Put a plastic 5 gal. drywall bucket upside down over the trash rack. Attach the bottom of the bucket to the top of the rack, U=bolts, wire tie, etc. it will act as the outer ring you described. Our stand pipe got clogged by the neighbor kids throwing rocks down the pipe. We could not get them out so we laid a couple of 4 inch pipes on top of the spillway and covered them with gravel. Now the pond overflows through the pipes so it won’t erode the spillway. Valley Forge, PA

Great information!👊

I'll be looking to build a pond next year. Helpful advice. Thanks!

Great lessons! I will be re-doing a pond and we'll keep all that in mind!

great video. that ponds a great feature on your property. must be nice to sit down there in the summer 😎 pain to maintain but worth it.👍. keep fatening those deer up 😀.

Good things to consider when it comes time to build my ponds

Love the wildlife cam pics, keep em comin !!

Great video MIke - There is a good strong spring on the property I bought in upstate NY and I am building a 3/4 acre pond there. Well - I am going to pay somebody to build it for me. There aren't a lot of trees there. I will probably do a spillway. I will keep you up to date!

Mike as far as trucks you should maybe consider a 450 or even a 550 with dumpbody and hitch for trailers with your firewood delivery business and equipment to haul time to time with both properties and then keep your grocery getter for everything else you do

Put in some wood duck boxes around the edge especially in the back portion of the pond.

Mike, I'm going back and viewing you old videos. The way you told the story of flopping over in the canoe had me laughing so hard. I'm sure it wasn't funny to you at the time. Glad you got out OK. You could have drowned in the dark and Melissa would have found you floating in the morning.

Growing up I had a friend of mine whose parents owned a small ranch property (40 acres) about an hour away from where we lived. They would spend most weekends up there. For young boys our age (10 years old or so), it was paradise! They had a pond on the ranch that had a standpipe as well. While it has been many years since I was there, I seem to recall the standpipe was a double ring affair. It also had metal bridge/walkway so you could walk out to it from the dam for cleaning. I also recall a valve wheel on it, which I assume was to increase or decrease the flow of water out of the pond.

I have a small pond and had the same problem. I put a homemade outer ring over my 6" pipe made out of a coupling that holds two 12" pipes together with two layers of chain link fence crisscrossing on top. It works great and only cost $10. Great Video!!!! Steve the Taxidermist

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, good info!

Great stuff and good story!

Good info! Sometimes you don't know what you don't know. Live and learn!

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Saw this old video Mike! Agree with that type of overflow is crap if trees around. I just built a 2 1/2 acre pond but mine draws water near the bottom. One pipe inside another with the outer pipe about 2 ft off bottom and inner pipe that runs through the dam is sits about 14 inches below emergency spillway level and 14 inches or so below outer pipe.

Put the pipe within easy reach of the shore for easy cleaning and maintenance. You can also build a land spit/pier out a few feet for easier boat access, fishing, or maintenance.

funny story thanks for sharing, good laugh at your expense.

Love the videos. Great job.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith

I got a friend that put a floating ring around his pond over flow (his pond is not nearly as big as yours) but it definitely helped him out. He has a ton of trees around his.

Another Great Video Mike... I had installed the same type of overflow for my pond, not know that the Beavers were on the side line watching... Next trip up found about have of the trees in the area sticking out of the pipe... I think that screen would solve my issues, would need one for a 12"... God Bless...Chief

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chief

@funnyfarm5555

6 жыл бұрын

Chief: Put in a beaver deceiver pipe system, but make sure inlet is back far enough that they do no hear the running water or they will plug your outer fence. there are videos on youtube about them.

Like the videos Mike. Found you looking for better firewood storage. I am over in New Sewickley and have a similar "camp". Nothing better than being outside on your own place.. keep them coming. Thanks. Steve

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, We are practically neighbors lol

Relatively new subscriber. enjoy your videos. I'm from Cape Breton , Nova Scotia and I'm fond of anything outdoors

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim

Hi Mike! That old small tree laying in the pond is a good place for the turtles to sun themselves. I leave one in my pond and once in a while I will see three or four small turtles on it. The turtles don't seem to bother my fish or anything as far as that goes. Just a thought! J.R.

