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Mid-Missouri | That is exactly what I thought, but have never seen it done around here.
We typically install water inlets right before doing the terrace building. I find it easier but if a dirt scraper is being used, it needs to be careful to stay off of shallow trenches to prevent from collapsing the tile. If the inlets are installed first, and are likely installed in the low places of the field where water naturally runs to, make sure to get part of the terrace built here around the inlet before a rain. without the terrace to hold water and force it down the new inlet, water will just run down the low area of the field, and down the new tile trench, making a big mess.
Dirt naturally likes to go down hill. I try my hardest to recover this dirt when building terraces and bring it back up the hill with a scraper.
When building the terraces with a dozer, I like to take cuts with about 1/3 of the dozer blade width if it can push that much and achieve the proper grade in that push. Back up, move over, and do it again. Another option is push with the full width of the dozer blade, making about 3 passes within that width, and then move over and start again. When done pushing dirt for the terrace, run parallel to the terrace and strike down all of the loose dirt, high and low spots, etc..
There are probably youtube videos of how-to for terrace and tile building. | |
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What's the correct process for building a dry dam or terrace?
