Squashed culvert

[riptides]

Man,

Some people just don't get it. So I am doing a lot of concrete work. My driveway has a culvert pipe about 1/2 down. The grass is 4 feet tall in the pasture. I have mowed a path and lots of other trucks have made a path to the worksites.

I come home last night and see mud coming up the driveway.

Yep, some driver took his rig off the paths, into the tall grass, right over the edge of the culvert.

Now I have to go whine to them about that and spend more darn time tearing it out and doing it over.

I mean really, what is up with people these days?

 

[Buppies]

People in general are lazy and plain just don't care, if its not theirs so what somebody else can fix it

 

[aczlan]

I might speak to whoever is in charge on site and say that one of their guys was not driving on the road and has crushed the culvert, please get it fixed and let them fix it.

Aaron Z

 

[RDrancher]

Two key words..."truck" and "driver". From what I've seen in the last 35 years of working with them, the bad to good ratio is about 10-1.

 

[jinman]

Back in 2001 while building my house, a concrete truck 70% smashed the end of my culvert. I just let it go because concrete and rock haulers all seem to cut corners. I'm lucky that there is not much water running in that area and the culvert capacity is acceptable. Some day I may get a wild hair and use my pallet forks to see if I can open it back up a bit.

 

[Gator6x4]

Surely people don't think a modern day truck driver stops using a cell phone or texting simply because he parked his car and started driving a truck for a few hours?

Have you observed the bumper riding, eighteen wheel "Daytona" wannabes on the Interstate recently.

 

[Paddy]

maybe pound a stake at the edges with a red flag. You maybe able to take a floor jack to reshape the culvert?

 

[DKCDKC]

A floor jack is a good idea if the culvert is big enough. I once took my generator and a grinder out the mile to one of my culverts and just cut the squashed end off at a 45 degree angle that made it look better anyway.

 

[dave1949]

Not excusing this wanton and heinous culvert smash and run incident, but allow plenty of turning space for heavy dump and concrete trucks. They have a very wide turning radius.

Probably a good idea to flag the culvert.

 

[riptides]

Everyone thanks for letting me whine.

I'll have to contact the construction companies and let them figure out the who done it.

Trust me, the area in question is a pasture. The grass alone height alone should have been a visual clue as to "not go there". In addition, I imagine these particular companies were out here a few weeks back, perhaps a new driver.

To me, it is a no excuse event. The driveway has ample room on it, the culvert was clearly marked, the grasses provide a viual boundry, and the previous trucking/machinery paths provide the way for access.

I like the idea about the jack, however, I think it's closed too much, and the ground around it is also squashed.

As far as flagging, well that worked for a little while, but someone also squashed another area with flags, busting up a pet cemetary.

This culvert is thanks to my neighbor, deciding to regrade his yard, elevating it over four feet in areas, which dumps more water my way. So, I have a bad history with this subject. But, I will not go there......

It was a good day, bad day, yesterday.

 

[The kid]

A floor jack is a good idea if the culvert is big enough. I once took my generator and a grinder out the mile to one of my culverts and just cut the squashed end off at a 45 degree angle that made it look better anyway.

I live on a corner and the culvert get abused a lot by heavy trucks, kids being wreckless. It stops up due to leaves in the fall because of the collapsed culvert. I went out there with a long breaker bar and pried it up enough to get a small jack into it.i opened it up quite wide. The cutting idea might work here as well. I'll give that some thought. -kid

 

[dave1949]

Intentionally diverting surface run-off to a neighboring property is illegal in some states.

Hope you can fix your culvert without too much hassle.

 

[riptides]

Intentionally diverting surface run-off to a neighboring property is illegal in some states.

Here too. I was told to pound sand, and that is being polite. I inquired as to permits, none were pulled. One would have hoped the county would come to investigate, no such luck.

 

[The kid]

After you repair the culvert, you could place some brightly colored fence post since there was high grass to show them the way and post a sign to stay on the path.

 

[kevin37b]

Two key words..."truck" and "driver". From what I've seen in the last 35 years of working with them, the bad to good ratio is about 10-1.

I deal with them everyday . They have always got a better idea . Your 10-1 is a higher score than I give .

 

[Ted Summey]

A set of "Burma Shave" type signs might ensure that numbnuts don't do it again. Is the culvert on the right of way for your road? If a road is state maintained in NC, culverts installed for driveways in the right of way become the property of the state and are maintained by the DOT. This was per the district engineer when I contacted him regarding the mess they made in front of my house during a repaving project.

 

[Western]

Mike, I would pursue the construction foreman also, they have the equipment and should be able to repair it quick enough....IF they take responsibility.

We live on a dead end county road, my neighbor is the "end/last" house. It seems like every month a truck will come down our road (signs posted "DEAD END" at the entrance) they will back into his small driveway, and either take out the mailbox or damage the asphalt and concrete pads he has there for a driveway and run-off control. NOT ONE has stopped to tell him, he runs them down and so far, each company has paid for repairs.

 

[RDrancher]

I deal with them everyday . They have always got a better idea . Your 10-1 is a higher score than I give .

Ya, I figured there's a few truck drivers on here so I was being generous.

 

[dmccarty]

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We live on a dead end county road, my neighbor is the "end/last" house. It seems like every month a truck will come down our road (signs posted "DEAD END" at the entrance) they will back into his small driveway, and either take out the mailbox or damage the asphalt and concrete pads he has there for a driveway and run-off control. NOT ONE has stopped to tell him, he runs them down and so far, each company has paid for repairs.

We live at the end of the road and the road has a large turn around area which is covered in grass and moss because it is seldom used. A few years a go I heard a heavy diesel driving up the road. :confused3: I could see a semi hauling roof trusses on the road. Hmmmm, I had not ordered any trusses but I am sure I could use a free set. :laughing::laughing::laughing: I walked down to the road to talk to the driver and long story short is he is lost. He had wrong directions and he turned off the main road about a mile sooner than he should have. Ironically, the parcel he was trying to get too was only a few hundred yards away as the crow flies but not how the truck drives. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

The driver wanted to BACK down a 1/2 mile road that curves this way and that, has plenty of ditches, mailboxes, culverts and a gate. :shocked: All he had to do was use the turning area and turn around. :confused3: I had to be a bit forceful to get him to use the turnaround. Now, I know he does not want to get the truck stuck but if he had walked around for about 10 seconds he would have seen the gravel and known the turning area was safe. I can't imagine anyone with a sound mind thinking they could have backed up a semi 1/2 mile down that narrow road vs turning around... He did turn the truck around which messed up the gravel a bit since he did not want to back up and move forward but it was not a big deal. The logging trucks created less of a mess than this guy...

Later,
Dan

 

[hawkeye08]

I have not had any culverts smashed, but do have a corner the neighbors like to cut short and knock the corner post over. They like to steal the post too. I have found a source for "scrap" concrete railroad ties and as soon as I get some spare time, I will be planting those on the property corners. Good luck with your culvert.