Good point. That is why the roller Adam was using is called a "sheepsfoot roller" - they were specifically trying to replicate that effect with a machine.
As crazy as this sounds growing up we made two farm ponds to irrigate out of ... we also had a huge hog operation. We would put an electric fence up around the pond for a few months and allow the hogs to pack root and lay in the clay. Some 30 years later those ponds are still in use today
Loved your humor at the end. Great job on the excavating and replacement with clay. Padfoot roller, perfect tool for this. I think you'll be quite happy with the outcome. Ed from Chicago 🙂
PHEW! Big sigh of relief! Both for the fact that the pond seems to be nearing completion and that you didn't get the Sheep Head Roller stuck. Great video thumbs up.
The subtle directions the excavator operator made to the truck drivers is impressive that they saw him. Those drivers are paying close attention!! 👍 I'm praying this all works so y'all can enjoy the pond stress free!! Oh, ye, of little faith, Neighbor Doug!! Adam is a professional!! Hope y'all have a blessed weekend! Thanks for another great video! God bless you and your family! 💞🙏💞
Now there are men who know their machineries. What a great job, both loading trucks and leveling the clay. By the way I have noticed that you are getting pretty good on yours.
I would definitely try to acquire abunch of old power poles and build a big pole barn. I know Down in Mississippi you can usually get the old power poles for free
Adam, it looks like you and Ralph did a nice job placing the 'new' clay in the bottom of the pond. I know it took some extra clay but it will be nice to see the pond full and not leaking. Blessings to you.
Nice progress, looks a lot better now. I bet when you were working as a Analyst you never thought that you’d be running a Sheep’s Foot compactor one day. 😊👍👍👍
Fingers crossed and prayers your way that this seals the pond floor and good times and water retention are the new norm! Take care and God Bless you all!!!❤😊
I just had to comment that the video editing was outstanding. With the time lapse footage and the whole process the clay took, from the source to your pond was amazing! I appreciate your effort and hope this will solve the pond leaking issues!! What software do you use for editing?
I love watching your journey. You've come a long way in a short amount of time. Never forget the family is your first priority. You only get one chance to raise your kids. Looks like you're doing a good job.
I spent most of last summer building a trash cell in a land fill. 3’ of clay layed down in 6” lifts. Myself and a second person both on sheep’s foot compactors compacted close to 8 acres of slopes daily. Took about 10-12 hours to make one circle. According to plans it had to have 10 passes. Only smooth drum a pass every 100’ for the inspector to do compaction test. Yes it was a challenge to get and keep material wet otherwise like you said no compaction. So I’m sure your past this at that point. But if it’s wet but not soup. Roll it in. After several passes. You’ll see the material change. Oh the amount of clay we hauled in on cat 745 dump trucks was insane. 2500 yards plus a day for months.
I'm learning a lot about pond construction from letsdig18. Chris relies on clay to build beautiful dams. I used to wonder what he was doing when he would strip away a mountain of ground and dig up some other places and move the earth there then compact it. This is a very interesting subject and I really enjoy watching. I actually started watching this channel when you began construction work on your pond and I'm interested in how it has turned out but not in a negative way. Congratulations on the great channel and I love the way it is all growing in a very pleasant way. ❤
Chris, liked most pros digs test holes to find the clay on site next to the pond and then digs borrow pits to remove it to build dams and roads. He then fills in the pits with the substandard soil. This is far cheaper than hauling in the clay from a far. Of course, you can only do this if there is adequate clay on site.
Third time is the charm. You have been through a lot with this pond. I hope this is the final fix. I've enjoyed watching you build it and all of your other projects.
I loved the footage that most people never get (sourcing and a transport). Thank your you use of time lapse on the transport and the multiple views on truck loading (also the count of buckets). A note about why the trucks were not fully loaded would have been good (expect that it was weight based road limits). Also, I bet that I’m not the only one who is wondering why the last bit of pond was not treated to clay and compression. Again…this was excellent coverage and professional level editing. Big kudos on utilization of the repurposed shale and both spots look amazing. When you were talking about the sheets when using the smooth surface roller, I wondered if there was a similar function created under the new clay. I’ve seen operators freshly scratch the last lift before starting the next one depending on temperate and other factor, when coming back the next day. Final comment…I figured that you would have done the clay seal in lifts to merge and seal twice. A mistake that operators that think it is just about putting dirt in position then sealing the top, is that you can only compress the soil 6-10 inches and everything under that serves as fill. This method would have cost you an extra day of rental on the sheeps foot roller but money well spent.
