Tractor Mike's video: Cleaning a Creek with a John Deere 3032 Submarine

Have a creek bed that's eroding? I do, and so does Ron, who asked what the best way to use a Deere 3032 to manage his stream bed and how deep in the water he could take the tractor . I've not had any experience with this type of thing so I'd like to get viewer responses. My gut feeling is, it's going to be difficult to do a whole lot of good with a small tractor in fixing erosion problems in a creek. I checked with some experts from the Soil & Water Conservation Service and the Department of Natural Resources and they all said the same thing. To repair an erosion problem it takes a lot of work and large equipment to really get the job done right. In my case, we have property with a dry creek bed, or at least, dry most of the time. When we get a heavy rain, or it rains upstream from us, the water comes down in a rush, then the creek is dry again. Until the county started growing and people started adding impervious surfaces like roofs, asphalt driveways, and parking lots upstream, my little creek wasn't having issues. With all the development, the amount of water coming through has gone up drastically and have created the erosion issues. Experts tell me, that in order to fix the problem, I'd need to line the side of the creek with logs or timbers pointing up, connected with each other and with large stones behind in the bank that's losing topsoil. It would be expensive and way outside of the capabilities of my 40 hp tractor. I could dump some gravel on top of the eroding area, and it might make me feel good, but the next big rain, it would probably all wash away. As far as taking a tractor in standing water, that scares me, I'd be worried about hitting a dip or a soft spot and turning the tractor over, and if driving through water, I'd be stirring up fine sand that could get in the nooks and crannies of my tractor and start the formulation of rust. So I'm not a big fan of doing that. DNR doesn't like you running a tractor up and down a stream because of what it does to the aquatic life either. Bottom line, I'm not going to try to fix my problem with my tractor, eventually the soil will erode down to solid rock and hopefully that will be the end of the issue. I'm curious, though, if someone has had success using a small tractor to manage stream bank erosion. Let us know by putting your comments down below. LINKS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... The Tractor Fun Store: https://asktractormike.com/products-for-sale/ Support the Tractor Mike Channel: https://www.patreon.com/TractorMike Visit the Tractor Mike website: http://asktractormike.com/ Visit Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Ask-Tractor-Mike-312112962245304/ Copyright 2021 Tractor Mike LLC