This week has been mostly about finishing up our drainage installation. In fact the last bit of pipe was laid just about an hour ago! Expect of full write up later on the benefits of farm drainage, but for now enjoy the pictures of this week’s activity!
Big rock! You never now what’ll you find under the ground when you start digging. We pulled out several this size during our install.
I cleaned up the shields I pulled of the combine. I pull the shields off because it makes it easier to get in and clean the rest of the machine.
The trencher at the end of a run.
After each line was laid I followed behind and pushed soil back into the trenches.
The new tile already has some water running out of it. Next time we get rain I’ll see how much better it works than the old county tile. That tile was at least half full of dirt each place we looked inside of it. County systems are often quite old and not always well maintained.
I captured this shot while delivering a load of soybeans to a nearby facility. Those bins hold 1.5M bushels between them!
This is the beginning of a trench that will have a smaller lateral line plumbed into the large, deeper main line our of drain system. At the end of the trench is the hole where the two will join. This spot happened to be wet and sandy.
This shot was taken from in the trench behind the machine. The rear is called the boot and that is what places the drain tile in the trench.
I look forward to your post about the benefits of drainage. I haven’t gotten around to it yet. One of the things on the list.
Brian,What is the John Deere rear blade model?It finally that the 7920 is now gone