Cost of putting in a waterway

Farmall 656 · Oct 14, 2017

I was wondering what the cost of putting in a waterway is in your area? I have a couple of runs in an existing bean field and one in a corn field that once harvested, I would like to put in a grass waterway. I don't have the equipment to do it myself, but am looking to hire someone to put them in. I just don't know what a fair price would be...do they charge by the foot or by the hour? Is there a general width in a job like this? I would buy the seed. There is no dozer work needed, just a light tillage, seeding, and dragging the seeded area. Thank you for your advice in advance!!

caterpillar guy · Oct 14, 2017

Just seed it with a spinner spreader or a drill then with a spike tooth drag it in crosswise should be good to go. We have never planted one just let the grass grow before the wash started and have kept them for over 50 years.

paul · Oct 14, 2017

Simply field cultivating, packing/ harrowing, seeding, and packing/ harrowing is pretty simple straight forward stuff, I have all the tools and would cost more for the seed than the rest of the work.

Designing the waterway to work properly, and trying to time the work so the seed takes hold before it's washed out would be the expensive parts of the job......

Slope and width and length all depend on the exact slopes and water flows in that area, there is no one size fits all.

So you sound like you are just looking for a seeder fella, not a waterway design and build fella. You take the risk that it doesn't work out.

In any case I would think charging by the hour would be common.

If you were my neighbor we would probably trade for fuel and some beer or some such, don't know what a commercial rate would be for such a job.

You can get the govt involved, then it will be parts of it for free, but other parts will cost 3x what they should, so their cost sharing ends up making a large job out of a simple thing.

Paul

evilboweivel · Oct 14, 2017

if you can find someone with a pto driven aerator to punch holes where the waterway goes then throw seed and drag the area
by not working it all up will control erosion a lot better
the grass seed will fall down in the holes and get started there

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