Well...we "placed" it where it looked best at the time with his D8. Root ball higher up the bank in about 5 feet of water, and limbs poking out into the deepest area of the pond. Sounds good...limbs from bottom to top. Plenty of structure.

Unfortunately, as the pond filled and the top floated some, the root ball slid down to where it's now in 8 feet of water...but you can still see some of the roots, so it'll be covered by about 3.5 feet, when she's full.

The "top" rests in the deepest portion of water still, but it's moved overall about 40 feet...no big deal.

It was awesome when it rolled over in a hard east wind last fall. MAN...10 tons of tree rolling over looked like NESSIE. Glad I was looking out the window as she moved. Never would have believed it could happen after it was sunk for 2 years. Figured it'd been waterlogged and wouldn't move....the next day, it moved BACK in a west wind!

Here's Nessie before she rolled...and with about 2 feet less water.

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In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now...