1/2 Acre Pond Just About Wrapped Up
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This project stresses me out.. and I’m just a guy watching on a phone 1,000 miles away taking a dump. Looks great, so happy for you. Going to be nice to look at while splitting wood. Once your son went on it to play, it really showed how big the pond is
Looking wonderful! Adam we are home from the Hospital! Thanks for all the Prayers from Our CZcams Community! God Bless everyone🙏🇺🇸
For second I though, that's one deep pond. Then I realized it's a baby playing inside 🍻🍻🍻🍻
Looking nice! For your slope go 4:1. I have a 3:1 slope on the back end of my leach field and it’s not very comfortable to mow.
Beautiful pond sight the house lawn it all tighes together with your wood yard work all day jump in the pond and cool off well thought out
Nice job, Adam. Great idea to make the back slope of the dam such that you can easily mow it. On of my biggest pet peeves with a pond build is when the outsides get overgrown and it makes the pond look bad. Good planning.
Enjoy the pond videos!!!
Looks pretty good to me and you made me a believer in the use of a dozer. Yesterday I had a dozer guy come out. My pond has been in for 8 years but the original guy left 3 sides rough and full of boulders and stumps. I'm in NW Arkansas and the ground is just continuous rocks and boulders and I only have a small JD 1025R tractor and I have worked on getting it looking better and smooth for over 2 years with little progress. The dozer guy had a JD 750C (?) and in right at an hour removed the stumps and huge boulders and smoothed everything where I can grow grass and cut it with my tractor. Also made a nice spillway and did some drainage behind the house. Total about 2 hours and $500 and now things are "right" finally. Yep, a dozer is well worth having.
A man of your word... Not many of those left.
Like watching a ballet of the construction machines!
This has been fascinating! You are so gracious when addressing errors and uh ohs!
Will never build a pond but I sure know more than when you started!
The family is going to really enjoy this!! MesquiteTX
I was thinking exactly the same!
Watching the dozer is mesmerizing.
That’s one huge pond!! Exciting to see the progress!
Great Job.
As they say better late than never, the bulldozer operator has done a fabulous job on the pond.. getting the dozer at a later point than earlier is actually a blessing in disguise for this project. Remember seeing the past videos had more comments for getting a dozer.
I think you need a doz🤪 never mind, I was so used to starting my comments this way.😂 looking good!
I gotta get into selling bundled firewood.
That's funny. LOL
Staying true to your word, that’s a good quality to have. Seems it’s getting harder and harder to find people like that anymore
Nice job
I’m expanding my pond this week
Pond is really taking shape and looking good. Now is the time to grade that back side of the pond so it’s comfortable when mowing. Congratulations. Stay safe
Coming together!
I thought I saw your Go Pro before that last shovel of dirt was thrown! Or it may have been just a speck on my phone screen! 🤭... anyway..love the progress of the pond
Not much for earth moving ( I'm a wood guy) but your operator is awwsome. Drone really helps capture the work done. Hope your son has an much fun as you have!
Great job Adam, thanks for sharing. You set a goal met lots of obstacles and didn’t give up. Learned as you went and getting it done!
It's looking great Adam. Your team is really moving some dirt! Make sure it's exactly what you's want while it's dry to work with.
One more suggestion for a catwalk out to the standpipe. Beats wading or boating to it. Looks good.
This project is coming along great!
In a deeper pond BAD water accumulates in the bottom. It would be good to have the over flow designed to be forced off the bottom and out of the pond. It keeps your water in much better shape and helps prevent what is called roll over. Do your research on this.
The pond is looking awesome I can't wait to see it done. God Bless you and your family
Wow, what a project, I’m so glad that when I dug my 1/4 acre pond it was mostly flat. Just an excavator and a day, dozer came a month later smoothed out the piles. Take my advice, put the beach in before it fills up and have a plan for an aerator.
Awesome 👍
Cut & dried - go for it Adam! Things are shaping up now!
Good on ya mate!
Such a great idea to use that roller! This pond is looking great!!!
Great series!!!
ADAM, I'm sure you're focused on this project, might want to think about building some crates outa some palets cabled together and attach them to concrete blocks place them now for fish habitat later while the bottom is dry. Just a thought.
Aren’t pallets chem treated?
Im case one is worried about their local supply of pallets...
