It's Been Broken For Eight Years! Time To Work On This Sucker.

We dig up a spot in the field to attempt to fix a "suck hole" from a broken down drainage pipe that has been a problem for nearly 8 years now. We make a repair to the broken tile and I explain why it is still called tile and we also explain what exactly is a "suck hole".

[@matthartlage889]

I think you nailed it. Um I mean I think you did a great job fixing it. Because you obviously didn’t use nails.😂 👍🏼 Y’all have a great week!!

[@rickeyman2215]

I vote yes! Thanks for teaching us a sound method of repairing a field tile problem. Cheers!

[@bobpurs]

Nice Work that’s pretty much the way we have done it. We haven’t used the salt bags, that’s a great idea. 👍✊

[@jackkoch1368]

Good video neil. I just thought I would give you a heads up if any of your viewers needs to find some salt bags like Dad used to use fertilizer bags for fixing tile, just tell them to give me a call I probably have 500 salt bags here that I would gladly loan them to fix their tile good job! Dad

[@digdrivediy]

Haha! Good to know. I may need to take on some of that stockpile! I'm running low. I think of Grandpa and those blue striped fertilizer bags every time I patch one of these!

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Very nice Neil, I did it the exact same way last weekend. Should last forever the old salt bag trick works real well.

[@stevelalondejr2183]

Can tell I grew up around the area ... lol Understood it all wording included bet IN is no different than OH tile and fences causing grief. I have a county tile that crosses me that is blown out but even though the old guys now gone say it was so there is no record with the county now so it is just a tile serve me no good as I'm its outlet! An been there a few times over the years !

[@ericreinoehl9402]

Looks like a good repair to me, not much more you can do. Old clay is pretty incredible to last the time it does. Gets bad wrap today because of age. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jackkoch1368]

Hey Neil, good video. I just wanted to let you know that if any of your viewers are thinking about fixing a tile using the salt bags the way Dad used the fertilizer bags, I have probably 1,000 of them here at the house so if any of your viewers are in need of salt bags tell them to give me a call I'll have some good job! Dad

[@donmedford2563]

When I was about 5 my dad bought a very old ditching machine then proceeded to ditch the 70 tillable acres he owned, one or 2 fields per year. I was too young to be of much help but I still remember it very well. We of course used clay tile at the time. That would have been starting in about 1959 or 1960. I have never even heard of stone tile like in your pic though.

[@fricknjeep]

hi there interesting john

[@tee-steel.0158]

That’s awesome way to do that and thanks for sharing. Blessing’s to your family.

[@noelmcgarry456]

Very impressed job done right is done only once (hopefully)

[@troywilliams159]

A tile spade would have been handy digging in the trench... ;)

[@dwjr5129]

In the late 70s, I worked for a Ditch Witch dealer. The company made an attachment for their R-100 called a tiling chute. I had no clue what tile was and had to ask. It’s interesting to see the “tiles” in a real world application.

[@davidblevins9513]

The city of Cleveland Ohio makes you put back in Clay Tile sewer pipe 😂

[@hollandduck79]

Hello 🙋‍♂️from the Netherlands🇳🇱 Koch Family . nice repear job i think . thanks for the video Neil . Sincerely, Hollandduck

[@michaelmcguire3983]

Thanks for the education! Take care my friend

[@jayh4613]

I work in the Northeast part of the U.S. and a lot of cities still have clay pipe. When we dig utilities and break a clay pipe we use schedule 40 and fernco adaptors. Easy fix like you did.

[@bigbird8617]

Nice repair , and nice addition to the family.