Mike, on my fathers property we cut trenches through the dam wall and laid a horizontal 6" tube for the overflow, doesn't block ! May be a solution for you. Great videos, thanks mate. Sean

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean

Thanks

hi mike phil young here from new york up by niagara falls ny or fort niagara state park. your land is beautiful. been to butler pa a few times to the big adesa car auction. worked for a family owned garbage company that sold used cars on the side he bought a few hot rods there and i had to drive them back to lewiston ny nice ride. i went to school collage that is in 92-94. at alfred state in the automotive heavy equipment field lived in wellsville that's where the vocational part of school. my friends boces teacher owned about 100 acres on route 417. old sinclair oil fields . we went to shingle house pa at lease once a week to an restaurant bar called carleys. good place don't know if its still there. haven't been there since 96 you do great work on your videos. i watch paul and kathy short as well as john ritter both have kubotas and yours popped up loved your vid on kimbers and glocks i have the 9mm kimber too and the 26 glock yes the girls model 40 lol got for a great price and it was the first hand gun i bought in 94 after getting my concealed carry permit keep up the great videos i sure love to watch being i have 200 plus channels on cable and there is nothing to watch. if it wasn't for the high speed internet connection i would dump spectrum cable yes i could just dumped the tv part but being i have tv phone and internet it really was only 20 more per month and i'm saving about 120,00 over dish direct and verizon phone

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Philip, I'm about to dump our cable as well. Nothing there worth watching.

The Morgan's, stumbled upon your channel and lovin you work. Slowly working through your videos to get upto date

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elliott, Where you from?

@elliottdavis1931

7 жыл бұрын

New South Wales, Australia

Put in a spillway with removable boards to control water height. Couldn't you put corn on garage floor with a fan to dry? In orient they put rice out to dry like that.

The USAF Forestry on Eglin AFB uses the outer rings and never have to remove brush, leaves and so on...... 2x8 material double high

Hey buddy have you ever thought about putting a pvc y on the top of that pipe. If you put it on but have it upside down it will never get stopped up. The one on my pond has never stopped up.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

Good Idea

@Dingbat217

6 жыл бұрын

That's a neat solution and an easy one to try out too. :-)

@lmychajluk

6 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. I was envisioning a 180 degree elbow on top with a vent hole drilled into the top. Kind of like an upside-down trap. But a Y with would work, too!

Mike , I would attatch a float to your drain filter ,just in case you drop it, and sinks to bottom of pond. With a float ,you will be able to retrieve the trash cleaner.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

Good Idea

Some things they do not now is to the work it takes to have to do to have land, at and at 83 it builds up and you have to get thing done, pickup fire woods 2\3 is in woods and all the other is in paster land for the beef cows.then theres is the mowing and the gardnig. and fixing up. things.

Hey Mike... Quick Question, do you have a Chipper Attachment for your Tractor...Chief

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Chief Mik no I do not, it's on the list though lol

If the problem is floating debris and leaves clogging up the inlet to the standpipe then put an outer ring around the top of the standpipe to stop the floating leaves and debris fro clogging it up. Yo should also cut some v-notches in the top of the stand pipe to increase the flow rate if the water flowing into the stand pipe when the flow rate is low as that would help keep the top of the standpipe clear. My money is on the outer ring, say a one or two foot section of 10! pipe should work fine or even a large bucket with the bottom cut out screwed onto 3 blocks of wood that are screwed to the top of the pipe. Or as you said at the end of the video make a concrete spill-way and be done with it. :-)

@PatrickWagz

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea with the outer ring system, seems like it would work perfectly. The floating debris would stick around the sides of the larger pipe, but the water would still flow out between the 2 pipes. Very similar to how the baffles work in a septic tank.