....Another idea is to pick up used Christmas trees when they are about to be thrown out or burned. Sink them to the bottom with concrete blocks, they make fantastic habitat for fish fry.
Good thinking Mr. Smith!
Adam what a huge project. Your family and friends will get alot of use of the pond.
The pond looks great! You are going to have one mean sledding hill on the back side of the dam.
My backyard has a hill steeper and it is very hard to mow but when it snows I can going halfway up into my neighbors backyard from the hill and yes it’s gonna be a really good sledding hill
Nice job Adam, it sure is looking good! That is going to be so nice once completed, take care buddy!
Nice.
Well done Adam, brilliant project👍
I like how you respond to almost every comment, many times to the same issue over and over. This has been a great video series to watch. Thanks Adam and best of luck wrapping it up.
Thanks Stan
At the end , you addressed all of my concerns. While watching i thought this could be bad. I have seen dams wash out due to no compaction during construction. Im sure this will be fine in the end. Great job Adam.
The pond is looking great Adam.
It’s coming along nicely!
It's looking great!!👍
Great job! Can't wait until you start filling it.
That pond is gonna be awesome. I'm jelly. 👍
Are you putting in a hard suction standpipe, for fire department connection? In case of a fire, this pond can act as a hydrant. It might significantly lower your homeowners insurance premium.
The pond is looking great
Great job Adam, in lieu of the sunken pallets for fish habitat you might consider some concrete culvert pipes for fish to hide in. That way you don't have to worry about the pallets rotting under water. We did that and used 3 and 4 foot pipes and it appears the fish love them.
Got to say, I love the videos man! Great content, easy listening, love the drone shots and time lapse videos. I'm watching this whole series of your pond buikd because I'm trying to add that to my list of services my company will offer. I appreciate the detailed info and I've been liking your videos and subscribed. Keep it up and I look forward to finishing the pond series
Great Adam. It's really shaping up.
We watched bamabass yesterday as he worked on his pond, & he put various tree branches & stump-type pieces in his pond for fish to live in (or whatever they do 🥴) & wondered if you were going to do that. This is all finally making sense to me - thank God, right, since you're almost finished!! 😉 You deserve this beautiful pond!! Will it freeze in the winter? Thanks for videoing it all - such patience!! 👍💞
Hey, did anyone mention you should have gotten a dozer sooner?🤣
Totally jealous🤣 Pond is looking great! I have enjoyed watching the process!!👍🏻👍🏻
i was really worried about the build, but you finally got a guy who knows what he is doing , looking good now and rolling the inside was a good move, gonna be hard to push up that much topsoil for the slope, can’t wait to see that.
I would put a fishing dock in next to your stan pipe then you can walk out to clean it before you get water in it
😀😀😀😀😀😀😀Good job👍 The natural compaction idea is abit of a worry🤔🤔🤔only time will tell.
Looking good!
Great job.
You haven't mentioned fish habitat. It is best to get that in before filling the pond. Pea gravel in some shallow areas for blue gill to spawn. And some heavy debris for bass. Check with extention service they will help plan. Love watching your channel. Good luck.
Looking great
Waiting to fill may bring a lot of erosion into the equation. Might be a good idea to silt fence or hay bail your drain pipe to keep it clean.
just good work !👌
First time I have seen the inside of a pond get rolled
The bugs from that pond could sustain swallows or other wildlife,... could make your property hella beautiful
Looks good. Was also hoping you would’ve held onto the topsoil and used it on the backside of the dam but live and learn. Can you do a cost breakdown of the pond for a video please?
Looks good Adam
Wow, you really should have gotten that dozer sooner!😁
Here's a thumbs up just because I enjoy the channel.
Awesome
Watching from Yosemite Kentucky. Hey Adam have you been out in the sun? Last couple videos appears you're severely sunburned. ???
Looking good ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋🤞🤞🤞🤞
Looks great! I say we have a subscriber fishing tournament when she’s all done!
My first thought is my neighbors son loves motocross and there isn't a big pile of dirt he wouldn't try jumping (many broken bones from it) , he'd be in heaven at your dam
I’m about to release a quick 60 second video of us riding the dam on fourwheelers like the Daytona 500
Hey Adam....the pond project looking good.....have you thought about a fire dept. hook up? Good insurance for you and your neighbors!! Also, it's time to consider bass/fish structures......again nice job!!!
