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OH_Varmntr's Creek Clearing Thread w/ Pics and Videos
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<blockquote data-quote="AIM" data-source="post: 3350887" data-attributes="member: 30174"><p>If you look at the first few pics of the ditch you can see how steep the banks are. When these ditches flood. (and they do quite often) the water will eventually undermine the stumps and the stump will come loose and hang up downstream somewhere and cause a jam. </p><p>They will remove the stumps and cut the banks back in a real wide "V" instead of the narrow "U" that it is now. The ideal bank is a 3 to 1 (3 feet back for every foot of rise) but usually about a 2 to 1 is adequate. Once the ditch is cut back they will plant a deep rooting grass along the banks.</p><p>After this the farmer will usually leave about 30' of the top on both sides untilled and planted with grass to stop silt runoff.</p><p>Ditches done this way will flow better. Hold up longer and retain their grade much better.</p><p></p><p>I was hired by my county to do this to a lot of ditches. To bad my county does this all in house now versus subcontracting out. It was fun work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AIM, post: 3350887, member: 30174"] If you look at the first few pics of the ditch you can see how steep the banks are. When these ditches flood. (and they do quite often) the water will eventually undermine the stumps and the stump will come loose and hang up downstream somewhere and cause a jam. They will remove the stumps and cut the banks back in a real wide "V" instead of the narrow "U" that it is now. The ideal bank is a 3 to 1 (3 feet back for every foot of rise) but usually about a 2 to 1 is adequate. Once the ditch is cut back they will plant a deep rooting grass along the banks. After this the farmer will usually leave about 30' of the top on both sides untilled and planted with grass to stop silt runoff. Ditches done this way will flow better. Hold up longer and retain their grade much better. I was hired by my county to do this to a lot of ditches. To bad my county does this all in house now versus subcontracting out. It was fun work. [/QUOTE]
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