finally a man made pond that isn't perfectly round or has straight lines. nice to see a natural look

@AFHProjects

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it's my favorite when I can make ponds like this. I don't like to make straight lines in nature.

@spacecowboy2k

3 ай бұрын

Seriously... I can't figure why people create those ugly artificial ponds... This is awesome, and no excessive landscaping either

I thought to myself so many times during this project..."where the hell is he going to get rid of all this material?!?" Great job. Beautiful result.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy!

@Josh-hr2wq

6 ай бұрын

😂

@ako5bcv

18 күн бұрын

There’s a demand for good soil anywhere in the world 👌

You sir are very good at operating! It’s always nice seeing a efficient operator

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I try to be.

You can find no better video than watching a skilled machinery operator going about their day. Love it Thanks for the enjoyment

@AFHProjects

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear! Thank you for watching and commenting! Cheers!

Man thats the nicest self made pond Ive seen and easily.

@AFHProjects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Such a huge work has been done, and even alone! My admiration! It turned out very beautiful. When all the shores are covered with grass, it will look like a creation of nature, and only the initiates will know that this is the work of golden hands.

@AFHProjects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I appreciate it 🙏

Колоссальная работа! Смотрел на одном дыхании с замиранием сердца! Такое великолепие получилось!

@GOOSESTORIES

Жыл бұрын

Чья та похоже дорогая прихоть была исполнена. Вообще странно, что 1 человек все делал.

Best design I've seen so far in YT. I'm a fan of lake style ponds.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just used the form of nature already.

@stevedoty5841

Жыл бұрын

@@AFHProjects So many make a new pond. Love your technique.

@randywilson6869

Жыл бұрын

I call this guy a artist

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It is an art. Like drawing the picture.

Lots of work, lots of dirt. But it’s beautiful,the pond and surrounding area. 👍👍😊❤️👏

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot John 👍 Cheers!

You are a master! I'd give anything to have a piece of land like that and sit on the porch and watch you work your magic! Georgeous!

@AFHProjects

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, this property is fantastic. It was very pleasant to work there. Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers!

Spot on creating that seal is most important when constructing a dam… that is where a lot fail

@AFHProjects

23 күн бұрын

Yes, here is no problem. Water is running through

Wow, I can't believe you didn't sink the excavator. you are very good and brave.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a little bit tricky to get it done. Thanks for watching!

Beautiful and excellent work and finish!!!

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Looks beautiful 😍 good job

@AFHProjects

18 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This is the most beautiful man made pond I have ever seen! Gratz brother! It's amazing, you have some serious skills! (from an operator to another)

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it! Glad you liked!

Отличная работа. Отличное место для отдыха и рыбалки. Завидую.

Thank you for the thorough work, the diverse perspectives and the comprehensible work steps. I really enjoyed this video!

@AFHProjects

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for watching and commenting! Cheers!

Lot of Hrs of work,Great work looking forward to seeing done.Fish Time!!

Как это возможно?! Это титанический труд, обычно говоряь выкопать ямку и застелить мембранной. Браво!!!

super!👍👍👍

by far the nicest pond build i have ever seen and you are a master at material management!

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 Glad you like it 🙂

It's a beautiful thing! 👍

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I think Sade wrote the song "Smooth Operator" about this guy. Damn! It's so nice to watch people that just excel at their jobs. This is guy is a master. I couldn't stop watching this.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it! Thanks for visiting, CHEERS!

Amazing skills and a great watch

@AFHProjects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

It is a kind of land reclaimation project!! From useless to usefull land-use.I did something like that & every seasons attract hundreds of wild ducks & also the nesting ground.Lovely to watch them especially after a heavy rainfall as the small fishes swim toward the Walter inlet.Furthermore with such works, the value of the property enhance drastically.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's nice place. All the birds and animals that you are able to see there. Plus a nice fishing and rowing pond. Thanks for watching!

The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys. Both men and boys also like to play in the mud, and the snow, and the rain. The only thing is some children grow up before their parents do. One thing both adults and children need to learn is how to share. Thanks for sharing.

@tiagovasconcelos9786

Ай бұрын

Your comment made me think about my whole life. You Sir. are a Poet! Thank you both

The shore "sculpting" was impressive.

