Putting out 12k lbs of bentonite and installing a pump this week.... - 08/30/04 05:16 PM
Hey everyone,
It's been a while since I checked in. Our 7-1/2 acre pond is down to almost 1 acre now. Our pond's center is basically an old ditch that we built a 400' damn to create a pond. The contractor did do some work moving dirt around in the bottom but it was fairly minor. The damn is not leaking at all and it looks like the leak is in the bottom of that ditch. So on Thursday we are going to put out 12k lbs of pelletized bentonite and we are also installing a well. The well was drilled last week and it should be finished tomorrow. It is going to run off of a small generator that I am going to hook up to a 100 gallon fuel tank. Hopefully it'll run almost a week on that and maybe get some water in it. We've put this work off long enough but if we wait much longer we are going to lose all of our fish too. The way the ditch is layed out I will be able to take my four wheeler to the edge of the ditch and put my moultree broadcast spreader at the edge of the ditch. I'll then broadcast it and measure the distance covered to determine how many lbs to put in a certain area. We are looking for 1-2lbs per sq/ft.
Wish us luck......I'm sure I'm going to be one sore guy come friday :p
-lee-
It's been a while since I checked in. Our 7-1/2 acre pond is down to almost 1 acre now. Our pond's center is basically an old ditch that we built a 400' damn to create a pond. The contractor did do some work moving dirt around in the bottom but it was fairly minor. The damn is not leaking at all and it looks like the leak is in the bottom of that ditch. So on Thursday we are going to put out 12k lbs of pelletized bentonite and we are also installing a well. The well was drilled last week and it should be finished tomorrow. It is going to run off of a small generator that I am going to hook up to a 100 gallon fuel tank. Hopefully it'll run almost a week on that and maybe get some water in it. We've put this work off long enough but if we wait much longer we are going to lose all of our fish too. The way the ditch is layed out I will be able to take my four wheeler to the edge of the ditch and put my moultree broadcast spreader at the edge of the ditch. I'll then broadcast it and measure the distance covered to determine how many lbs to put in a certain area. We are looking for 1-2lbs per sq/ft.
Wish us luck......I'm sure I'm going to be one sore guy come friday :p
-lee-