Russ,

I can indeed back you up on the costs of repairing small dozers, painfully so ....and the time it takes to build any kind of pond beyond a 1/4 acre or so.

Used dozers will require repairs, both those caused from routine wear-out and in my case at least, from inexperienced operations ( a hint to anyone reading this and inexperienced with dozers: never "pull" always "push" even if stuck).

I also completely agree with Russ that it is a time and money trade off. A pond can be built with an old fashioned pull scoop and a single piston "popping Jonny" farm tractor...I know because I helped my dad build one that way...but it takes significant amounts of time and very hard work.

Having said all that, I still have my dozer also and never plan to sell it...its just loads of fun to use it, very functional in many situations, and when used in conjunction with outside heavy equipment, can accomplish great things in a timely manner.