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Clear Gully and Establish Access

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How To Fix An Erosion Washout

What happens here

To address the existing gully, the first critical step is to clear all accumulated brush, timber, and debris that has been piled into the washout over the years as a temporary fix. This material must be completely removed, even from underneath the banks, to ensure that the new soil can be properly compacted. An excavator is used to clear this brush and create a safe access road into and around the gully for heavy machinery and personnel. This allows for a flat working environment at the bottom of the gully, making it safe to proceed with filling.

Goal: Remove all debris from the gully and create a safe working area.

Tools and materials

  • Dozer Case — Grading the upper pasture and assisting with road creation
  • Excavator Kobelco — Clearing brush, creating access roads, and digging

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give you an idea of how severe this Gully has how many years it's taken to do it I'm going to jump down into the hole to give you a perspective to show you what they've done over the years they've piled brush up into the hole as a temporary fix now this has to be removed so let's show you how deep this Gully is we're talking about at least six feet deep this hole has been washed out over the years that's what we're going to fix this is phase two to fix the wash out this is where we're going to clear all the brush out of here so we gain access to the hole and then we're going to pack this with soil we're going to regrade it and we're going to put erosion control measures over the top of it to keep this from happening but we're also going to regrade that upper pure so we stop the concentration of water from coming down into one area so stay tuned we'll keep you informed as we go we'll take one shot from the bottom to give you another perspective now we're at the bottom of the hill we're looking up the slope this is where we're going to start our work to fix the Gully the wash out and the reason we're going to start at the bottom is basically for safety we're able to create a flat working environment a flat platform where as we remove the brush we can keep filling in the trench behind us so that we have a nice safe Zone to work to get down to the bottom we're going to create a road through the woods removing any trees branches overgrown brush and shrub so that we can get down to the bottom so that we can start to work our way back up to the top of the hill fixing the Gully and wash out compacting and placing soil as we

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