[@johnpyle8027]

It always amazes me that those old tiles just butted together worked. I think the repair will work fine. Like you said, your joint is better than the rest of the line. I wouldn't have thought to do that. I would have dug it back and used a bag or two of concrete around it. You must live in a perfect place. You seem out far enough, but everything is just a few miles away! lol

[@digdrivediy]

Haha! That's right John. There's a Dollar General 10 minutes in any direction but we still live in "the country"! :)

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Neil… at my childhood farm, our septic lines were 4” clay tiles. The standard in the 1950’s when it was installed was to use a double layer of tar paper to seal the joints. For the main line: The paper was laid in the trench and then folded over the top. As you can imagine, it was an imperfect seal. Sometimes it wrinkled and had open seams. No one bedded them in gravel because our soil was stony and porous… so it drained well. However, the stones cut through the tar paper. For the laterals: the paper was folded in half and laid atop the tile. This allowed the grey water to leach into the stony soil. Aside from the problems mentioned above… this created another issue. The cracks in the bottom provided a lure for tree roots! They drew them like grubs do moles. That backed up into the tank and caused the house to have backed up septic nearly constantly. We were forever spending our drought riddled summers digging out the green spots in the yard. The repairs we performed were to remove the broken tiles, snake out the roots and replace them with shiny new tiles and tar paper. About 1966 we changed the way we did the repair. A local roofing manufacturer sold ‘factory second’ roll roofing for the same price as tar paper. My dad went to his grave believing that he had solved the tile sealing problems! He was so convinced it was a great system that, when we moved to our new farm in 1970… he refused to use plastic septic tile when we replaced the failed septic system! Dad, if you’re listening, I think Neil’s repairs are a step up from our old method. You can Rest In Peace!

[@digdrivediy]

That's a great bit of insight into the many ways that folks have dealt with repairs on this old drainage tile. I'm sure there have been many approaches with none of them being perfect. Truth be told, I got the salt bag trick from my late grandfather who used to do the joint repairs with fertilizer bags. I've dug up old connections in our home farm and found bags that he buried 40 years ago, still in perfect condition! The salt bags may not be as durable as the fert bags, but I bet someone in the future is gonna dig them up and they'll be tickled with trying to figure out when they were buried. Thanks as always Dave. Have a great week!

[@PaulLB7]

Timely for me, I’ve got a hole waiting for a repair…

[@garny3766]

Not sure if my other comment posted but if you want to see how the big boys install drain tile, check out DeWind. 20-21’ foot deep socked drain tile. I tried linking their website. I worked on a job with them. They got stuff figured out.

[@digdrivediy]

I'll check em out. Sounds cool.

[@slice40]

As usual Great job Neil Enjoy the week bud!

[@mikeznel6048]

Always a 100 ways to do it. Dig to a round tile and fernco clay to plastic/ads. Tile is always a pain not matter what.

[@michaelmaker8169]

That is a pretty big hole... Where did you go?😂

[@mikelewisoutdoors6434]

Great repair. Smart using the salt bag. I’m going to steal that. Too bad you didn’t have a Dirt perfect tile plow and an 850j. lol. Keep the videos coming. It makes for a good Sunday morning

[@KingsOutdoorLife]

So help me out here, "We Ain't got None of them thangs in Alabama." We have small fields compared to y'all but no drainage whatsoever. You have done several of these repairs on your channel. Some in the middle of fields some around folks houses. Do all fields have drainage systems like this? If not all, what percentage? most, few, etc.

[@digdrivediy]

Around here in our heavy clay based soils nearly 80 to 90% of all fields are going to have some type of drainage. Most likely. Our soil just doesn't take water without it so when you leave something untiled it just doesn't work very well when it comes time to farm it! It's all based on geography though. If you go 20 miles north it's all sandy and they don't have any drainage in their fields cuz the sand just takes all the water.

[@meirionevans5137]

Lots of clay tile drains still in use here in UK too. Smaller, about 4" round. People collect them to make a cool wine rack, a bottle fits nicely inside. Cute lunch guest too btw!

