scruffy
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Glenn, I would adamently recommend something sturdier than those steak knives! The blades are to flimsy, and liable to break off, cutting you in the process. NOT a nice thought. Can you weight your culvert down to get started? I would think that if you could find a way to temporarily push (sink?) them such as using your FEL to push them down, and utilizing sandbags draped over them to hold them in place while filling/tamping may be of some benefit. I've never worked with the 'plastic' stuff before, so that is all guessing.
In troublesome areas, I used to poke a 3" hole in the top of each end of culvert. Strange...no? Sure made a handy spot to hook onto to drag it (mostly by winch) back up the creek bed to where it was supposed to be! Also to drag down the road to place originally. No way could you lay it across a FEL, or a FEL w/forks, too much brush on each side.
I replaced one crossing 3 years in a row, finally the third time with two 48 inch culverts. The fourth year it was logs with fill over them. That stayed put. The culvert is still down in that canyon somewhere, it was too beat up to save, not to mention to far to try to pull out!
In troublesome areas, I used to poke a 3" hole in the top of each end of culvert. Strange...no? Sure made a handy spot to hook onto to drag it (mostly by winch) back up the creek bed to where it was supposed to be! Also to drag down the road to place originally. No way could you lay it across a FEL, or a FEL w/forks, too much brush on each side.
I replaced one crossing 3 years in a row, finally the third time with two 48 inch culverts. The fourth year it was logs with fill over them. That stayed put. The culvert is still down in that canyon somewhere, it was too beat up to save, not to mention to far to try to pull out!