Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Repairing Dam leaks from the backside

It would be interesting to know the distance and extent of pond water penetration through dams. Anyone want to drill some test holes into the back of their dam and let us know when it gets wet? Or come up with a non-destructive way to find out?

'Lark, when I was first married I had some "difficulty" bush-hogging at my In-Laws' farm. I mowed the flat spot next to the creek, not knowing it was the "duck pond" which had silted up. The other two available tractors and their motor home were unable to pull me out. We ended up spending the afternoon winching it out with a come-along cabled to a big tree. I think my Father-In-Law was still laughing about it 15 years later when he passed on.