[@paulatkinson2849]

Glad u explained that it came out as I guessed it to be 🤪

[@10rcoleman]

That clay pipe is prone to collapse but you done a good fix for what you had to work with it needs redone with plastic throughout but the price of that pipe right now like everything else is cost prohibited lol

[@greggb1416]

Well, was a great video of the tile repair…, but sorry Neal.., “Orion” stole the show, the icing on the cake.., what a cutie. Thank you sir. P.S., I did learn quite a bit about the “tile” system in general, we had a kiln close by that fired tons of similar to the stuff you showed. It was smaller diameter, and shorter, did “not” have a “bell” on either end. I always wondered how it was put together.., you filled in that blank.., cans believe hey jus butt it up against each other…

[@digdrivediy]

I'm happy to let Orion steal the show on this one!

[@m2hmghb]

If it was just water bearing pipe I'd say to line it. The problem is all those gaps where the tile meet are used to get the ground water out thus defeating the reason to line it. As you said the only way to deal with the issue is to replace the entirety of the tile. It looks like a good enough repair, personally I would have tried to use a snake or a hose to rinse the tile close to the compromised locations. Good work, and I hope it lasts.

[@blackdogexcavator21]

I've worked on some old septic systems here where I live that used the old clay pipe. They were 4" in diameter, about 2 feet long with about a quarter inch gap between them to let the water trickle out of the system into the gravel bed. They always used the tabs off of shingles to cover the quarter inch gaps between the sections of pipe. The house I grew up in was built in 1945 and used this type of system and is still working today. I believe your repair should last at least as long as the rest of the old system. Stay safe my friend.

[@medaugh]

Great video as always Neil. Sometimes your videos hit me just a little differently and this was one of them. While you were digging the trench, I remembered being part of our soil judging team in FFA. I remember enjoying it but wish I would have put a little more effort into it. It's a lot more interesting to me now than it was when I was 15 or 16. My Aunt and Uncle lived just outside Haviland and I remember there being a huge tile (49) factory or supply depot that we drove past on the way to their house. Wouldn't be surprised if that's where the broken tile (50) came from.

[@digdrivediy]

I did soils judging in FFA as well. Wish I had paid more attention too! Haviland still makes plastic drainage tile. You're probably right in that this could have come from there as well.

[@claudethomas8084]

Good job as usual keep up the great work. Good to teach the younger generation how to do things. 😁

[@PaulWhitedWoodStoneIron]

Neil. Just so you know. I find the content of your videos just awesome. The equipment videos is what brought me because of our background of work. But I have to tell you the main reason for me staying on all videos and spending many days going back through old videos is just your and your families togetherness and honest happiness. Especially for me having two younger daughters at home also. And I enjoy their always being involved in what you do which always brings me joy with my girls to me. So thank you very much and keep it up. It’s very well received.

[@digdrivediy]

Thank you so much for such a kind comment. Paul! I'm so glad to have you watching and I'm thankful that you found the channel!

[@fuzion430journey3]

Just out of curiosity that hole was pretty big so that sucked in a lot of dirt where did all that dirt go is the rest of the tile clogged with dirt

[@bake257]

I have clay tiles that are 3/4 full of dirt. I have read that the upstream water has so much force that it forces itself out thru the path of least resistance which is usually up. Once that happens the soil erodes and fills the tile.

[@digdrivediy]

There is dirt in the tile from what it sucked in. It's hard to tell the condition of the entire run but it's probably not good. This will hopefully make it work a little better and clean out some of the dirt it collected over time. Ultimately the tile needs replaced.

[@Rob-ee1im]

You missed a lot of Tile counts! 😁

[@lindseyhare5039]

Hey Neil it's Lindsey what is this video that you are going on all about and what is this sunk sink hole you are talking about along with tile that you are mentioning answer me please when you get this message and you get a chance to talk about the video thanks your neighbor Lindsey Marie Hare

[@digdrivediy]

Hi Lindsey. This was a weird video to talk about all those field tiles and drain pipes. This is how the farmers keep their fields dry and make their crops grow. Thanks for watching my video. Hope you have a great week! Neil

[@randyclyde4939]

Great video, Neil! Thanks for a rare look at fixing an interesting situation! Stay well, stay safe!

