Pasture drain

[tcreeley]

Is your trench going to be back filled? I had good luck with trenches that were open with slanted sides to allow the horse to step in and out safely. But I only went down 2 feet at most. I found the real problem was surface water. I figured out where it was flowing to and rerouted it with the trenches to where I wanted it. One spot where I didn't want a culvert and I wanted water to flow, I back filled in 1" stone. The water moved through it and it supported a horse's weight. I was careful to slope my ditches from high to low and checked it frequently. Some places I didn't care if there was standing water, and when it rains there is water that hangs around for the frogs.
Good luck with this.

 

[mojoinco]

I think you already have some rock in it, but I would level it off the slope with the rock, lay the pipe (or better the flex pipe), then top with some rock, then a layer of geotextile fabric (to keep the dirt from infiltrating the stone and pipe) and top with soil.

It might take a year or two to settle completely.

I find that the clay takes a while to dry out, and this week should be low on thunder storms. Good thing is our air is so low in humidity that it should dry out some if the thunderstorms stay away.

 

[crbr]

Interesting read. Thank you.