BBN Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Guys, love the idea BUT there is so much water coming down there in the rain that until it has somewhere else to go, I can't see the trail standing up to it! Not quite sure where it even comes from but there is a massive amount going down that side of Delta and even Bantam Drive. Don't have a solution but would hate to see all the good work and effort goes to waste in one heavy rainfall.
Pieter1 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 Guys, love the idea BUT there is so much water coming down there in the rain that until it has somewhere else to go, I can't see the trail standing up to it! Not quite sure where it even comes from but there is a massive amount going down that side of Delta and even Bantam Drive. Don't have a solution but would hate to see all the good work and effort goes to waste in one heavy rainfall.That is what is busting my btains... I was thinking of making speedbumps to slow ot and mabey divert it a bit?
BBN Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 That is what is busting my btains... I was thinking of making speedbumps to slow ot and mabey divert it a bit?Bit like trying to stop the tide coming in! I have seen it in flood and from the fence to the tree line disappears under about a foot of water! Need Parks to get that water into the storm drain in Bantam.
Pieter1 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 Bit like trying to stop the tide coming in! I have seen it in flood and from the fence to the tree line disappears under about a foot of water! Need Parks to get that water into the storm drain in Bantam.Yea, mabey we can dig that channel open.
Sidewinder. Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Guys, love the idea BUT there is so much water coming down there in the rain that until it has somewhere else to go, I can't see the trail standing up to it! Not quite sure where it even comes from but there is a massive amount going down that side of Delta and even Bantam Drive. Don't have a solution but would hate to see all the good work and effort goes to waste in one heavy rainfall.   It's been ages since I rode the tree line, but if memory serves, there's a little spruitjie near the gate at the top of the tree line(it has a small bridge over it). I would think half the drainage issue would be coming from when that overflows. Maybe build a bank to direct run-off into the road before the first berm. Â
Pieter1 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 Â Yea it's that, that I reccon we should dig open...
Peach. Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 I would see if you could take that trench at the top all the way to the road to get the water out of the park. Alternatively you could dig a trench for the water to follow down next to the tree line and the trail just goes over/through it.
RockCoach Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 I would see if you could take that trench at the top all the way to the road to get the water out of the park. Alternatively you could dig a trench for the water to follow down next to the tree line and the trail just goes over/through it.That's what I reckon. That small channel that we go over up near the gate close to the school field sometimes overflows so that the water rushes down in a wide river. You can see this by the 5m wide sections of flattened grass straight down through the singletrack. What we need is a secondary trench to catch and redirect this overflow. Dig a trench and Build up above the outside of the long right hander - the one which becomes a deep rut first in summer.
Pieter1 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Posted March 13, 2015 That's what I reckon. That small channel that we go over up near the gate close to the school field sometimes overflows so that the water rushes down in a wide river. You can see this by the 5m wide sections of flattened grass straight down through the singletrack. What we need is a secondary trench to catch and redirect this overflow. Dig a trench and Build up above the outside of the long right hander - the one which becomes a deep rut first in summer.That sounds like a good idea.
Pieter1 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Posted March 17, 2015 So progress is moving along slowly but surely. I was wondering if anyone has a contact for those big blue water drums? I need water to shape and copact the berms and what not.
Pieter1 Posted March 20, 2015 Author Posted March 20, 2015 Hey guys/girsl. I need help on the tree line. If you can bring a shovel, wheelbarrow and a lekker attitude please be at the top pedestrian gate at about 7.
Guest notmyname Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 Hey guys/girsl. I need help on the tree line. If you can bring a shovel, wheelbarrow and a lekker attitude please be at the top pedestrian gate at about 7.This morning? I got flippin work
Pieter1 Posted March 20, 2015 Author Posted March 20, 2015 This morning? I got flippin work Dammot I meant to say Saturday.
Guest notmyname Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 How did your build go bud? I had birthday commitments.
Peach. Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Who is keen for a build this weekend to finish off the line?
Pieter1 Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 How did your build go bud? I had birthday commitments.I had 5 guys show up and we got quite a bit done. Peach has some rad ideas and it won't take to much time as all of the soil has been put in place, it just needs shapeing. I am un/fortunately fishing on the South coast for the next 9 days but can help again after that.
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