[AT] OT - bridge replacement

[charlie hill]

Mike,  how wide is the ditch?  Is it just 12" or 14" wide or are you 
figuring to choke the flow down
through the 12" pipe?  I'm assuming it's wider.   With that said, you 
probably need to build a bulkhead at
either end of the pipe with either timbers or something as simple as a stack 
of bags of concrete mix with
rebar driven through them.  Then you can just cover the pipe over with soil 
and be done with it.
It all just depends on how wide the ditch is.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:35 PM
To: ATIS
Subject: [AT] OT - bridge replacement

Our property is divided in two by a drainage ditch that is only full
after a rain, and in the spring/early summer. There is one bridge across
that is made from wood, and it is starting to fail. I use the bridge
quite a bit to bring firewood up to the house with my MF 255 w/ FEL.  I
can see the wood is rotting and it is starting to sag as I go over it,
coupled with the fact that it only leaves me about 6" to spare on either
side, it has to go. I would like to just remove it, and replace it with
a 12"or 14" drain pipe covered with "gravel". Any ideas on what type of
stone or gravel I should use so that it will stay stable and not turn to
soup in the spring? Thanks, Mike
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