Field tile
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Topic: Field tile
Posted By: Mikez
Subject: Field tile
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 2:38pm
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Hello all. Hope all is well out there. Does anyone have experience putting tile in fields. What's the recommended spacing. Going to try some. The one spot really only has a small vain with low spot that traps water. But it's also near fence row and property line so I'm just woundering how far off fence run it. Thanks |
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Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 4:21pm
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Go to the United States Soil Conservation Service. ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 5:15pm
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There's no standard for spacing, has a lot to do with soil type, nutrients, how wet the field and how much money you want to spend. Some guys just pattern tile the whole field and others just run a line or two where the wet spots are. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 7:54am
| Bill is right. However, if you want to play-budget some numbers, string them every 40 ft. More or less depending on how severely wet the are is. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 8:10am
that's where I'd start
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Dusty MI wrote:Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 7:26pm
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My farm is tiled at 35' spacing. Daughter did her farm last year at 25' spacing. Seems to be the new normal around here. Have seen 15' in heavy clay soil ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:10pm
| Thank you for your comments. I'll look into contacting them as well |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 9:41am
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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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