Dirt Moving Box blade

[thunder86]

How deep will a box blade dig a trench? I've a got a small creek that is spilling out into my field and flooding some of it. I want to dig s trench and run it to a major creek that runs along the other side of the property. Kubota b2601, southern Indiana. Also will the water just keep making this trench wider? Or deeper? If it goes deeper eventually it won't work as the major creek would just backflow. I have a lot of rock stone rocks and the field is 400 feet wide. Thanks.

 

[fried1765]

How deep will a box blade dig a trench? I've a got a small creek that is spilling out into my field and flooding some of it. I want to dig s trench and run it to a major creek that runs along the other side of the property. Kubota b2601, southern Indiana. Also will the water just keep making this trench wider? Or deeper? If it goes deeper eventually it won't work as the major creek would just backflow. I have a lot of rock stone rocks and the field is 400 feet wide. Thanks.

A box blade is not suitable for trenching!

 

[bcp]

I would investigate something to keep the creek from flooding the field, instead of draining the field. Maybe place lots of your rocks, with some dirt, between the creek and field.

Bruce

 

[Fuddy1952]

I'm thinking a subsoiler/middle buster would be your best bet. I would start and finish trench about a foot or so away each end making small passes until you get depth you want. Then finish the one foot so water goes through.
Pictures would help.
It could be you'd want it fairly deep, put a few inches #57 gravel, corrugated plastic drain pipe, gravel then dirt on top.

 

[thunder86]

There's a culvert in the creek where someone put in years ago to keep it in the woods. The water flow is about 2 feet below this culvert and has washed out a sharp bend into the field. Not sure how I'd fix this and if I paid someone to dig the plastic culvert out it would probably get destroyed.

 

[thunder86]

Any idea how much gravel I'd need to go 400 feet long 1 foot deep? Drain tile being 4 inches I assume? Might be my cheapest route, pretty sure I know guys at my work with subsoilers.

 

[jenkinsph]

Any idea how much gravel I'd need to go 400 feet long 1 foot deep? Drain tile being 4 inches I assume? Might be my cheapest route, pretty sure I know guys at my work with subsoilers.

I buy a lot of 12 inch diameter 80 psi pvc pipe for less than $6/foot delivered to site. So 6x400 $2,400

That said You have not provided much information to help us help you. Need more info and pictures slopes maps.
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[fried1765]

Any idea how much gravel I'd need to go 400 feet long 1 foot deep? Drain tile being 4 inches I assume? Might be my cheapest route, pretty sure I know guys at my work with subsoilers.

4" drain tile will plug easily with sticks and grass.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Pictures would really help. And 4" is small.
There are gravel calculators. You wouldn't need this much since pipe take up room.