Irrigator wheel track rut repair patch

An irrigator wheel track rut repair patch comprising:

• a first aggregate consisting of recycled crushed concrete with an average length of pieces of the first aggregate being between 1.0 inches and 3.5 inches;
• a second aggregate consisting of one or more of pumice stone and lava rock with an average length of pieces of the second aggregate being between 0.5 inches and 2 inches;
• and
• a plastic bag filed with a mixture of the first aggregate and the second aggregate, wherein the plastic bag comprises a rectangular shape with a long edge of the rectangular shape measuring between 28-31. inches and with a short edge of the rectangular shape measuring between 28-31. inches, wherein the plastic bag has a first side and a second side which is opposite the first side, wherein at least one of the first side and the second side is pre-punctured with openings which facilitate detrainment of air from within the plastic bag while prohibiting aggregate from escaping the plastic bag through the pre-punctured openings, and wherein the plastic bag is configured to be one of non-biodegradable and biodegrade within a time of between 6 months and 5 years;
• wherein the rut repair patch is configured to be emplaced whole within a rut of an irrigator wheel track such that a path of a wheel of an irrigator is bridged from a first functional portion of the irrigator wheel track, across the rut via the rut repair patch, to a second functional portion of the irrigator wheel track.

A method of repairing a rut in an irrigator wheel track, comprising:

• providing a rut repair patch comprising a first aggregate contained within a biodegradable plastic bag having one or more pre-punctured openings on one or more surfaces of the biodegradable plastic bag, the first aggregate consisting of one of recycled crushed concrete and lava rock, wherein an average length of pieces of the first aggregate being between 0.5 inches and 3.5 inches;
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• placing the rut repair patch, as a whole unit, within the rut without opening the biodegradable plastic bag;
• and
• leaving the rut repair patch in the rut such that air in the bag exits via the pre-punctured openings while one or more of any water and any mud within the rut are entrained into the bag via the pre-punctured opening thus facilitating settling of the rut repair patch into the rut to effect repair of the rut by bridging across the rut between functional portions of the irrigator wheel track which are on opposing adjacent sides of the rut, wherein the biodegradable plastic bag degrades in place within the rut over a predetermined amount of time.