shoots a fairly powerful stream at our unregulated 80psi source. These nozzles are available at many hardware stores like Orchard Supply or ACE.

3RRL · 06-10-2008, 10:51 AM

klm,
I had the same problem and posted here a couple years ago for solutions.
I had no water source near the plugged culvert, but I got the Fire department to come out and use their high pressure hose to un clog it. He got to it from both sides until he blew a hole through the clog. It was mostly sediment dirt, so once the hole was in it, the next rain opened it up again.

klm · 06-11-2008, 02:06 PM

It's actually an old steam pipe, smooth sided about 1/4" steel. Never thought about asking the state/county or fire dept. Both good ideas, will give it a try. There is no water source nearby.

06-09-2008, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
LBrown59 Super Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: First organized permanent settlement in the northwest territory Posts: 9,043	DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen This is what I use to keep leaves from getting into my Culverts and Drain Pipes and plugging them up. __________________ Tractors 2003 Kubota BX1500/2004 Kubota Bx23/New- Kubota BX1500 Attachments 60'' Front Blade/48'' Rear Tiller/FEL/Back Hoe / 60'' MMM/Clamp on Forks/48'' MMM Last edited by LBrown59; 06-09-2008 at 09:25 PM.

06-09-2008, 06:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnnylight Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: upstate, New York Posts: 288	Re: DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen Nice Idea. I would also used it for keeping the critters out. field mice etc.. nice job. __________________ John - TC34DA 757C backhoe/FEL/rake/QA fork/rdm/toothbar/subsoiler

06-09-2008, 10:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
klm Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northwest MO Posts: 129	Re: DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen I'm looking for ideas for cleaning out a 14" X 20' culvert. Sure don't want to dig it up. Keep thinking about some sort of roto-router driven off the tractor pto.

06-10-2008, 04:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
RedDirt Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sierra Nevada Mtns Posts: 305	Re: DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen klm, Any chance of blasting it out with a water stream? I've got one too that needs cleaning. Luckily, I have a fire hydrant within fire hose distance but a tank truck could supply water too. I think a 3/4" to 1" dia sked 40 pvc pipe with a 45 degree and hose fitting on the end would allow one to rotate the stream in a desired direction. I'd make four 5ft screw-together "rigid hoses", start at the far end and blast away. I have a non-adjustable fire nozzle that fits on a garden hose that shoots a fairly powerful stream at our unregulated 80psi source. These nozzles are available at many hardware stores like Orchard Supply or ACE.

06-10-2008, 10:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
3RRL Super Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Foothills of the Giant Sequoia's, California Posts: 5,576	Re: DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen klm, I had the same problem and posted here a couple years ago for solutions. I had no water source near the plugged culvert, but I got the Fire department to come out and use their high pressure hose to un clog it. He got to it from both sides until he blew a hole through the clog. It was mostly sediment dirt, so once the hole was in it, the next rain opened it up again. __________________ Rob- ...The Older I get...the Better I Used to be...

06-11-2008, 02:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
klm Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northwest MO Posts: 129	Re: DRAIN PIPE & CULVERT Leaf Screen It's actually an old steam pipe, smooth sided about 1/4" steel. Never thought about asking the state/county or fire dept. Both good ideas, will give it a try. There is no water source nearby.

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