[@Sellarmusic]

What is the purpose of the field tiles? Is it to drain the fields in heavy rain? I've never heard of them used in our area (Pa).

[@digdrivediy]

Yes. It helps to drain the fields of standing water or water that soaked into the ground and has trouble getting away through the ground. Without tile, our heavy clay soils can become saturated and take long periods of time to dry out. That can hurt the crops. Also, these tiles are put in place for drainage of nearby homes as well. Our home and storm water drains empty into these tiles and the. It is carried underground to nearby ditches, creeks and rivers.

[@berkoskilandscaping4247]

Nice fix, why not a bad of premix concrete instead of the plastic bag?

[@digdrivediy]

Honestly the plastic bag will probably outlast a bag of sacrete.

[@henray76]

spade or shovel. growing up a spade was a long skinny shovel. Now days i here people calling any shovel a spade

[@digdrivediy]

That's a good point. Luke actually was using a spade in this situation although hard to see. He had the long skinny spade while I was using the regular shovel.

[@scottsoper]

Looks Good to me! I thought I might put in a bit of cement to help hold it together but I think your way is better for what we have over all. Might start saving to replace that tile altogether!

[@digdrivediy]

Definitely. That is the hope. A new line would be best.

[@lotuslotus718]

Excellent work and video. Only thing I would have done differently is put strainer fabric over tile and covered with 1 foot of gravel to prevent soil going inside. Anyway great job

[@chrisoaks4767]

As I started to watch, I was already thinking about mentioning to use salt bags over your joints, and then…. Funny! That’s how we do it in Ohio and my wife’s family in Michigan does the same. Great minds

[@christymarks309]

Great video again!! Thanks for the education. I love your editing style.

[@digdrivediy]

Thanks Christy!

[@shanesherwood343]

After watching your videos for awhile now it has made me realize how much drainage plays in to farmers fields never gave it to much thought before it makes for some great videos keep them coming

[@digdrivediy]

Thanks Shane!

[@travistongate8734]

When you can see the problem on Google Earth, it's time to fix it lol.

[@digdrivediy]

Definitely!!!

[@bluegrallis]

There is an old clay tile, that Dad said was hand dug back in the 1920's, that is still drain a field, kinda. In the early 60's, they turned the gravel, into a "hard road" and put a tube in under the road where the tile outlet is. The problem was, they put the tub in, about 18 inches ABOVE the tile outlet level. When they came back in the early 80's to replace that tube, Dad tried to convince them to put it down deeper, to the outlet level. I don't know why(STUPID, or just Stubborn Pffftttt!), but they refused to to do that. Instead, they dug up around the outlet and put a riser in. Water still drains from it, but there is a patch of about 10 acres that would highly benefit from the outlet being able to drain, rather than pump water up 18 inches.

[@stephenmoore-chiefqc75]

Someone please explain to me why the tile line is in the field and where did it come from and where is it going. Thank you.

[@digdrivediy]

Drainage tile is generally put in a field to help drain wet areas and to help quickly remove surface water. The drain was also connected to a neighboring house and probably served as their main drain outlet. The tile ran to a nearby ditch where the water was taken away to a local river. Some farm fields get pattern tile.. meaning that there is a pattern of tile throughout the field evenly spaced and all directed in one direction to drain surface water. Without the field tile, the surface tends to lay wet longer and won't allow for crops to be planted or may flood out crops. Another situations like I mentioned, the tile takes water away from homes or buildings. If you have a floor drain in your house then it goes down into a pipe and that pipe goes out to another pipe and that pipe leads to another pipe that eventually goes to an open water source. That's essentially what a tile does for us.

[@DavidDragonhammer]

Pipefitters unite.....lol.

[@jasonschwab4308]

tile thing reminds me nobody actually "dials" a phone since the 80's. but we still say "dial".Samegoes for comera "footage" or

[@noyopacific]

The way I'd have done that repair is to look for some good videos on KZbin and try to do what they showed. Back when I was remodeling houses one type of sewer pipe that we dreaded finding was Orangeberg pipe. It was made from wood chips and asbestos saturated with tar and wrapped with wire. It was brittle and would always crumble if it hadn't already failed. Did farmers ever use that Orangeberg garbage for drainage pipe? Good job Neil, thanks for the video!

