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Creek crossings

Postby mshunter77 » Sun May 06, 2018 5:24 pm

Our place has three creek crossing that are in need of repair. We used to just have gravel crossings that we could drive across. The first time it got logged they put in culverts and dirt. We since have had issues keeping them up. We will now be spending more time and money on the place so we are debating on the best plan of action. Redoing the culverts and just making figuring out a way to maintain them, taking them back to how they used to be with just a gravel bottom, or bridges. These are small spring feed creeks so they are not very big. They do get a lot of water drainage with big rains. Anybody have some similar scenarios? What has worked best for you? Any pics?
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Re: Creek crossings

Postby stang67 » Sun May 06, 2018 6:37 pm

So do you need to remove the old culverts?

What equipment do you have to do the work or maintain the work? I’ve seen folks do good work with an angle blade on the back of a tractor, for pushing up water bars and maintaining atv trails. I don’t have any experience repairing or removing culverts, though. I can recommend a dozer guy from Vburg, if you need. Not sure how far he hauls.
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Re: Creek crossings

Postby deltadukman » Sun May 06, 2018 7:57 pm

If you don’t need to span an distance with height and just need some grip and stability in the wet spots, we’ve laid tracks of ww2 aircraft landing mats. They hook together and lay on the ground and provide some rigidity to cross some wet spring fed creeks.

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Re: Creek crossings

Postby DuckBoat » Sun May 06, 2018 8:15 pm

Any pictures of creek crossings? Are you trying to get trucks and tractors across or just atvs ?
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Re: Creek crossings

Postby mshunter77 » Sun May 06, 2018 8:46 pm

Two will need to be used for trucks and tractors. The third is not a necessity just a luxury and could be for just ATVs. I have not done a close inspection personally to see if we need to remove the culverts or if they can be reused. Currently we have a small tractor with a bucket on the front and one guy says he has access to a dozer. First thing we have to do is get highway access put in to move in cabin and campers. Then we are going to tackle the creek crossings. I kind of like the idea of grading them back out and maybe using gravel and the mats someone mentioned.
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Re: Creek crossings

Postby DoublePslayer » Wed May 09, 2018 10:49 am

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Re: Creek crossings

Postby teul2 » Wed May 09, 2018 1:17 pm

We had a pier made out of those at Eagle Lake back in the day. They pretty tough, but a touch bouncy in places that weren't supported properly.
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Re: Creek crossings

Postby hdforester » Wed May 09, 2018 2:45 pm

Culverts always seem to be a pain for one reason or another. I prefer low water crossing whenever possible or practical. Put down a load of big rock covered with a few sacks of quickrete to smooth. Even better if you can get a concrete truck in there. My 2 cents.
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Re: Creek crossings

Postby novacaine » Wed May 09, 2018 3:38 pm

www.prestogeo.com/products/soil-stabili ... b-geocells

Ive used a lot of these on WRP emergency spillways that receive large flows often.
Lay them down, zip tie together along the edges and backfill with native material.......
If you really want to hold up a fire truck........backfill them with 610 limestone.
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Re: Creek crossings

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Re: Creek crossings

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Re: Creek crossings

Postby teul2 » Thu May 10, 2018 7:28 am

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Re: Creek crossings

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Re: Creek crossings

Postby novacaine » Mon May 14, 2018 6:27 am

Yes, any crossing actually.
We used them for emergency spillways that needed to hold up to high velocities and traffic load.
Also used them as cattle creek crossings.
There is an NRCS detail on them somewhere. What part of the state will it be located?
Usually product salesmen will have good drawing/ install details on them.
My drawings and pics are from back prior to 2006........wont be able to find.
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