There is never a time in Louisiana when the drainage is "finished". Infrastructure requires maintenance. Building something is the starting line, not the finish line. But, I'm an old fashioned conservative, not one of these pretty boy Richie Rich's born on third base with daddy's Mexican labor carrying me like delicate china to home plate. Lol
I do have a crawfish pond. The raccoons love it. Some mornings I'll surprise the lil bass turds. They scream eff u old man and give me the finger. Lol
Just cleaning up drainage ditches that are filled in, overgrown, or whatever. It's pretty much the standard operating procedure around here. Every year we clean out the ditches.
I actually did try to rent a bigger excavator from a company called deep south equipment rental. They gave me the run around on the phone and online. So I took my money to Home Depot and rented it in 5 minutes. Rode that thing 10-12 hours a day, put it away wet, jumped on it in the morning for 10-12 more 7 days straight.
Thats what we do, start before dark and go until after dark, i tag team with my dad. They use no diesel, i find i spill more filling it up than what they use!