Adam, I just watched Outdoor with the Morgans and he was talking about cutting some firewood into 12-inch lengths for people that have solo stoves or small fire pits. Mike thought it was a good idea to have at least a couple of cords on hand for people that have those and want to burn wood recreationally. Just passing this along in case you didn't see it. Bill H from Cranberry Township
I seem to remember that you put a bottom drain in your pond in connection with the overflow standpipe. Why didn’t you use that to drain the pond and allow it to stay dry for this operation?
Excellent job Adam, looking forward to seeing you and Doug doing a rain dance lol Bring on the water 💧 I also want an accountants best estimate of how long you think it will take to fill based on the spring water flow etc. Lets see how close you get !!
Those pad foot rollers are great. I’d like to build one to pull behind a good sized farm tractor with either a Pto or separate engine powered vibratory system
Hope this works, Adam 🙏 tho this has been a real learning experience for us out here who are contemplating a pond. Best wishes to you and your family ❤️
For compacting sand, a vibrating smooth drum is the tool. Put fines in the soil, then you go to rubber tire rollers or padfoot rollers depending on the fines content. Pure clay, a true sheepsfoot is best. I haven’t tested or seen a compaction curve on that soil, but none of it looks wet enough to me for really good compaction for lowest permeability… walk those feet out til they ride pretty much on top!
The moisture content of the clay looked good to me. You don't want the clay wet, you want it just moist enough to stick together, but dry enough so it doesn't stick to the roller and fills in the gaps between the feet. When that happens, you should wait for the soil to dry out.
Adam, nice job today 👍 Neighbor Doug was certainly hoping you’d get stuck so he could get on some equipment to pull you out 🤣 Now let’s hope your investment pays off, which I’m sure it will since you’ve got some good clay in the bottom. As for the extra 20 “loads” of clay, to be honest, those were partial loads he was hauling. I understand that was on purpose, though.
Best of luck with the pond seal. The area that you have your pond does not look all that dissimilar to where I hope to put mine. I am curious if you’ve ever calculated your watershed/pond ratio. Thanks.
skilled man on the ex loading trucks. first dump, center of axes every time. trucks barely rocking. its the little things you notice after so long in an industry. Good luck on pond 2.0!
Hope it works for you Adam, but i was hoping for a better looking product of clay, good clay will dig out of the ground in a clump even dry, and will form the shape of the bucket while digging out, that was pretty loose looking stuff.
Soil and sub-soil conditions can change pretty quick. Our home sits on blue clay and we only had a few small granite boulders/rocks when digging our 2300 sq ft foundation. 100 yards west, a totally different story, tons of rock, a gravel vein sitting on top of a shallow clay and stone, base, then, shale.
i had a similar problem and fixed it with fine bentonite clay it was in bags spred it rolled hay out and fed the cows using their foot traffic to compact it
Love your show, been looking forward to seeing how the pond goes. When you're editing what's your goal? Are you trying to make each video long or spend as little time as possible editing? The last part of this video is packed with stuff but the first 2/3's is filling a dump truck - even at 2x speed it's boring. Wish you could voice over some of the stuff you learn over the footage as it happens and focus on the bits we can learn from. All and all you're doing great and I can't wait to watch the next episode.
It may be a geographic thing but where I'm at here in NH a tri axle of clay is $280 delivered and I'd be able to make pottery with it if I wanted to. Gray dense sticky CLAY, looks a lot different than what your getting.
That was definitely not genuine pond grade clay. I've hauled plenty of clay into numerous brickyards here in Pennsylvania back in the day and it had the consistency of Play-Doh. Very dangerous to dump as it would stick in the bed. Good clay in Pennsylvania comes out of coal mines, as it lays in pockets deep below the surface. And yes, mostly gray in color. I hope this works out for him but not too sure. Especially on the area he let dry out before he started trying to compact it.
Your guy's clay location looks like my front yard did when we re-did our front drive and yard. Piles of clay with a light brown pond in the middle! 😂 The soil around our house is nearly solid clay.
Were you able to place a layer of clay in that mudhole at the very bottom? Maybe I missed it, sorry if I did. Good luck Adam, I really enjoy your videos!
There was no where on your property that had adequate clay subsoil so that a borrow pit couldn't have been dug rather than the much more expensive method of hauling in clay? Is there a video showing test holes being dug?
When they built the canals here in the UK they often used herds of cattle or sheep to puddle (compact) the clay.😮
Interesting
Hello to our friends in the UK! Pennsylvania here. That is quite interesting, but makes a lot of sense. Work smarter, not harder.
Good point. That is why the roller Adam was using is called a "sheepsfoot roller" - they were specifically trying to replicate that effect with a machine.
