I was told it is a bad idea...hold my beer!

[jmc]

This might be what some of you are describing (except for my predicament):

 

[ovrszd]

Very well designed roadway!!!

 

[rd_macgregor]

Google "forest road water diversion" and peruse some of the diverse options. Water bars are common; some provincial forest roads here have installed water diverter troughs that are effectively wooden, open-topped culverts made of two parallel PT 2X8 or 2X10. I'd worry about something like that getting clogged with debris...but I guess pretty much any solution will require some maintenance. Plus, a really big storm can overwhelm almost anything you do and cause a serious wash-out...hopefully, only very infrequently, though!

 

[Tiptoo]

Google "forest road water diversion" and peruse some of the diverse options. Water bars are common; some provincial forest roads here have installed water diverter troughs that are effectively wooden, open-topped culverts made of two parallel PT 2X8 or 2X10. I'd worry about something like that getting clogged with debris...but I guess pretty much any solution will require some maintenance. Plus, a really big storm can overwhelm almost anything you do and cause a serious wash-out...hopefully, only very infrequently, though!

Good stuff!

 

[Tiptoo]

Back ditch is doing well....but it is all shale...most of the gullies end here.
Front ditch is rutting bad.....always did... I just accelerated it by starting my trail up in the 1 gully that feeds it.

 

[Dadnatron]

Back ditch is doing well....but it is all shale...most of the gullies end here.
Front ditch is rutting bad.....always did... I just accelerated it by starting my trail up in the 1 gully that feeds it.View attachment 558231View attachment 558232View attachment 558233

I'd get that water out of a shallow ditch before it gets anywhere near your shed. If you get any significant water in that ditch, your shed could be washed out or at least everything inside is at risk. That, or build a berm which will clearly protect that back of that shed from a gully-washer.

 

[Tiptoo]

I'd get that water out of a shallow ditch before it gets anywhere near your shed. If you get any significant water in that ditch, your shed could be washed out or at least everything inside is at risk. That, or build a berm which will clearly protect that back of that shed from a gully-washer.

The ditch behind my 3 barns doesn't look deep enough or angled enough....but it truly moves a lot of water quick. For reference the barn with the tree down beside it has 14 foot high walls.

 

[MossRoad]

Water is amazing stuff. We just had a 3" rain northeast of here that overran a road and washed 6' of dirt off half a dozen vaults in a cemetery in a matter of minutes.

 

[joecoin]

Water is amazing stuff. We just had a 3" rain northeast of here that overran a road and washed 6' of dirt off half a dozen vaults in a cemetery in a matter of minutes.

Had that same storm here last night, we were on one of the Lake Erie islands, caught the last ferry at 10 pm. That rain was a rain of biblical proportions. Couldn't tell where the lake ended and the sky began.

 

[MossRoad]

That storm was weird. It just sat there and spun like a small tropical storm and took several hours to move away, all the while dumping rain.