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C IL | Maybe my soils are different. Don't know what you farm. My earlier response was based on my experience tiling Cisne and Bluford soils.
We also have Wynoose, Cowden, Oconee, Darmstadt, Virden, and some others I can't recall right now on south ground. Drummer, Elburn, Sunbury, Sawmill, etc on ground on top of the moiraine. A mish-mash along the moiraine.
I really find tile works on all our ground, it is simply a matter of achieving the recommended spacing, which is just a bit over half of your 30' on our southern ground. If the OP feels the ground is sealing up after a few years (he didn't really say that, exactly) I've been there, done that, and put in the recommended spacing, and it really helps.
Sounds like you are getting a fair/cheap bid on your job, depending on how the ground lays. I would make sure your guy is planning on tiling shallow enough and not burying the tile in clay just to get through humps and swales and keep long runs. That said, these Cisne and related soils are often so flat it is easy to keep the plow between 28-32 inches deep. Not sure what else is involved with your bid. I would certainly do a job cheaper after wheat if it extended my season vs in October.
The lighter ground on the southern edge of what we farm around here is more expensive than black ground because of livestock, so putting in more tile seems preferable to buying more expensive light ground. I have seen fields that have really struggled due to monsoonal spring rains dramatically turn around due to an 'expensive' tile job. | |
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Tiling in Cisne/Bluford soils
