Trenching a French Drain. how to stay afloat?

[bcp]

In the late 1940's, aircraft landing mats were so cheap and common people built fences and "paved" driveways with them.

All you need to get some is a freight-carrying time machine.

Bruce

 

[sparc]

Marsden mats is what they are called.

Still available from a number of sources, do a Google search.

 

[Scooby074]

Id say rent excavator. If its as soft as you say, anything wheeled will be a nitemare.

 

[tcreeley]

You might try some planks on top of the pallets to keep the tires from punching through the wood slats on the pallets. Then just dig a trench on the side. Good luck.

12" culvert is on the small side in my area - winter snow and run off can freeze in the culvert and block it off. 20" black PVC corrugated stuff works well and easy to cut. I use it in my ditching and making roads for my horses and tractor.

 

[Tony H]

All is well. Since this is an area that I will leave alone and let it grow over, I didn't want to assault the area with Gravel and some other invasive recommendations. I did collect some 2 x 10's and a mess of rough cut 3x4's.
I slowly backed down to the Edge of the pond, keeping an eye on my tires. Made it down and back up without any issues. I did use wood under the Outriggers to assure that they didn't sink and cause the rear tires to mush in. I gained a little confidence in what this tractor can handle Mush -wise.

Attachments are sort of a BEFORE and AFTER. At Culvert looking down to Pond

tcreeley, I hear you as far as the 20" culvert. The folks here uses the 12" without issue so that's why I went with that. There's quite a pitch on it so I think it will run without buildup. We will see