@AFHProjects

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I must say that It was totally mesmerising watching U wrk so efficiently at your craft and not wasting or double handling one bucket whilst U were at it and by far the best excavator/bucket operator that I've had the pleasure of witnessing and the finished product was absolutely amazing so gd on U mate👍 n showed everyone else how it's done😉

@AFHProjects

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Sir! You are a master in your craft. It looks beautiful

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Beautiful. Watched the full video. The pond is not big enough. No matter how big it is, it will never be big enough. 😂😂😂. I love big big pond. Thank you for sharing.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting! That's true 👍 💯 😄

Beautiful, third time watching. Thank you for sharing.

@AFHProjects

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you Nice job !

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Well that cleaned up nicely good Job 👍

@AFHProjects

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Your site is addictive

You did a great job!

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

that soil is gorgeous

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

It is.

Now you need plants that can cleans the water and make it pure ❤ I learned from the old guy making natural ponds and swimmingpools.

@AFHProjects

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, this is big. It's up to owner.

Beautiful

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Very well done

@AFHProjects

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

the topsoil looks great!

@AFHProjects

8 ай бұрын

It is. Thanks for watching!

Ребята молодцы озера просто велеколепен

I just found your channel and subscribed after seeing this amazing transformation. That beautiful pond has been hiding under that ugly nasty swamp for so long. It just took someone with the money and an operator with the courage to take on the project to find it. The finished product is absolutely amazing. I never would have expected the pond to look so nice when I saw what you had to start with. Great job!

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I must point out that it's not my full time job. Just operating the excavator like side job. Glad you liked it! Cheers!

@welshwizard822

6 ай бұрын

​@@AFHProjectsyour better than some I know drive full time😊

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

@welshwizard822 Thank you! Appreciate it! Cheers!

Best pound i ever seen , amazing job , my dream a fishing pound like this one ❤❤

@AFHProjects

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Great job and video, thanks.

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

That looks beautiful, job well done ! (I could use that topsoil!).

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, we left the top soil so that we can use it any time when it's needed. Cheers!

@fabiancanada8876

Жыл бұрын

@@AFHProjects I was glad to see that you did, should be some great soil (we did the same thing.. needs to rot a little more then we will screen in and start putting it on the pasture). Cheers!

That’s some fine levelling with your digger there mate.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi. 1st time I’ve come across your page. Love the pond. Goes along with the land area, not just an oval or long rectangle pond. I’ll be back.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Glad you like! Cheers!

This is one of my new goals in life. Find some land and build a lake! Lol. This would be so fun to do!

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

It is. I have that place but no time to make it there yet.

@mariodossantos3741

Ай бұрын

My goal too 😂❤❤

Oh man, that looks like a nightmare of soil to work on, great job

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

hermoso

very cool handeling!

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nice job

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Quite the talented operator bud Now if I where rich, I'd buy new, have ya down to teach me, and tag team a humongous pond! We'd have to get the Pong guy too

Такое великолепие получилось!

looks great, great job, I have developed peat properties, I noticed if you drop the water level 2 feet then the surrounding lands are much dryer even in wet season, for these properties I start with a deep hole and trench everything to a hole to be pumped, for the water source make small ditch, try to divert off property to reduce pumping costs, by doing this everything drains and a lot less hours playing in soup, the ditch can also be located away from the pond and once pond is completed then divert the ditch back to the pond, also by increasing the land elevation as much as possible with a very slight slope to the pond reduces risk of deterioration and increases the amount of lands that can be used with equipment.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Here is no place to dig so deep trench so that pond keeps dry. I did the pumping area and pumped out the water there. There was an old ditch in the swamp but I didn't wanted to dig more there because it'll make the digging difficult if you mess up the top layer where the roots and stumps are. These are only things what holds the excavator.

@gridfreeca

Жыл бұрын

@@AFHProjects only the hole you pump from needs to be deep into the sand, the trenches only need to be 2 feet deep approx, to move the water to allow the peat to drain.

I'm digging your channel!

