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<blockquote data-quote="Popcorn" data-source="post: 5767430" data-attributes="member: 20151"><p>I feel that water bars are for getting water AWAY FROM THE ROAD, not off the road. There fore my water bars simply give water a path of less resistance from the side of the road and should never be across the road where it can be driven across. Properly built trails and roads will be on slope or high ground most of the time and where natural contours aren't enough to keep water from saturating the road a water bar begins a couple feet inside the road, interrupts the ditch line and transitions into a control drain. I am pretty good at building BBD's but they require more time, more disturbance and often stay wet due to low or no slope and if you do not maintain them they will rut and become a mud hole. Yes, a proper BBD is nice to look at and easy to drive thru until they aren't.</p><p>Practicality </p><p>Also never seen a BBD on steep ground, they become drainage ditches that need culverts</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Popcorn, post: 5767430, member: 20151"] I feel that water bars are for getting water AWAY FROM THE ROAD, not off the road. There fore my water bars simply give water a path of less resistance from the side of the road and should never be across the road where it can be driven across. Properly built trails and roads will be on slope or high ground most of the time and where natural contours aren’t enough to keep water from saturating the road a water bar begins a couple feet inside the road, interrupts the ditch line and transitions into a control drain. I am pretty good at building BBD’s but they require more time, more disturbance and often stay wet due to low or no slope and if you do not maintain them they will rut and become a mud hole. Yes, a proper BBD is nice to look at and easy to drive thru until they aren’t. Practicality Also never seen a BBD on steep ground, they become drainage ditches that need culverts [/QUOTE]
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