Sounds like overkill.

Stick in the ground will do it.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...

As long as the ground doesn't dip halfway across...

You can see ripples in the waters surface when there’s a hole in the crossing.

At least when the average depth is shallow enough you’d want to cross in a normal vehicle.