Most of them are still working . The six inch one got blocked with roots of an oak tree and flooded about three acres . It flows into a nine inch and it is a bit of an annual event to keep the exit clear .Great pictures!
May I ask how long those drains have actually lasted!
could you put it down to any one thing why the newer way hasnt lasted ?We have tile drains here that were put in by POW's in the late 40's. Still running fine.
We have flexicoil drains put in by "professionals" with fancy trenchers in the 80's that are fecked and haven't run for years. In fact we have acres of them.
Firm had LD written in big letters on their kit. Local consensus is that it stood for "Land Damage"!
Two things.could you put it down to any one thing why the newer way hasnt lasted ?
i get you.Two things.
1. Water doesn't run uphill
2. Drains need to have a steady fall, not go up and down.
Spoke to another firm not long back, they said most of their work was putting right the mess the others made in the 80's.
Fella had bought a machine and the grants at the time paid for his work.
Did they have LD in big letters on the side?i get you.
seen them here too, with a county and a trencher, when she went over a mound so did the blade of the trencher, looked good, but below it was a disaster.
i get you.
seen them here too, with a county and a trencher, when she went over a mound so did the blade of the trencher, looked good, but below it was a disaster.
And yet not a bit of excess fat on any of em. I think we have it too easy now:001_smile:The Hard way.
Eating again.
gees apples, it could of had, i wouldnt of been much higher than two turf the time they were here.Did they have LD in big letters on the side?
Sounds like them.
straight line's kinda men if you know what i mean.WTF? Not possible to adjust the depth or too stupid?
The Hard way.
Eating again.
Same from meBog Man - many thanks for all the older photos - truly great images s
It was air operated when the bag came off the sack truck it landed on a strap that pulled a valve and up she went . A collector near Borris has one working on a Thames Trader Truck .bogman the cradle on the back of the truck that lifts up the sacks of grain was it hydraulic or was it spring loaded do you know i remember that system from when i was a chap(in wexford all young lads are called chaps)