Someone suggested something interesting to me, and in hind sight it makes sense
Everyone makes the dam side the deepest part of the pond ....that's where you are most susceptible to leaks and failure. He said that I should have made the opposite side deeper and the dam side shallow
Best of luck
That would work pretty good if using a scraper to move most of the dirt. A lot of ponds, especially smaller ones, a bulldozer is the only tool and if a dozer is doing the dirt work, the shorter the push the less cost. That is why the deep water is near the dam on a lot of ponds. Shortest distance for the dozer to move the dirt.
Using a scraper moving more of the dirt from the far side of the dam would not be a bad deal at all if a person was using the loaded rubber tire scraper for the compaction tool. The longer dirt haul could be combined with the compaction phase.
Dozers are not worth a darn to move dirt any distance.
