"Wheel Rim" Culverts Are Strong, Cheap

"Wheel Rim" Culverts Are Strong, Cheap TRACTORS Tires/Wheels 27-6-10 If you need a culvert on your driveway or other farm road, just gather up some old truck wheel rims and weld them together, says Richard Dunn, Morgantown, W. Va., who has used the idea to make culverts up to 20 ft. long. "I install wheel rim culverts when building field roads across ditches or waterways. They're strong and cost almost nothing to put together," says Dunn. "I built my first one 10 years ago and it's still in good shape." Dunn uses 22-in. dia. rims that he gets off old tri-axle trucks that he uses in his trucking business. The rims often have small cracks in them but are otherwise in good shape. He welds the rims together, welding around the edges at 6-in. intervals. Dunn also uses welded-together wheel rims to make vertical "manhole" drains that hook up to the horizontal culverts. He welds five wheels together, then welds a steel ring inside the top of the wheel. Then he welds lengths of steel bar across the top wheel, spaced about 1 in. apart. Once the steel has been welded in place he cuts a large round hole in the side of the stack so that he can connect the vertical drain to the horizontal culvert. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Dunn, 68 Tyrone Avery Rd., Morgantown, W. Va. 26508 (ph 304 594-2603).

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