I am thinking of building a pond on my place in East TN but I am concerned that there are so many rocks and sink holes that it won't hold water.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, sounds like you would need clay trucked in

You could always build a spillway using 45 mil epdm liner. It'll last 25 years. I'll take the drive down from MA and help with the project

@Shredderman1234

6 жыл бұрын

J C pick me up in MA. As well and I'll come help Mike, then we can go to my property in NC and build a pond I have 64 acres in the Smokey Mountains with creek and 5 waterfalls. Looking for some guys to help build stuff.

Could you possibly build or have made a cap that is an inverted funnel. When installed the rim could be 2" lower than your pipe and water could rise up under the funnel cap and debris could just float around it and not plug it. The cap would need to have some form of stand off anchor legs to attach it to the pipe. Water safety is often overlooked and hypothermia is a killer no matter what the conditions. You are very fortunate it could have turned out much different. You work by yourself as I do and safety always has to be in our thoughts. Take care & Be Safe

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Thats a very good idea you have there.

Do you have a video of building the pond? What equipment did you use? Mini Excavator? Skid Steer Loader? Both?

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

No I don't have any video but do have some old pics. I used an Old CAT 215 Excavator, 5 Ton Dump, And Tracked Skid Loader to clean the bottom up. A mini would have taken months, I hauled about 300 loads out with the dump truck and plus wasted a bunch nearby that I didn't have to haul

@bluegrasskid4835

6 жыл бұрын

Outdoors With The Morgans thanks for the reply, that could not have been cheap to rent all that.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

I owned the old dump truck and the company I worked for gave me the 215 to use for as long as I needed it, (Very nice of them) all I rented was the skid loader for a weekend

@bluegrasskid4835

6 жыл бұрын

Outdoors With The Morgans You were able to do that in one week? Wow.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

No took much longer than that but just needed the skid loader one weekend, I worked on pond about three weeks evenings and weekends

Is that your wood pile or a wall your tryna build

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

Thats a wood pile!

How big is that pond

Hey Mike, Ellen here. Just saw this one in your video library and enjoyed it. Love your videos. Bought land in central VT that has 2 ponds on it recently and the guy who I bought it from is an engineer and land surveyor and showed me the release valve he had installed on each one. they are about 25-50 yards away from the pond and are just a big pvc valve. he has a few garbage bags with insulation covering each valve to help with freezing. Built them in 2009 and hasn't had to drain them or anything. they appear to be in good shape. there is no stand pipe. I would love to be a deer on your land for a day so I can tour the ac.

Also electric feeder and a solar cell

yeah even morning dew will ruin/mold if you put it in the feeder, forget about it if rains on it.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

Shovel and a 5 gallon bucket

less maintenance.. yup..

y cant you put the corn back in the feeder. bucket at a time. take care and be safe out there buddy.

How about getting to work on the ultimate tree stand? I want to see a nice one. Decked out, full hook ups, no expense spared. So, stop lollygagging and get to it. Sincerely, Daniel Boondoggle.

got any fish in your pond?

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

TIM LASHLEY, yes Bass, Bluegill and a couple huge catfish

@TIMLASHLEY

7 жыл бұрын

Outdoors With The Morgans need to make a fishing video

Is any fish 🐠 in it????

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Bass, Blue Gill, and A couple Big cat fish

If you build another pond try this design idea: www.agridrain.com/shop/c85/water-level-control-structures/p901/inline-water-level-control-structures/

Sure has been a wet summer.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans

7 жыл бұрын

Yes it has

Vacuum or shovel it up and put it back in there!

I worked for a water district for 33+ years. Instead of building a concrete structure look into shooting gunite like they use for swimming pools. Install cross checkboards so you can maintain the level of the water you want. If you want more info I can go into more detail.

Just sizable rip rap instead of concrete...