@AFHProjects

7 ай бұрын

😄 You're welcome! Keep digging. If it's not making trouble for you, then feel free to share videos, and please hit that thumbs-up button. Thanks for watching!

thank you for not ruining this awesome video with stupid music...really, thank you.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! But sometimes I have to add some music when I have like no sound clips like drone footage. These clips are in this video also. Thanks for watching! Cheers!

nice.........

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

neat

Czas wpuścić aligatory

You have really nice soil there!

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, we have that lots of here. Piled up separately for later use if needed some days. Thanks for watching! Cheers!

only men can dig a hole fill it with water and be amazed by it for decades after

I'd be tempted to open up the area where the bridge is, so it looks like one large lake and then build a larger bridge! 😊

@AFHProjects

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I probably would do that as well. 🙂

I've been digging, pushing, hauling and everything a guy can do with the earth for 25 years, great job sir, smartly done. Why is the hood open all the time? Over heating, I don't know, but great job

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, sir! I'm doing it fiew years, more like a hobby or side job, but I like it. It's like carving or painting something with heavy equipment. Yes, the excavator is heating up. Don't know why exactly, but probably this is the one reason that it doesn't have that seal between engine bay and radiatior intake. So it sucks that heat back in when the lid is closed. Thanks for watching! I hope you will find some more good videos to watch on my KZread page. Cheers!

Like dado👏👏👊🤝

we also put 10 gallons of very strong collidal silver into water has kept it very clean

@AFHProjects

2 ай бұрын

What's that? We don't use these things here. Have to Google it.

@johnskillen6208

2 ай бұрын

@@AFHProjects pure silver disolved in water . good anti bacterial properties . first batch i made was to strong to drink so put in dugout . et it clean all summer . will see this spring how it is

@AFHProjects

2 ай бұрын

It does not appear to be safe for humans and aquatic organisms

Wow, natural looking pond, so much patience and hard work. How long did it take to finish it? 👍

@AFHProjects

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 400h approximately from start to finish.

Pięknie

@AFHProjects

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

A brilliant job, well done guys. Out of curiosity how many gallons & machine hours were involved. I drove both machines back in the 1980's. Thanks for sharing your project 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

400h and maybe around 5200l ⛽️ Thanks for watching! Cheers!

Someone is really handy with the escalator.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I need the escalator. Just load the dirt on it and it will move it away for me 😁

Amazing project. Would love to have enough land and money to have something like that. If I ever win the lottery, I’ll give you a call 😂😂

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 waiting for your call 🤙

👍

Escavatorista con i controcazzi

18:48 that’s better.the camera not goin back and fourth

first time i saw sculpting with excavator ...

are you going to dig out the other side at sometime? the pond looks really good

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

The customer wants it to be dug out but we'll see. Probably it's not worth to dig out all from there. Its soft and i bet it's large and deep peat hole, but maybe a some of it.

Hi I’ve just started to watch your videos you do great work and amazing results there’s just one small problem I don’t no where you put your camera when your in the cab but when your swinging from side to side it makes you dizzy it’s to fast is there anyway you can sort this many thanks but great job though 😊

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and your feedback. I have separate smaller and more detailed versions of this project. There are these clips not so fast, so maybe you can compare them and give me the feedback again. I made this start to finish video and speed up the clips, I keep your tips in mind. Thanks! Cheers!

looks like big job for that rather small excavator

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I think it's hard to do it with a big one. It's heavy for soft spots and some places were quite tighty. It's doable but complicated otherwise. Both are own cons and pros.

@lustgas10

Жыл бұрын

@@AFHProjects maybe a bigger exavator would do it faster,im thinking volvo 350 or something.The volvo a20 dumper,ushould fit new wheels,to make it grip better otherwise,i like your videos.Regards from piteå,sweden

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

I prefer the 220 I think. I do this like side job and hobby. Cant make big investments for now. But yea, I'd like to have new tires for this dumper. This equipment is not mine also, just have the chance to use them and work with 😉

Hummm I would add more features to it bigger lol make a cove

@AFHProjects

10 ай бұрын

We have that option

Time for fish

@AFHProjects

10 ай бұрын

Fish for sure. But I dug this pond for the client. So I don't know the details.

