Learned that on the farm . Put a electric fence around it when you get it dug and put some feeder pigs in the pond they will seal the pond and can be sold at a profit when there job is done

How is the pond going. I'll bet it won't hold water. My grandfather did the same thing back in the 50s. He had a pond built on top of wet spot. The pond would rise any fall with the water table. Fast-forward about 57 years, we had a major drought in 2010. The sod grass farm down stream from us pumped the aquifer slow it caused a trimmer. The pond dried up. Daddy's well pump started pumping black sand and the water smelled like rotten eggs. In 2020, I saw a convict worm come out of the bathroom faucet. The same convict worms that live in the pond. I am now trying to reverse the damage caused by the sod grass farm which went out of business when the trimmer happen.

Yes let’s have a weekly update if things progress

Thats a nice old john deere excavator!

That’s never gonna hold water without compacted base or key trench

New subscriber. Found you on IG. Can’t wait to see the pond.

Keep us updated on the project, i want to see it come together .

That's it GOOD LUCK!

Looks great. Can’t wait to see the outcome. I’ll be waiting for my invite. 🤪🤙🏻

exciting stuff..congrats on getting it dug.

Love the 9 line shirt!! Adult goals! Back yard pond lol can't wait to see the finished project

I have a blade in front of my excavator cuts the job in like half the time. But nice work. Digging mine this week weather permitting

Thanks for sharing this project. We're just getting ready to dig a pond, but getting high bids due to the complexity of our site ;( Wish I could just rent the gear and get working, which would save me a lot, but don't want to screw up a project of this magnitude.

WOW!! That is HUGE!! Y'all goin to need alota rain to fill that pond!! Looks Great!!

Thanks for sharing

Looks good!! We have a creek and a pond (unfortunately not connected) and we really enjoy them. I think your deep hole would be an awesome place for some fish to go hide - wonder what it would look like on a sidescan/sonar image...

That's a old John Deere!!

How many hours of digging to get that size? I have a small pond on my property that I would like to expand. Debating based on price.

Cool video

Merry Christmas TJ..!!!

Great vid bro!!

@KayakUSA1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud! Now we just need rain 🌧

TJ he didn't put in a overflow while he was there, you want to be sure to add it to the dam, now the time to add..also don't make the mistake of not having a wide dam either..

@KayakUSA1

3 жыл бұрын

It’s far from done, the dam is about 25’ wide all the way around. We are putting the spill way in once we know where we need it. 👍🏼

@Longtail_edits

28 күн бұрын

Mine doesnt have an overflow. Its just not always necessary if you have evaporation and not tons of rain in the area

Merry Christmas 🎁

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas 🎅

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

You remind me of Jake One.

Merry Christmas to you

Merry Christmas

Well, if it won't hold on one end u r going to line it? And don't forget plants for water treatment.

Just so you know that super deep hole will not be so deep in a yr or two. It will fill with sediment real quick, which is a good thing, I alway dig a sediment ditch down the middle of the pond, otherwise, your 12 ft deep pond will be 6 ft deep in a few seasons.

Just came across your channel. Hope to see the end and upcoming videos.

Dude the pond is coming along great, can't wait to see it done...are you going stock it with some bass? Thanks again for the video TJ...

@KayakUSA1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah, I want to stock it with bass and blue gill. Maybe a few cats.. I just hope it hold water and it fills up this year lol

@randywilson6869

Жыл бұрын

@@KayakUSA1 man those cats will eat everything in the pond even bass

Yeah... Iol Big'n.

Around here, if you hit ground water, the pond won't hold water. The hydrostatic pressure will force the water out along the same formation that holds the ground water.

@zacharyruss1406

Жыл бұрын

Where are you from I think that’s the problem I’m having

@quietobserver4636

Жыл бұрын

@@zacharyruss1406 southeast Texas

That is one old excavator

Enjoyed the video. What county are you in? Thanks.

Did the pond fill up with water ?

@KayakUSA1

5 ай бұрын

Kinda … lol

So how did it turn out eventually ?

The whole year has past. I looked in your videos but couldn't find an update. Did it ever got filled up with water?

U think he would have left it looking better than that

Why didn’t he slope the edges more gradual instead of so steep?

Did he cut a core in the dam

It’s not going to hold water with that hole in the middle.

Are you going to stock it?

@KayakUSA1

3 жыл бұрын

Yep 👍🏼

For how long did the man dig for?

@KayakUSA1

Жыл бұрын

3 days

Machine looks antique but gets the job done, hey can you help a fellow youtuber and send me clay lol. My clay is 17ft below so to deep for me. I may need to haul close to 200yards and mix my 6000lbs of bentonite in there too. Cool video.

Why would you have a well dug when you can simply do it yourself?

UPDATE??!!!

@KayakUSA1

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll film an update soon 👍🏼

Nice pond he could of dressed it up better than that 🤦‍♂️

@robertjwilliams3532

2 жыл бұрын

really - - -

Merry Christmas 🎁

Merry Christmas

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