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Hi everyone. New member here and appreciate the wealth of info I've found here so far. This crazy year with Covid had both my businesses down and lots of free time on my hands. I own a trackloader and decided to build a watering hole for deer while things were slow. Well covid continued to drag on and I continued to dig. What started as a watering hole has now turned into a 1+ acre pond big enough for fish. I've been working on it a day or two a week when I could find time. The pond is a wooded build where two small ravines converge. Finally to the point where the build is wrapping up and ready to start thinking about structure. Will start to post some pics shortly to get the build up to speed and hopefully get some help added some decent and correct amount of structure. Jeremy
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Welcome to the forum. We like pictures. It is always fun to see new ponds being built.
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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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JK, that is a beautiful site and beautiful pond.
Are you sure you have enough acre-feet to support that beast in your final picture?
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JK, that is a beautiful site and beautiful pond.
Are you sure you have enough acre-feet to support that beast in your final picture? Good on water. Food is the problem. He pushes about 215 lbs this time of year when he's bulking up for the winter.
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215#! I'm not sure why you needed the trackloader to excavate your pond. Surely, you could have just buried some bones in strategic locations - and let the dog do all of the hard work.
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Last edited by jk96; 11/26/20 12:46 PM.
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That is a massive root ball in your next to last picture.
Did you dig and roll that out using only your Case trackloader? Impressive!
I also like the picturesque rocks that you washed. Most people have to pay trucking to get attractive landscaping rocks around their ponds.
Good luck developing your pond!
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Tree was dug out and pushed over while it was still standing. This was the biggest of all of them. Around 38" at the base. I can roll it end over end or lift a bit and push it with the loader but can't pick it up. Loader has a 9,000 lb tipping weight and this one lifts the rear of the machine before it even starts to come off the ground. Video of that tree coming down October 15, 2020
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Wow, that looks like a big tree to take down with a track loader. What size is your track loader, and how long did it take to bring it down?
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Case TV450. 11,000 lb machine. This one was dug around as I was moving dirt from this hillside over to the dam so it wasn't really dug in one pass. With the stump bucket I can make pretty quick work of most trees if they are standing and can use their leverage. Depends on soil but an 8" tree can be taken down in a matter of seconds. 14-16" tree in about 2-5 minutes. 24" tree in about 10 minutes of digging. Here's a video of a 14" tree being taken down in soft soil. TV450 & Titan HD Stump Bucket - 14_ tree
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Thanks, cool video. I hope to get a track loader one of these days. Looks like that stump bucket works great. They make a lot of attachments for them.
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That dog can probably help fill the pond too. They sure do slobber! Gentle giants though, but are unfortunately a short lived breed. Thanks for sharing pics and video of your project.
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He just turned 11 this October and is doing surprisingly well for his age. Not too common for them to make it this long. Will try to get remaining pics uploaded in the next day or two of where the pond project is currently at.
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You must be taking very good care of him to reach that age. Lucky dog!
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Here's the last few pics bringing this project up to speed. Looking across the dam from the NW corner 50581016642_f19385d0ee_o (1) Looking North toward the dam. All of the walk paths around the pond are cut in. 50587144962_96031f9b4f_o A before and after pic 50587105496_b158b74f63_o This is where the project sits as of this morning. Hoping to get the trash pump out today and drain the water from the pond then get back to work on the dam. Working on bringing the slope out close to a 3:1 on the water side. As soon as that is finished I'll be ready to work on habitat. 50649211681_dae0d604c2_o
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Jk96 your going to have a very nice looking spot. Love the look of a pond surounded by trees.
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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Good ponds make good pics! Your grapple beside the cut bank looks like excellent cover for the LMB once the pond fills.
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I like the side by side comparison picture. That's pretty cool to see that. I'm not that good with computers to do that.
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Are you available for hire?
Im going to ask a lot of questions, but only because I'm clueless
5-20 Acres in Florida. Bass/Tilapia/Bowfin/Gator
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Are you available for hire? First pond I've built so this will either be a lesson on why you should hire a professional or encouragement for some of you diy guys. Will know this spring. Finally found some time to finish up the dam. This unusually warm Dec weather helped. Only thing left now is working on habitat. 2020-12-20_12-35-20
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