Culvert into the camp.

[Vern]

The entrance to the camp has been a lumber dock and we could drive right off the gravel into the property. VDOT got the bright idea to dig a 12" wide by 6" deep ditch right across the gates, state maintained gravel road. I put in a private entrance drive permit and was told I would need to install a 15" culvert with 9" of crush and run on top of it. I had to shoot grades and show them there was no way that would work. They ended up coming back out and digging the ditch deeper and letting me install a 12" culvert. I moved 16 tons of crush and run with the Yanmar 336D tractor with the rebuilt engine I did with the help of this forum.
The heat was a little intense but my buddy figured out how to stay cool.

 

[Deerherd]

Nice job! Interesting what you did with the bags of concrete. Did you follow your buddy's lead? :thumbsup:

 

[Knight9]

Looks good. Do you "water" the concrete bags to help them set or just leave it to wicking up from the water and any help rain would give?

 

[EddieWalker]

I love to use concrete sacks for retaining walls. I found that the smaller sacks go farther then the 80 pound ones because the length of the smaller sacks is almost as long and you really don't need the extra width of an 80 pound sack. Once I set all my sacks, I run 3/8's rebar through them to tie them all together when they harden.

Eddie

 

[Ed of all trades]

Interesting that they dug a ditch that does not drain but becomes a skeeter hole.

 

[Dr Dave]

I like the sac wall, quick and easy. Good idea Eddie, the use of rebar would be easy also.

Dave

 

[s219]

Cool -- that sounds exactly like the project I had to do a couple years ago. VDOT has some pretty tight specs for culverts, and in our case, I was putting it in before they took over maintenance of the road, so it had to be right to pass inspection. I ended up using 20 tons of crusher run and a 15" plastic pipe. Got about 12" gravel over the top.

Most of the contractors in my area use a concrete pipe with little to no cover as a construction entrance, and they scoffed at the idea of a plastic pipe with crusher run on top, but I think that means they are missing the point. With all that crusher run on top packed tight, the pipe only handles a hoop load, which is a piece of cake. We had numerous cement trucks come in during construction, and that culvert didn't budge at all. I had layered and compacted the crusher run so well, they didn't even leave ruts. So I'm a big fan of plastic pipes and crusher run.

I love the concrete bag trick -- I will have to keep that in mind for an upcoming retainer wall...

 

[Vern]

They did not do a very good job of getting the grade of the ditch right but they did add a culvert across the road so it should drain the majority.
I dumped water on the concrete bags to help set them. Will contact VDOT his week for an inspection and get my surety baond back.