[@burnsj2010]

Great video. I miss doing field tile repair, did it for 2 summers and I enjoyed the job. the boss sat in the mini excavator or the backhoe and i did all the physical labor. Enjoyed learning about all the aspects of field tile, water lines, sewage lines. Was a blast.

[@justinotten6673]

Could you use a rubber collar to attach??? Or too large a diameter??

[@digdrivediy]

You probably could have used a rubber collar or what they call a fernco. However for the situation, they are pretty expensive and I didn't think it was warranted.

[@johnhamilton9229]

I probably would have used an inch or two of duck tape on the “tile”. Uncle is a great role. The uncle with all the cool stuff.

[@richardclifton4120]

I don't know anything about this but my brother is about to put down some "Tile", as you referred to it, next year, and hopefully, I can help. He is trying to fill in an area that he can drive straight into and extend the driveway that is already there to move equipment in and out. The drainage there is needed beyond his property or he would likely just pack in the soil.

[@ArmoredXJ]

Great work Neil. Some times I find home projects or those for friends or on the farm really difficult to do or accept a different standard. As professional with 15 years in construction management in Site work (excavation, road work, bridges, concrete, water & drainage, etc), Commercial construction, and resident construction; having to meet state, code, and architectural standards; and having to meet current OSHA Standards,... I frequently have a hard time seeing the mission/objective at hand and what is needed to fix the problem at hand while using minimum/limited resources (dollars, materials, equipment) at hand. Not to mention, I think all of us understand that there are certain things that cost less to do "now" versus later... That is you have a project opened up see something that could be improved or needs to be repaired or replaced soon and it should really be done since you are already there...because if you come back to do it later it will either cost more or you have to do all of the same work to open it up. This was an awesome reminder of fixing a problem with what you had on hand to make it work again, where to draw the line, and "good enough is good enough". As you know I am building my homestead now and helping my friend with his farm. DIY is a huge key. And knowing how to approach problems with limited resources to fix just the part that needs to be fixed is the other.

[@digdrivediy]

Excellent synopsis Stephen. Thanks!

[@ArmoredXJ]

@@digdrivediy Thanks Neil. I am glad you followed what I was saying lol. Again great fix and great methods. Looks like it works great! I am looking forward to the next one as always!

[@bryans5339]

Here in Northwest Al, we call plastic pipes tiles, and concrete is culvert. There are grey tiles sold here locally that are cheaper than concrete and are claimed to be just as strong.

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Great project! We have a few low spots from broken tile in our front field.

[@digdrivediy]

Thanks Chad!

[@jeanvaljohn3921]

Do field tiles replace water ways in fields? Or do fields contain both water ways and yield tiles. With out field tiles would the moisture just end up in the aquifer ?

[@digdrivediy]

Fields usually have both systems of surface drainage and sub surface drainage. Without the tile, the water takes a very long time to move through the soil profile. Most times around here, it will just saturate the ground and not move down but rather laterally when it can.

[@jeanvaljohn3921]

Thank you again

[@Oklahoman-in6ph]

Fabulous!!!!

[@jdhogyellowhelmetproductio358]

Awesome job Neil as always ....I was waiting on the bag of sakrete LOL

[@BobOMKE858]

Fascinating. Thanks for the explanation and detailed video.

[@stanleycrone7585]

i would put a bag of concrete ove those joints

[@scottsoper]

I was thinking the same thing. However I think the plastic bag will do!

[@tri-state-crew2662]

When will there be more videos on the new dump truck

[@digdrivediy]

Hopefully in the next couple weeks. I had it in the shop getting worked on but I think it's done now.

[@Updown2468]

Good job.

[@edsecorr7812]

Great job love your videos thank you

[@digdrivediy]

Thanks for watching!

