How to drain a wet food plot or field

[@satindersingh8538]

Thanks a bunch for such informative videos. Being a city dweller thinking of buying some acreage for hobby farming, I was ignorant about drain tiling - your video was very informative and educational. Appreciated.

[@ikennaonyekwelu5459]

I was afraid that you aren't gonna finish in 8 mins but you did nailed it and improved my drainage understanding in a more practical approach.

[@MrVtArcher]

Just watched all you videos. And they are all well done and very informative. Why not more and more often. To be honest I'm from next door to you in Vermont have just purchased a 30 acre piece of hunting property and could really gain from your insights. I need some food plot but am unsure what to plant. Watching your videos has been a really good learning experience for me. Thanks and hope more is to come. Marti

[@barbibutton9619]

My garden keeps getting ruined. Spent lots time on YT looking for info then I FOUND U. TY

[@vivekgc2051]

Superb... Good job we have traditional indian technique for our areca farm

[@stevep6160]

Awesome! thanks for sharing. I have a paddock that has not been totally dry in the twelves months I've owned the land. Last week I walked on it and went ankle deep in mud. I'll be putting a dam in part of this area, but the rest will need drainage if I'm going to use the rest of the paddock. You've just confirmed an idea I had. Thank you.

[@questioneverything2152]

Should have used 6ft wide silt cloth in ditch, 2”- 3” of 57 gravel, then 4” or 6” perforated pipe, then fill with gravel, fold cloth over, then back fill. Pipe you installed will be full of silt soon. Sorry.

[@2Ryled]

Good to know thanks

[@brian_2040]

I agree, back when I laid pipe for a living, we would at least lay shingles over the pipe. 10 years down the road, it'll probably be like before you done the project. Keep one thing in mind, mother earth always puts stuff like it was to begin with.

[@caetanohyland4612]

thanks for the Vid ,it truly cleared a few of the doubts i had ,,very well presented .

[@semco72057]

That is nice work, and I have some similar work to take care of on our property. Where I live there is plenty of sand, and rocks especially in a few areas, but I don't have to do it right away since it is not in the yard area.

[@ciarangally1]

Overall very good job the backhoe is painfully slow and very awkward. Outside this well done 👏 ✔ 👍

[@kapperoutdoors]

please consider getting rid of that loud nasty whistle at the beginning of your videos. every time I find one of yours and try to watch that damn thing startles so much I don't watch your videos.....

[@kapperoutdoors]

Wow, I just offered some polite feedback, i.e. "Please consider" No worries though I won't be back here. Thanks.

[@srt10venomous]

Get the Fuk out... no one cares about your opinion

[@cjm9860]

Kapper Outdoors i agree with your feedback

[@user-io3hy4zb4s]

srt venomous lol you respond like that and expect people to care what you think? I don't think so. Have a nice day anyway. (-;

[@magzfarms357]

Was just some advice from a fellow you tuber--kap, I agree with you--

[@rodm5830]

Nice Job!

[@houndsmanone4563]

Nice drainage project.

[@biggeese6573]

I got about 4ish acres of the 27 that i own that will hold for weeks after a heavy rain, do you think something like this would fix it? It is all flat ground that has a slope of about 1ft every 2-300 ft, it hold water because the lowest parts runs into a high bank that is about 2-3ft higher than the lowest part. That bank was manmade due to train tracks being on the other side of it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[@Rattus1]

If you had high spots and low spots on your property could you take dirt from the high spots and put them in the low spots, would that be feasible? Of course you would gauge a slope where water would drain to.

[@elenagisa1318]

Could you tell how much all costed and how much land did your drainage pipes cover? Thanks in advance

[@Raul28153]

In heavy dense clay soil with honkin big rocks I dug fifty yards of trenching about a deep as my waist and all by hand. Then I laid stone and perf pipe and more stone and it silted up on me in a few years. I didn't know about putting a sock in the trench before the rock and tile

[@coreymorrell6272]

No geo textile? How do you keep the soil out of your stone?

