Otto,
I have a friend that just got an estimate on building a 3 - 3.5 acre pond for $30,ooo. He came and looked at mine and asked me what I thought about him doing the same. Buy a new 75 hp skid loader for $30,000, build the pond, and keep the loader. I told him definetly not.

Ewest,
I have an existing lake with a 20 ft tall by 600 ft long dam with a 2/1 slope on the back and it is really difficult to mow, so I went with a 3 to 1 front and back on this one.

DC70