[@SpartanZapp]

Tile counter is a little out of adjustment...

[@digdrivediy]

Did you count them? :). It was tough to keep track and then the re-edit came ...

[@TheHobbyShop1]

Great tips. That should be better than the rest of that tile as you stated. Good to see the happy little dude enjoying some uncle time during lunch. 😊

[@carlolson1203]

Your going to be lucky because I’ll be back for the next one.

[@ty_thejeepguy]

I always thought it was a giant tile 😂

[@digdrivediy]

😋

[@texasproud3332]

Good video that’s what you call making it work

[@CameronSalazar2113]

that was alot of fun and a new thing that I did not know existied under farms to move the water interesting and very cool!

[@gregd931]

First impressions. You are a wonderful teacher. Your knowledge of dirt is admirable. Getting past calling plastic pipe "tile" is admirable. You were certainly looking quite fit and healthy in this post. Handsome devil you! Now, putting more non-biodegradable fodder into the ground is kinda a party foul. The pipe is one thing, but the salt bags were just beyond the pale. The Amish would have used recycled, animal hair batts to stuff into the voids of the pipe. I know, use what's convenient for now. Just something to think about. Mazel tov on the addition to the Koch dynasty. By my count, that's 160,001. Love home brother and kiss the girls for me.

[@digdrivediy]

I used up all our animal hair batts on the last patch job! Some poor sap 20 years from now will dig up that salt bag and hopefully they'll throw it in the landfill for me :) Thanks for watching bud!

[@tonynieuwlandt5407]

good video, teaching the young guys again, I like it.

[@jifi-0178]

Based on the condition of the current pipe, um.... tile, I think you will be back to revisit more of that pipe, uh... tile in another spot. Why was that drainage pipe, errr ... tile, there anyway? Wouldn't a surface ditch or swale along the field edge work instead of cutting thru the middle of the field? The reuse of the plastic bag and clay was a nice option assuming there isn't a lot of suction and/or pressure inside the um... tile.

[@digdrivediy]

This field has a combination of swales ditches and underground pipe, err tile. I believe that this particular tile serves as a drain to some nearby homes as well.

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

Another informative show on The Family Channel !

[@anthonytetreau522]

If find the ability to see the difference in soil types, after 50 years; you should check out "Time Team", they will dig up sites where the expose different soil types after 1500 years.

[@digdrivediy]

That's Cool!

[@thedelcodave]

Does this job fall under the task of an Agronomist or is this a side gig that lets you play in the dirt with the big boy toys?

[@digdrivediy]

Haha! This is a side gig but it is for Greg, the owner of our company. They farm as well as do consulting. So, I get to do this while at work sometimes! Breaks up my desk time 👍🏻

[@thedelcodave]

@@digdrivediy That is awesome your boss is pretty cool to lets you share his projects with your internet friends.

[@digdrivediy]

@@thedelcodave Absolutely 👍🏻

[@garrettsilveradoz71]

I deal with tile a lot at work. This video was great! Are you wearing thorogood boots? In the video it looks like the pair I bought this summer. I absolutely love them after trying so many boots over the years I’m liking my thorogoods the best. Spendy but comfy.

[@digdrivediy]

Thanks so much. These were Brunt boots that I was wearing early in the video before putting on the rubber over boots. You can get 10% Brunt boots by using code "Koc10" :)

[@blakenichols4957]

Have you ever worked with orangeburg pipe? The lifespan on that blows my mind considering it's construction. We've dug up some of it doing sewer work in the past, and it's usually in decent shape until you start touching it, then it practically disintegrates.

[@digdrivediy]

Ha! Yes I have worked with it. I agree. It holds up until you mess with it!!

[@Mikidy303]

Looks like a good fix. I always thought the the farmer generally owned the land. Is most farm land owned by some nameless, faceless corporation? Or does the federal government own it and it's leased to the farmer? As always, you do a good video.

