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| offroading.net |
Track over a bogI need to create a vehicle track over a boggy bit of field, any suggestions hot to?I was thinking of putting down old sleepers and decking them with 6x2" planks, any better ideas? |
| RichardW |
Some one localy lost 2 x 40 plus ton tracked diggers doing just that sort of thing. It took the the Army tank recovery team days to get the diggers back out.
Justme |
| gil |
Any chance of dealing with the drainage first ? |
| Jonnyboy |
What's the distance, and how boggy does it get? |
| offroading.net |
about 50ft, gets very wet, off to dig a hole to see how deep it is |
| tahir |
We dumped a couple of tippers worth of hardcore on our boggiest bit, scraped away as much of the soil as we could first. Our patch was only about 20-30 ft. |
| guyandzoe |
I think drain it dig it fill it.
Also consider using a fabric to separate the sub base from the infill. In our case - -not the worst I admit the fabric did help to allow the stone on top to squeeze out the water beneath and it formed (and has kept) a good firm surface. This wont work if you are going to lose big diggers in the your bog!!! I once worked on a farm where we got the combine and both tractors up to their axles in the same field. It took a tank recovery winch to get them out too. Very impressive and I've wanted one ever since. guy |
| offroading.net |
well sorted with poles and sleepers, need to extend it a bit more though yet.
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| Jonnyboy |
Looks good, but at 50ft and sleepers at, say £15 for a 10" span it's gotta be expensive? |
| offroading.net |
sleepers cost £7, 14" cover per sleeper, 2 poles were £20 
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| dougal |
You do realise that such things are traditional... all the way back to the neolithic period, say 3000BC...
http://www.acadat.com/digdiary.htm |
| offroading.net |
 hope mine lasts that long 
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