How to complete a 120 foot French drain in four hours

by Jade

21/Nov/2010

I've done French drains the hard way: digging it by hand. It's awfully hard work.

So we looked on Craigslist and found someone who could do it in a little more than an hour. This is his crazy machine.

He lowered it into the ground, after measuring carefully.

He also used a laser to measure depth.

Another view:

And more:

Afterwards, we hauled rocks for two hours to fill up the French drain

And covered it with dirt

Looks great:

Comments

John S Seems like a great machine. I find it hard to get exercise in the winter, which was when I made mine. I also like the blue collar aesthetic of putting it all together. French drains are great!
JOhn S
PDX OR

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