After the initial construction of the pond I used the rented trackhoe for some other projects on the property. One of these projects was the clearing of a 1/4 mile long driveway through the woods. This driveway would replace the old one that was located on the pipeline right of way, next to the neighbor's fence line. In the area where this new drive exited the woods and crossed the pipeline I had to install a culvert. A couple of years later I carved out a diversion ditch with my tractor to divert the runoff from this culvert to the pond. I figured that with the repeated periods of drought I should capture all the water that I possibly could.
Red line is the new driveway. Green line is the old driveway. Yellow line is the diversion ditch, which, captures all the runoff to the left (west) of it.
(Above) I didn't have access to a trailer, so I fabricated a headache rack with some scrap 1 inch pipe.
(Above) I received some strange looks as I drove down the road. Not sure if it was my truck's appearance or, the loud, low pitched whistling noise emitting from the culvert pipe when I exceeded 50 mph.
