Another culvert question

[Caminochaos]

How do you guys get material out of a smaller, let's say 12"-18" culvert that spans 20'-30'?

thanks

 

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[jog]

Real small kids

 

[Goodyguy]

Go to the mouth of the entry end and exit end and get what you can reach.
That's about all you can do.

GG~

 

[Caminochaos]

Go to the mouth of the entry end and exit end and get what you can reach.
That's about all you can do.

GG~

I figured that was going to be the answer.

LMAO @ jog. I do have a 2 year old

 

[TerryC]

Real small kids

That's good, Jog lol!
I would suggest fitting a high pressure washer with a loooong handle and forcing the sludge down to the far end where a collection system collects it. TTC

 

[shepcal]

I made up a vac last year for cracks and crevises. Have had thoughts on culverts and thought I might try a PVC pipe extensions for my nozzle. Haven't tried it, so don't know if'n it would work
Shep

 

[Hoser John]

How funny,in 55+ years I haven't seen a gram a gold total in them things. Before and after yes-but in,nope. John

 

[Goodyguy]

How funny,in 55+ years I haven't seen a gram a gold total in them things. Before and after yes-but in,nope. John

Good point John

The only gold I have found in one was inside a big one, the corrugated kind big enough to walk in that had been there a long time and through some floods. I was also surprised how hard it was to dig through the compacted sand mud clay overburden to get down to the bottoms of the riffles.

If the pipe isn't level with, or lower than the source, then you are wasting your time inside, as John indicated any appreciable gold would have been trapped in the lower area before the entrance.

GG~