This is looking great. I have built a few ponds and many times we just tracked the dam for compaction. I suspect you will see very little settling of that dam.
Awesome project. I like how you take your viewers with you thought the whole project. I was wondering if you will update your logo after the pond is finished? ;).
Wow...almost done! Nice to see the family enjoying the pond without even any water! Was that a vibrating roller? Charlie & Louise in Central Ohio
Yes it was a vibratory roller
Adam, great videos! Did you have to get a pond feasibility, Dam engineering and permit in PA? Can you share how much that costs?
Looking like a good job now, must have cost a fair amount?
Still don’t see how the dam won’t leak over time without a compacted keyway
This is a great project. And the best thing you did in this project was hire the bulldozer guy!!!
Yes you can use a screwdriver as a pry bar and you can use a rock as a hammer ... But the right tool for the job makes things go better.
How much compaction is going to take place as the earth settles on the dam ? Got any soil engineering handbooks ?
well i hope it turns out ok and it doesn't end up costing you too much
You're going to have to teach Anders how to swim as soon as possible so that you don't have to worry about him being around the water. Great video Adam, thumbs up.
Coming together nicely, whatever happened to those springs that were going to trickle in there?
We have them diverted around to keep the inside dry while we’re working on it. Once we’re ready we’ll redirect them back into the pond
Adam, you are looking tired, man. Give yourself some hours of rest if possible.
Worlds largest playground for the little guy
Now would be a good time to sink some posts for a dock.
We’re going to do a floating dock
almost finished ，you need heavy rain to help you fill up the pond
Happy for you the project is taking shape, but me thinks your son is happier! I know you have a standpipe. However, are you considering putting in an overflow spillway? I would because of these intense microbusts that dump huge amounts of water in a short time. I'd place the spillway not to far from where the spring water inlet is located. Given the calculated volume of water projected for your pond, I'd have two overflow spillways opposite each other. A sudden 'over top' creates the possibility for a breach. Just a FYI suggestion. Cheers...
Yes the emergency spillway is going to be installed right near the spring inflow. It’s going to be 2 8” pipes running horizontally through the top of the dam very near virgin ground. If the stand pipe is 24” below the top of the dam. The emergency overflow will be 12” from the top of the dam
@@HometownAcres Good on the emergency spillway(s)! I'd suggest going with 16" - maybe even 24" and here's why. Given the slope and area of your pond's watershed, a weather event like Ida could present water handling issues. Just saying better safe then sorry. Besides, it's cheaper now then the cost of a potential remediation into the future. It's not a question of 'if' a weather event like Ida will happen, it's a 'when' question.
@@HometownAcres If you're going with pipes be sure to have antivortex baffle plates installed so the flow is maximized. You may want to actually do some calculations on how to size the spillway, since undersized = dam breach. I incorrectly thought you were going to install a nice wide level spillway a foot below the dam top just through doing earthworks, no pipe needed, that could handle a tropical storm stalling out over your area and dropping 6" of rain in a day, and never clog with debris as a pipe could. 4:1 will be a nice pitch for the backside of the dam, mowable and a good sled run for kids in the winter! You might see 5 - 10% settlement of the dam so be sure to take that allowance into account when setting levels. Great to see the dam shaping up so nicely!
Needs under water features whole waiting for natural compaction
Now it’s time to look at what water plants your going to want in the pound to keep the water healthy and whatever fish you stock alive. Might even want to install a birds nesting pole when it’s full. Hope it fills soon for you!
IDK it just doesnt seem right that someone not mention that you should have had a dozer on this project from the beginning :)
How deep does a pond need to be for fish to survive the winter freeze?
Still consider a dry hydrant for fire protection. Looking great. The time it saves fire fighters in case of a house fire can be the difference of saving your home and memories and possibly lives.
Do a 4:1 slope!
BIG BIG PROGET.
I see now lol in the damn but not at the top got it
Yeah the standpipe needs to have support so it doesn’t just tip over so it has to be pursued inside the dam
Seriously nervous about the lack of compaction. A couple of months isn’t going to cut it. And when it settles it’s going to be down another 12-18”. Maybe more. Think about where that’s going to leave your water level. Just my thoughts as a civil engineer. At a minimum, ask a geotechnical engineer. It’ll cost you a thousand bucks and you’ll be better off.