Hey guys,
My neighbor is building a detached garage on his property and he had a bunch of dirt delivered to level the yard. Unfortunately we had couple of hard rainstorms here and he did not have a silt fence installed. Estimated 6 to 8 dump trucks of dirt washed down the hill into the small creek behind my house leveling the creek and sending the water and fill dirt all over my yard.
Unfortunately, the creek is in the woods, so lots of roots and getting a tractor in there is not an option. Just have to wait for this whole thing to wash out.
A one huge mess.
We tried to clean it as much as possible, digging the creek out a bit to direct the water where it should go. I put all that dirt in an empty area that was flooded as I had no other place and dragging all that dirt back to his place would just destroy my yard even further. We figured, just damp the dirt in flat area and level it out. But now I have a mud pile that does not seem to dry out. Before, 2 days after the rain I could drive my tractor in the area without any issues (the water was draining very well - sandy soil), now week without rain and this thing is still damp and muddy, as soon as I get my small BX in it just bogs down. The dirt just seems to hold the water.
Any ideas how should I level it, or do I just have to wait till it completely dries out?
Here are few pics.
My neighbor is building a detached garage on his property and he had a bunch of dirt delivered to level the yard. Unfortunately we had couple of hard rainstorms here and he did not have a silt fence installed. Estimated 6 to 8 dump trucks of dirt washed down the hill into the small creek behind my house leveling the creek and sending the water and fill dirt all over my yard.
Unfortunately, the creek is in the woods, so lots of roots and getting a tractor in there is not an option. Just have to wait for this whole thing to wash out.
A one huge mess.
We tried to clean it as much as possible, digging the creek out a bit to direct the water where it should go. I put all that dirt in an empty area that was flooded as I had no other place and dragging all that dirt back to his place would just destroy my yard even further. We figured, just damp the dirt in flat area and level it out. But now I have a mud pile that does not seem to dry out. Before, 2 days after the rain I could drive my tractor in the area without any issues (the water was draining very well - sandy soil), now week without rain and this thing is still damp and muddy, as soon as I get my small BX in it just bogs down. The dirt just seems to hold the water.
Any ideas how should I level it, or do I just have to wait till it completely dries out?
Here are few pics.
