I'd bet $20 that if you walked into your average bar and called someone a big ole mattocks, or adz, you could start a major fight...
This is day 3 of my ditch flowing relentlessly, regardless of actual rainfall. I’d say I’m on the right path towards having a drier backyard. A couple more trenches strategically placed, some stone and perforated pipe, and I should be good. If the rats that I’ve been shooting around my coop have done me one favor, it’s the fact that their tunnel has turned into an aqueduct, channeling the water right into my drainage ditch.
We're glacial till here. When we needed a new pipe from the well to the house, a friend of a friend offered to use his "trencher" to dig a trench for a new pipe. He got about 8 to 10 feet and gave up. Ended up borrowing one of those mini trackhoe that you stand on the back of to operate. You go around anything big that the trackhoe can't deal with. Did find out just how easy they are to tip over. I guess ya have to do some things once to find the limits. Bought my little CUT with a backhoe shortly after that. Sounds like my brother's yard. Any time it rains his back yard is soup for days. We put a drain in from around the house and the downspouts to the wood to keep his basement <dryer>. Never did do the whole back yard. He has really nice green lawn though.
My lawn tractor doesn't like going over the trench much I have to dig it a little deeper, then line it with landscape fabric, some stone, drop perforated drainage pipe into it, more stone... When I'm done I'll add a thin layer of topsoil and plant grass over it. My goal is to eventually have all the pipes buried so that you can't tell they're there.
I saw a video about one of these a while back. That is styrofoam and some sort of mesh sock. I always thought this was a good idea. Then put rocks around it. It might have been on this old house but I can't really remember.
Hmm...that has bit of a tree hugger/Pinterest vibe to it...just don't see that holding up long term...
I'm not a fan of that black corrugated pipe for drainage. When it gets blocked with debris, it's hard to clean out. The filter sock is good if you wrap the gravel also. For light traffic areas, SDR 35 is a good choice. Plan cleanouts, cause clogs happen
I've never worked with SDR 35 before but I like the idea of a pipe that's smooth on the I.D. rather than a corrugated one that'll trap debris. Do you think that would that hold up to me driving over it with my Chevy Colorado on occasion? I guess if it's buried deep enough it shouldn't be an issue...
Ahhhh this is tempting for the money. There's enough there to cover my entire project. Only thing is it's an hour and 15 minutes away, and fitting it all in my truck will be a challenge... But still, I'm not going to find all that new for $100... 4" drain pipe - materials - by owner - sale
