jd1023epro,

You need a spot where the bank on each side is gradual enough that the underside of the tractor does not drag. It would probably be difficult to cross a creek with the MMM attached. You also need a spot where the tractor will have good footing both at the banks and at the creek bed. You don't want it to sink down very much.

This creek thing reminds me of the time I was riding a bus in Costa Rica. We were heading for a white water rafting tour about 2 hours from our cruise ship dock. On the way, we had to cross a different river but the bridge was being worked on. So, with one lane open, the traffic from each direction had to alternate using the bridge. No big deal - we see this all the time in this country as well. So with a slight delay, we proceeded across and on up to our rafting location. After the 2 hour rafting tour, we headed back down the same road to return to the cruise ship. Soon we arrived at the bridge that was still being worked on. Only now, BOTH lanes of the bridge were CLOSED. All the traffic was diverted down the river bank, though the shallow, rocky river, up the other bank and back onto the road. We completed this detour without incident but with a memory that I'll never forget.

 

i was thinking of making like a boat launch type of deal the sun hits were it would bee so no mud is there and i would only use it when the creek is low and when it is sunny and dry I would make it wider than the tractor with the mower on were i could use the mmm on the other sides and have wiggle room

 

WARNING WARNING WARNING​

BIG BROTHER will be watching any messing around you do regarding that creek, creek bank, creek bed, creek stones, creek bottom, water, minnows, mosquito larvae, etc..... He might not be around now, but he'll be there sometime!

 

Exactly. The less "improvements" you make, the better. Or at least, the less noticeable the better.

 

Watch what you do. You could get into big trouble for driveing in a creek. It may take a act of god to put a bridge in.

Around here we cant mow within 30' of a creek, much less cross it.

 

up here were im at i live in a farming district and i see all the farmers do it and today i saw the farmer making one just out side of town were i would put it you cant see it from the road anyways and im out in the boonies were everyone minds there own business.

 

I am so glad I live in Texas....

heck ,there are public roads in west Texas where you have to cross through streams. My step-mothers mother had a huge ranch outside of Eagle Pass, where you crossed through the Nueces river several times before getting to the ranch house.

 

I've got to move to Texas.

 

"...i would put it you cant see it from the road anyways and im out in the boonies were everyone minds there own business."

Around here we've had folks with the same ideas... The "Big Hats" came down in the helo's and busted 'em.:laugh:

I admire Texas, it's what the U.S.A. used to be and still should be. Another "South Western state" of which I'm very familiar used to be part of the U.S.A. too, but too many yuppies has just killed it and they've all but eliminated the "boonies" anymore. AND they blame the oil and gas guys and miners when it's themselves that ruined the places... (Sorry for the anti-antiestablishment rant there, but I hate what happened to my other home town.)

 

What happend to us is run off from farms was found in the waters of Green Bay. So now they want a 30' buffer along anything that flows into the bay.

 

Throw a culvert in it, backfill and put down some gravel. Done. And if you plant a few seedlings and mulch the disturbed soil, the tree-huggers will love you.