Whatever you run, make sure the "tailpipe" has two holes cut in it for putting bolts down through side x side to keep critters out of it. Other side of the Mohawk Valleywe did plenty via the county who also paid part of the blade and or backhoe fees and we had one good run of 1500' with stringers connected off the side down the entire grade; clay formed on the main and rolled perforated pvc on all stringers. Took plenty of previous year hay as clay required one "slab" laid over each connection where butted together then careful back filling with pointed shovel by collapsing sides of trench before the small dozer did the back filling. Sure was glad when we got to the stringer sections as that rolled pvc sure was easier than placing that clay and stringers were 6-800' each.
6" steel pipe where it exited into the pasture and that entire system ran 1/4 to full stream at different times of the year. Ol' boy running backhoe knew his stuff and recommended the bolts down through the tailpipe to prevent muskrats from climbing inside as he had returned to dig up previous jobs where farmers used wire mesh screens and small critters had ended up inside and died, plugging up the entire system.
We jumped on the program when offered as it was either upgrade to bigger tractors to work that acreage (FWD's were being pushed hard as they started rolling them out) or stay with the 2WD tractors we had. Made a huge difference in crops over the years on our largest piece of land and we were on it long before everyone else was waiting for their's to dry out enough in the spring.
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