As crazy as this sounds growing up we made two farm ponds to irrigate out of ... we also had a huge hog operation. We would put an electric fence up around the pond for a few months and allow the hogs to pack root and lay in the clay. Some 30 years later those ponds are still in use today
Forgive me but you didn’t do a core Test before you even brought equipment and to build upon?
That looks sooooooo good now! Can't wait to see it full and you get the pond you've been wanting!!! Tractor Hard! 🚜💪!
Very nice! Love watching the progress of your repairs. Looking good! Can't wait to see your next update.
Great job to you and Ralph in getting the clay ready for water retention and best of luck!!
Loved your humor at the end.
Great job on the excavating and replacement with clay. Padfoot roller, perfect tool for this.
I think you'll be quite happy with the outcome.
Ed from Chicago 🙂
PHEW! Big sigh of relief! Both for the fact that the pond seems to be nearing completion and that you didn't get the Sheep Head Roller stuck. Great video thumbs up.
Nicely done and expert level work on not getting the pad foot roller stuck.
Ralph seems like he run's a great business and is a very skillful operator! Hope this seals the pond for you!
Ralph is a skilled operator, made it look easy. Good job, hope it holds, glad the weather held up.
Nice job on compaction..
The whole subscriber list is praying for your ponds success! Looks very good from here!
I'm impressed with the amount of slope that pad foot roller can handle, as well as how well you operated it.
That pond is gonna be awesome, it looks like you are in good hands with rev. 2 thank you for the great content
Great dirt work! That looks awesome!
The subtle directions the excavator operator made to the truck drivers is impressive that they saw him. Those drivers are paying close attention!! 👍 I'm praying this all works so y'all can enjoy the pond stress free!! Oh, ye, of little faith, Neighbor Doug!! Adam is a professional!! Hope y'all have a blessed weekend! Thanks for another great video! God bless you and your family! 💞🙏💞
Looking good!
Great video! Please keep making them.
Great job with the camera placements and drone shots - really helps tell the story of the work going on
Great job on the pond. That man was one heck of an operator. Doug, I agree, you know luck runs out eventually!😂
Now there are men who know their machineries. What a great job, both loading trucks and leveling the clay. By the way I have noticed that you are getting pretty good on yours.
I would definitely try to acquire abunch of old power poles and build a big pole barn. I know Down in Mississippi you can usually get the old power poles for free
Thanks for sharing the experience and knowledge. It’s sucks but moving forward awesome
Adam, it looks like you and Ralph did a nice job placing the 'new' clay in the bottom of the pond. I know it took some extra clay but it will be nice to see the pond full and not leaking. Blessings to you.
Rollin like a boss. Keep it up. We'll catch ya on the next one, thanks for posting!
Nice progress, looks a lot better now. I bet when you were working as a Analyst you never thought that you’d be running a Sheep’s Foot compactor one day. 😊👍👍👍
Nice Job 👍🏻
Hoping & praying that this finally works & holds all the water you need. One heck of a project. Thanks for sharing.
Looks great cant wait to see it finally full! You need to have one heck of a party when it does.
Nice work mate, i really enjoy your time lapse and drone footage 👍
Good luck Adam. Wishing you the best. Thumbs Up.
Those last few seconds of the vid @Hometown Acres! CLASSIC !
Nice!
Thank Neil. Can’t wait to see your pond when it is finished. Been a crazy impressive series so far
@@HometownAcres Thanks Adam!
Haha, I hope this solves the pond issues! Really enjoyed the dad joke close! Great job, Adam!
Great drone footage! I don't know why.. but I have a craving for waffles. It's gotta feel nice to get the pond fixed.
Fingers crossed and prayers your way that this seals the pond floor and good times and water retention are the new norm! Take care and God Bless you all!!!❤😊
Great job, what a skill with the bulldozer. let the rain roll in and hope for fun family days in the pond 💞
Love the ending, Roll On 😊
Big job Adam. Fingers crossed that all of your hard work pays off and this is the last of the pond repairs. Dave...PS - That was funny at the end. 😁
I just had to comment that the video editing was outstanding. With the time lapse footage and the whole process the clay took, from the source to your pond was amazing! I appreciate your effort and hope this will solve the pond leaking issues!! What software do you use for editing?
Looks great! This should fix your pond & give you some peace of mind. 👍
Doug loves to stir the pot! 😂🤣
Adam your pond is looking good. Hope all goes well for you
This is awesome! I can’t imagine that not working. I can’t wait to see it fill up.
I love watching your journey. You've come a long way in a short amount of time. Never forget the family is your first priority. You only get one chance to raise your kids. Looks like you're doing a good job.