[@digdrivediy]

Good question Mike. Around here, farmers generally own part of what they farm and then rent some land from other owners. It really varies though. Some own all that they farm while others own very little land of their own and just rent it all. For us, most of the land is owned by private individuals that just don't farm. It is usually legacy land that has been owned by multiple generations and they quit farming themselves long ago. That's the case here. The land owners have never farmed, but their parents did 60 years ago.

[@BG-vq9fd]

When I was a kid (1960's), I went hunting with my Dad and Uncle in the Greensburg area. We ran across a lot of tile holes.

[@digdrivediy]

More common nowadays with no till as well.

[@keeghanschulik2.048]

you said tie 59 times

[@digdrivediy]

Haha! And that's edited 😂

[@d.a.ballou9740]

If it works for you, it works for me! 😁👨‍🚒

[@earlyriser8998]

Good job. I remember when I first started in the oil field and I was always chosen to be the first guy in the trench with a shovel. Hey, new guy.... You bring your rubber boots to work the second day

[@digdrivediy]

Right on!

[@jackslauenwhite9089]

I’m a new guy here that is a big sinkhole.

[@russorpcom]

You may have covered this at an earlier time. Is the plate on the teeth of the backhoe bucket permanently welded on? I am curious as to how it is secured if not welded. And do you use a second bucket for digging in extremely hard ground. The way you fixed the tile was super!

[@digdrivediy]

Yes, the plate is welded to an old set of teeth. I can remove the teeth with pins if need be, but I never have. When I need to dig harder I use a different bucket with teeth as you suggested. Thanks Richard!

[@mmathis3947]

Haha you said tile

[@digdrivediy]

Haha!

[@snoozieq4584]

Hmm, as your drone was going over the field, I was noticing other possible suck holes in the tile. I think that whomever is currently farming this field just needs to knuckle up and retile the whole field and get rid of the old clay tiles and be done with it. I know that the tubing is expensive and finding help to dig up and retile an entire field, but it will solve a whole lot of issues later on down the road. Thanks for another great video! See you in the next one!

[@digdrivediy]

You're exactly right! It needs a new line here eventually. Thanks Susan!

[@danielwalker1398]

I like the fix! Imagine it would be very expensive To replace the complete drainage system under a field. Where do all of the tiles lead to? I imagine that most fields are connected together?

[@digdrivediy]

This one empties out into a nearby stream. Most of our drainage lines empty into nearby ditches.

[@tonycasterline8936]

No Legion? I guess we did a good job of blocking all the roads into Hicksville. Hope all is well.

[@digdrivediy]

Oh man. I didn't think you could still get into Hicksville? :) Forgot to tell you about the postponement...

[@bwlyon]

Looks like a solid solution for old clay tile that is long past it’s prime, cheap and effective. There is no sense in spending thousands of dollars to repair as there is going to be more problems in the future. The only permanent solution is plowing in new tile over the whole property.

[@digdrivediy]

Exactly

[@justinotten6673]

Wow never heard the bow called a hummocks!!! Learned something new!!!

[@digdrivediy]

I think I picked up that term for my father-in-law.

[@bobwatson9290]

Looks good to me. Sometimes you can’t let the pursuit of excellence get in the way of good enough.

[@digdrivediy]

Ha! I like that. Thanks Bob.

[@jeffbrooks1025]

I used to work for a tile drainage company. The double ended plastic couplers fit inside of the old clay tile.

[@digdrivediy]

Yes, I use those when the tile is round. When oblonged it is hard to use them as the new pipe is round and the old is not. Makes them difficult to get connected properly.

[@markhollick2511]

Great job Love to watch these jobs

[@ecolandmanagementllc1543]

Frog at 6:54

[@digdrivediy]

Yep! We helped him out of the hole so you can rest assured he didn't get buried! 😉

[@PeaceIntheValley]

looks good! I think that will last a long time! That low the clay just sucks to your feet!

[@digdrivediy]

Yes, that deep clay is certainly terrible when it gets wet! Thanks for watching. Bryce!