Does the Volvo A20 go faster with those racing slicks on??? ;)

@AFHProjects

4 ай бұрын

Drifting tires 😁 also compact the soil. Like asphalt roller.

A lot of this project could have been done with a bulldozer. To be able to contour the land surrounding the pond like this; takes some serious mad skills and hundreds, if not thousands of hours of excavating experience!!

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

Can be done something, but not too much, I think. There is too much soft and liquid stuff. The groud will be messed up if you drive several times over and over at the same route.

@johnkemp4370

Ай бұрын

Excavation is also more fuel efficient than dozing

@AFHProjects

Ай бұрын

It depends. Sometimes is dozing efficient when you have loose dirt and good conditions for dozer to work.

Awesome work! What is the water source for this? A creek?

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 Yes it's just low area where the water is flowing in from around.

we have the same slop you have . we have had issues with sides sliding back in as only used a dozer . 2 years ago used a hoe and staying firm , we are east of winnipeg manitoba canada

@AFHProjects

2 ай бұрын

What type of soil is there?

@johnskillen6208

2 ай бұрын

@@AFHProjects looks like same thing you have we are the swamp so peat clay rocks a few gravel ridges deeper down . lol we can be under water on wet year.

@AFHProjects

2 ай бұрын

Nice. Here I dug out all the peat from shores. Shores are not too steep, which prevents that the shores are not sliding in. It's hard to do with dozer. In this particular pond, it's impossible to get it done without the excavator. It's a very wet area, and peat layer is 3 meters deep at some places.

Grate project well done. Would liked more chat to explaine what and why you were doing. Don't like it all on fast forward . Cut to real times and talk to me otherwise it gets boring. Did like the way you worked. Len. Hampshire England, good luck.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback 😉 My English is not so good, but I try to talk more. Glad you like! Cheers!

👍👌

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

👍🍻

awesome job ! where are you located beautiful country side.

@AFHProjects

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! In South-Estonia.

I was thinking the same as Billy. Where is the material going but I was also thinking how in the world did you not get stuck.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

You can see the process of this project on my KZread channel. But most got laid on the forest side shore. And some got hauked away to the pile on the field. How I didn't get stuck... I got some experience with this. I have failed in the past as well, you can see some fails on my page as well.

😍👍🙏😍

Beautiful. Is it your pond?

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

No, for client.

@rd-ch1on

Жыл бұрын

​@@AFHProjects Awesome, great work.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

The dusts have to be wet went you dig? I always see there some waters.

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

No, it makes things more difficult. The water just coming back fast and makes all the dirt too soft.

Magic hands to not get stuck in all of that....

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a little bit tricky

You don't need any sort of pond liner or cement with a big pond? You dug down to the ground water?

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yes, just dug hole into the clay. Ground water is high in there.

@steviemac2681

Жыл бұрын

@@AFHProjects It must be quite satisfying to know you did it. What is that place?

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

@@steviemac2681 Summers summer home.

Eine sehr gute Vorstellungskraft des Baggerfahrers zum Modellieren des Teiches und der Umgebung. Habt ihr vorher eine Zeichnung oder ein Modell angefertigt?

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 No I didn't. Just fallowed the nature.

Would a big dozer be a better tool for the job?

@AFHProjects

5 ай бұрын

For the pond digging?

@anonymous_friend

5 ай бұрын

@@AFHProjects Yes, Moving large amounts of dirt at a time.

@AFHProjects

5 ай бұрын

@anonymous_friend No, only to pus some dirt away further from excavator and do some grade. This is too swampy for dozer.

I would like to know how much fuel this project used?

@AFHProjects

6 ай бұрын

Around 5200 l of diesel ⛽️

You make another video of you dredging the other part of the swamp. And connecting to that pond. But don't destroy the damn dig a hole in the center amd put a pipe through it to keep both ponds full

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Customer wants it to be done aswell, but don't know when. It's not reasonable to dig that all out from there, but it could be a nice lake indeed.

Bro deserves bigger equipment lol

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, 😁 but this ground is difficult and heavier equipment may be a problem for this kind of project

How many acres is this pond?

@AFHProjects

Жыл бұрын

One, I think.

How big is this pond?

@AFHProjects

5 ай бұрын

Around 0.5 ha