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Funacres

Posted 7/6/2025 18:05 (#11288295 - in reply to #11287642)
Subject: RE: Building new fence over a culvert

Texas

If you put in a large tank or railcar for a drain you have eliminated the advantage of the fence. Now you have to keep the cattle fenced out of the drain pipe.

Attached is a pic of a drain I put in that had a fence built on top of it after the pic. The area in your pic would need to be built higher, but with the same design. The idea is to build a dry dam with a drain from pipe small enough to keep the livestock in and let the water roll on through. The dry dam can be as high as necessary to hold back the volume of water as it drains........ a slow release method of managing it. It is vital to make sure you have an emergency spillway located off to the side that will protect your dam from getting washed out.

I have tried lots of ideas over the years and this is the only successful method I recommend. I still put in water gaps when the customer wants them, and I still install 10' culverts too, but a dry dam sized to handle the volume works the best.

I will see if I can find some pics of larger ones than you would need here that I have installed on farms to give you an idea.

I have added pics of a dry dam I built several years ago that is piped to a creek with a 4' diameter culvert. It has worked very well for a fence line and caries a lot of water during big storms. The last 2 pics are what I started with.

Edited by Funacres 7/6/2025 18:32