[@sven471111]

But even with geo textile you need to clean the tube from time to time.Finest soil can pass the geotextil and remains in the tube when there are times with not so much water.

[@2Ryled]

Was it just low lying land or did you have a spring? How big (diameter) was the drain tile? Can you drive a tractor over it, or is it just for a garden, not plowing?

[@jeffryshupert7471]

You used no drain tile. Stop calling it drain tile. It's a French drain with a perf pipe. Not drain tile.

[@ddacombe4752]

thanks for sharing

[@normfergus8472]

Everyone has to learn but should start at lowest point and no need to put stone under the drain

[@2Ryled]

Why?

[@bryanviper]

Correct me if im wrong but should you not of used a Y connector when joining the pipes for better waterflow? Also should you not of wrapped the pipe in a fabric to help keep dirt and other debris out of the system as it could get blocked over time?

[@dalebaker9788]

Did you call 811 before digging

[@chogg611]

I think they are digging a trench that's been dug, back filled and redug. No lift on the idle at all.

[@cntslesfabrication]

What does something like this cost? And is it by the foot or size of the job and does the price change depending on the soil?

[@asokpareek1]

I have apprehension of improper grading lead to silting of pipes in between and ultimately pipe drain need to uproot and relaid . Any details of pipe drain working after 5 years may give correct picture.

[@SCOTTA1]

First half was painful to watch. Use that machine more before making a video.

[@2Ryled]

Hes a farmer not a heavy equipt expert

[@clarkt17987]

You didn't use filter cloth you're going to be lucky if you get two or three seasons out of that drainage system before it all clubs up with silt

[@petersrightbut8297]

Didnt see the mud.

[@swrtsolutionsinc.1092]

Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).

[@SCOTTA1]

Get rid of that whistle. You should have put the filter paper on before backfilling.

[@ancientandoldplacesdocumen7974]

Nice

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

i wouldn't even call you a machine drive. when you first put the jack pads down one at a time, i knew i was in for something frustrating. then when you actually started moving the arm like a child i had to just stop to write this.

[@mikedebear]

The Pilot Penguin Reminded me of Mr. Pewterschmidt running a trackhoe on family Guy.

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

ahahaha exactly

[@mmiles55]

Seriously / like wtf. Don’t video when u do rookie work

[@mmiles55]

If a ran a machine like that I would get slapped! Not even getting full buckets! I appreciate your efforts but dude... preface your video

[@kringles65]

All that work to hunt deer?

[@neckbonz3152]

J K i

[@justjay3514]

I think you need a smaller backhoe, that way you could take a little longer digging a 100 yard ditch!

[@mobilechief]

Not using the boom and bucket the right way wasting time

[@BoutThatAction]

Shoulda wrapped that bad boy in some fabric an you wouldnt have to dig that shit up again in couple years

[@nolanbenzing355]

Really doesn't seem necessary to implement drain tile which has long lasting negative effects on the health and productivity of your soil in a heavily wooded area for the sake of a food plot. In the video it's even mentioned that the ground already could be considered "too dry". Completely unnecessary for growing healthy deer and attracting them to the site. Poor drainage is not a problem in this instance and as more and more people implement drain tile we are finding the soil holds less water over time which causes more severe flooding events. Drain tile isn't the answer for habitat projects.

[@steveriley2472]

Nolan Benzing here is a free life lesson. When you have no knowledge of a subject, keep your opinion to yourself last you look like an idiot! Drain tile improves drainage which leads to less flooding and soil health improvement. So every word you said was wrong.:(

[@Shawn-rq4py]

He did say it was “ almost too dry”..after the project IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. Good grief pay attention

[@dendrus1949]

Properly drained land holds excess rainfall like a sponge, releasing it gradually, thus reducing flooding. You truly haven't the faintest idea have you.

[@coolefarm2517]

🤦🏻

[@revelation2935]

Lol. Following the curvature of the earth. 🤣 There is no curve. The earth is flat.