Good luck👍
Hope you do a timelaps of it filling up now again!
I spent most of last summer building a trash cell in a land fill. 3’ of clay layed down in 6” lifts. Myself and a second person both on sheep’s foot compactors compacted close to 8 acres of slopes daily. Took about 10-12 hours to make one circle. According to plans it had to have 10 passes. Only smooth drum a pass every 100’ for the inspector to do compaction test. Yes it was a challenge to get and keep material wet otherwise like you said no compaction. So I’m sure your past this at that point. But if it’s wet but not soup. Roll it in. After several passes. You’ll see the material change. Oh the amount of clay we hauled in on cat 745 dump trucks was insane. 2500 yards plus a day for months.
I'm learning a lot about pond construction from letsdig18. Chris relies on clay to build beautiful dams. I used to wonder what he was doing when he would strip away a mountain of ground and dig up some other places and move the earth there then compact it.
This is a very interesting subject and I really enjoy watching.
I actually started watching this channel when you began construction work on your pond and I'm interested in how it has turned out but not in a negative way.
Congratulations on the great channel and I love the way it is all growing in a very pleasant way. ❤
Chris, liked most pros digs test holes to find the clay on site next to the pond and then digs borrow pits to remove it to build dams and roads. He then fills in the pits with the substandard soil. This is far cheaper than hauling in the clay from a far. Of course, you can only do this if there is adequate clay on site.
Looks GREAT, Adam!! Fingers crossed for you!
They did a great job,looks good..can’t wait to see it full buddy!
Great job
Great video work with creative angles.
Good luck with this project.
Great video, it looks great, I hope it all turns out for you. It should be a beautiful pond.
Nniiiccceee!! Can't wait to see it fill back up again
Third time is the charm. You have been through a lot with this pond. I hope this is the final fix. I've enjoyed watching you build it and all of your other projects.
Looking good, Adam
I loved the footage that most people never get (sourcing and a transport). Thank your you use of time lapse on the transport and the multiple views on truck loading (also the count of buckets). A note about why the trucks were not fully loaded would have been good (expect that it was weight based road limits). Also, I bet that I’m not the only one who is wondering why the last bit of pond was not treated to clay and compression. Again…this was excellent coverage and professional level editing. Big kudos on utilization of the repurposed shale and both spots look amazing.
When you were talking about the sheets when using the smooth surface roller, I wondered if there was a similar function created under the new clay. I’ve seen operators freshly scratch the last lift before starting the next one depending on temperate and other factor, when coming back the next day.
Final comment…I figured that you would have done the clay seal in lifts to merge and seal twice. A mistake that operators that think it is just about putting dirt in position then sealing the top, is that you can only compress the soil 6-10 inches and everything under that serves as fill. This method would have cost you an extra day of rental on the sheeps foot roller but money well spent.
Adam, I just watched Outdoor with the Morgans and he was talking about cutting some firewood into 12-inch lengths for people that have solo stoves or small fire pits. Mike thought it was a good idea to have at least a couple of cords on hand for people that have those and want to burn wood recreationally. Just passing this along in case you didn't see it. Bill H from Cranberry Township
Home town earth movers! Cool to see so much heavy machinery whipping around the property.
All looks good to me, hope it all works out. thanks for bringing us this journey it is very enjoyable. You also pick the best music.
Have you considered using the compactor on the fill around the house and the wood area to help reduce bogging when you start working on that area.
I seem to remember that you put a bottom drain in your pond in connection with the overflow standpipe. Why didn’t you use that to drain the pond and allow it to stay dry for this operation?
Excellent job Adam, looking forward to seeing you and Doug doing a rain dance lol
Bring on the water 💧
I also want an accountants best estimate of how long you think it will take to fill based on the spring water flow etc. Lets see how close you get !!
I agree, the sheep's foot is the best for building ponds
Those pad foot rollers are great. I’d like to build one to pull behind a good sized farm tractor with either a Pto or separate engine powered vibratory system
Oks good Adam, great team work and hope this solves the problem 👍
Wish you could of picked up pond liner with the clay. That’s how we do 80% of our ponds in north Texas.
Way out west here in Iowa,
Its not uncommon for silt to become problematic.
Every seven years or so farm ponds need to be drained and dug out.
Another great video! Very in lightning! ❤
thanks for sharing the video. what a job. it sure looks good so how thick is the layer of clay in your pond?
looks great man
Hope this works, Adam 🙏 tho this has been a real learning experience for us out here who are contemplating a pond. Best wishes to you and your family ❤️
Cool Video
Looks great Adam! Can’t wait to see it full and frozen! Us Louisiana guys don’t get to see skating and hockey on ponds!
