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Read articles →A hobby homesteader figures out water bars from scratch on a steep 16% grade trail using a Kubota BX and box blade, no hydraulic top link, no prior expertise. The video walks through the reasoning behind the erosion problem, the trial-and-error process of angling and building seven water bars over five or six hours, and a final ATV walkthrough of the finished trail. Best for rural owners tackling similar DIY erosion work on steep ground with compact equipment.
An owner-operator sharing honest, learn-as-you-go impressions from their own 38-acre hobby homestead, with no apparent commercial or dealership affiliation.
Build up the inside of the trail, slope it toward the outside, and put a bar in at about thirty degrees angled to push water over the edge, adjusting by eye since the blade angle cannot be changed on the fly.
The ditch gathered water from a large hillside area, letting it build speed and power that eroded the trail and carried silt that filled in the ditch at the bottom, flooding the field.
About five to six hours total on the Kubota, building seven water bars along a trail judged by Google Earth to be over a thousand feet long on a 16 percent grade.
