Dear Dan:
If your neighbor doesn't object to crossing her property, a small
ditch-witch should make short work of a ditch no longer than you describe.
Getting it up steps might be a bit of trouble, if that would be necessary. If
the soil has large stones imbedded in it, then a ditch-witch will have some
problems, but I would think that you best not show a shovel to your lovely
bride, or she might just know where to place it, and that my friend would hurt.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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From: Dan Rossi
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Hydrology
Cliff,
What you are recommending is essentially a french drain. The issue is
that I would have to dig a trench as deep as the bottom of the slab along
the property until I got to a point where it was lower than the bottom of
the pit. Well, that would mean I would have to dig a trench about 30
inches deep through my yard, my neighbors yard, to the hill side on the
other side of her property. Granted, not a very long distance, about 40
feet. But that seems like a lot of digging. How portable are ditch
witches?
Unfortunately, my ditch witch is pregnant and can't be digging that much.
She once dug a 75 foot long french drain at her sister's house.
I am surprised how much digging I've managed in two evenings after work.
The pit is currently nominally 54 inches wide, 62 inches long, and 20
inches deep. I need to go another 10 inches deep. Another night or two.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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