For compacting sand, a vibrating smooth drum is the tool. Put fines in the soil, then you go to rubber tire rollers or padfoot rollers depending on the fines content. Pure clay, a true sheepsfoot is best. I haven’t tested or seen a compaction curve on that soil, but none of it looks wet enough to me for really good compaction for lowest permeability… walk those feet out til they ride pretty much on top!
The moisture content of the clay looked good to me. You don't want the clay wet, you want it just moist enough to stick together, but dry enough so it doesn't stick to the roller and fills in the gaps between the feet. When that happens, you should wait for the soil to dry out.
Adam, nice job today 👍 Neighbor Doug was certainly hoping you’d get stuck so he could get on some equipment to pull you out 🤣 Now let’s hope your investment pays off, which I’m sure it will since you’ve got some good clay in the bottom. As for the extra 20 “loads” of clay, to be honest, those were partial loads he was hauling. I understand that was on purpose, though.
Good luck with this project. Big investment for a redo. Stay safe.
Tell Ralph his fleet of Autocars is awesome!
Best of luck with the pond seal. The area that you have your pond does not look all that dissimilar to where I hope to put mine. I am curious if you’ve ever calculated your watershed/pond ratio. Thanks.
What about the hole you dug to drain with the pump? Looks like you guys just worked around it?
wonderful ken fro kent england
skilled man on the ex loading trucks. first dump, center of axes every time. trucks barely rocking. its the little things you notice after so long in an industry. Good luck on pond 2.0!
As with everybody, waiting patiently to see if this is the fix! good luck to you Adam!!
Forget the steaks! Bring on the waffles! Like the way you roll Adam! 👍👍
I know I'm not as excited as you are, but I'm stoked! Great job Adam. I think the King should at least start calling you prince mow.
Hope it works for you Adam, but i was hoping for a better looking product of clay, good clay will dig out of the ground in a clump even dry, and will form the shape of the bucket while digging out, that was pretty loose looking stuff.
Exactly, this was not even close to pond grade clay.
That's the prettiest dirt hole I've ever seen!
Soil and sub-soil conditions can change pretty quick. Our home sits on blue clay and we only had a few small granite boulders/rocks when digging our 2300 sq ft foundation. 100 yards west, a totally different story, tons of rock, a gravel vein sitting on top of a shallow clay and stone, base, then, shale.
LOL at the end!
He did no tests he just hired a guy and started digging. TH-cam money, not his, so he spent it like a drunken politician with other peoples money. LOL
i had a similar problem and fixed it with fine bentonite clay it was in bags spred it rolled hay out and fed the cows using their foot traffic to compact it
looks like it turned out very nice. What is the hole with water in it in the pond is that where a spring is. Just curious.
Love your show, been looking forward to seeing how the pond goes. When you're editing what's your goal? Are you trying to make each video long or spend as little time as possible editing? The last part of this video is packed with stuff but the first 2/3's is filling a dump truck - even at 2x speed it's boring. Wish you could voice over some of the stuff you learn over the footage as it happens and focus on the bits we can learn from. All and all you're doing great and I can't wait to watch the next episode.
hi there good show , john
Great progress
It may be a geographic thing but where I'm at here in NH a tri axle of clay is $280 delivered and I'd be able to make pottery with it if I wanted to. Gray dense sticky CLAY, looks a lot different than what your getting.
That was definitely not genuine pond grade clay.
I've hauled plenty of clay into numerous brickyards here in Pennsylvania back in the day and it had the consistency of Play-Doh. Very dangerous to dump as it would stick in the bed.
Good clay in Pennsylvania comes out of coal mines, as it lays in pockets deep below the surface. And yes, mostly gray in color.
I hope this works out for him but not too sure. Especially on the area he let dry out before he started trying to compact it.
Your guy's clay location looks like my front yard did when we re-did our front drive and yard. Piles of clay with a light brown pond in the middle! 😂 The soil around our house is nearly solid clay.
Were you able to place a layer of clay in that mudhole at the very bottom? Maybe I missed it, sorry if I did. Good luck Adam, I really enjoy your videos!
That is some beautiful work!
There was no where on your property that had adequate clay subsoil so that a borrow pit couldn't have been dug rather than the much more expensive method of hauling in clay? Is there a video showing test holes being dug?
I’ll be watching and praying🤞
Looks great👍
Hope you found the lost gopro while the pond was empty. That would be epic.
Haha I wish… that reference goes back years. Thanks for watching all this time
@@HometownAcres great channel, great content.
The ending 😂😂😂😂😂
I was hoping for a good STUCK video and recovery.