I'm really impressed with the Chris and his crew does. Thankfully in 2022 he now stretches his pond build like this one over several much longer videos so we get to see all that goes into building a new pond and even his pond tebuilds.
this is one of the few things on my bucket list that I would really like to accomplish before I die. I desperately want to harvest catfish from my own designed and constructed, healthy catfish pond. you got some serious equipment out there
We call it structure and it needs to be put in beneath the bottom grade if you plan on swimming or fishing in here safely. Get on down there and punch in a hole and fill it with the junk tree trunks and cars or whatever the hell the one guy claims in in the wild in ponds. lol
You should be proud of the work you have done.....this looks just great. Please, be sure to show us this when the water fills it, and the grass has grown.
What a beautiful job you guys did on this project, working with the natural landscape and creating a very substantial deep end that will hold huge amounts of excess water. I would love to see how it looks today in 2019.
I spent a lot of time in Michigan where a lot of people have ponds. I love them, coming from Australia where water is hard to get at the best of times you just have to have a small lake in your back yard. The Great Lakes in Michigan is a must see, I went fishing with my brother-in-law we went out so far that we couldn't the USA or Canada and this is all fresh water. Fantastic
That is the size pond I want to put on my place, currently have one just a 1/4 acre stock pond on the property now and will be looking into hiring someone to do a job just like this one. Great work.
I can tell your proud of your work at the end of each day and that's what makes a man good at what he does and you should be proud looks great that's the same philosophy I try to live by when you look back at the end of the day be proud of what you did!
Don't know why but I always like seeing ponds and dams being built :) might have something to do with growing up with a stream running through the garden and trying to dam it up with my brother when I was a kid.
As kids me and my brothers would dig a good size whole in the yard and fill it so we could get into it in the summer it was just big enough to get all four of us in.
you do awesome work looks good not that any of us really wanted but now is when we need that heavy rain the pond will look awesome when it is finally full of water
New machine is a beauty brother, it deserves a owner like you my friend! I love it! Take care Mr Smooth Operator! KEEP ON DIGGING CHRIS! Always waiting for your next video brother! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Good work . Great channel. One thing on advise get your self a drone. It would help 1000× in showing your work. You do a lot of work and from the ground its hard to show it all the top angle would open worlds to you.
Hi Chris, I stumbled upon your channel and now I'm hooked to your videos. One suggestion as a new fan I have for you is if u make more than 1 video of the same project can you tag them as Part 1, part 2 and so on? It makes viewing of your complete quality job more appreciable. Also maybe after making these beautiful ponds...you happen to visit after t water is put in..you cld show us how it currently looks....will truly appreciate this effort if u do.
super gorgeous, though you could probably save the trees cut down, put them in a shallow trench with soil and manure make a giant hugelbed as a visual feature near the pond.
You guys have great equipment and surely get the job done, but I'm wondering why you don't use a drag pan on some of the big day projects? is it just a matter of not having one?
What kind of grass seed did you put along the dam? What was the process for the seeding? I just finished building a 1 acre pond and I am unsure about which grass seed to place for Southeast Oklahoma.
after we seed and straw are grass lawns and hills and we roll them not with the heavy roller just the roller that I told behind the four-wheeler it helps a lot
In my area a rough estimate for equipment this size would be $100/hr per machine. Maybe a bit less for the articulating truck. Plus cost of whatever materials (dirt, stone, pipe, ect.) need to be brought in. Seeing this took about 10 days probably be between 30K - 40K, maybe even slightly higher.
Thats a stupid saying. If someone has $20k to spend they have a lot of money but maybe this cost $50k? If you don't ask before doing something you're just stupid.
Hey Chris... Now I know that everything costs money but, it seems to me that you could move a whole lot more brush with a grapple for that track steer. You already own a large skid steer that will move brush quickly. The dozer is just too slow. That would free you up from the haul truck and would certainly be a lot more efficient. Like I said. I'm not doing the buying but it's just a sugestion.
I was going to rent a trackhoe to remove 15 acres of pine stumps average about 6-8 inch 20 year old been cut for a year. What size is the smallest trackhoe you think would pull those stumps up????
Wow that must have cost a heap of money to build with all that machinery on the job. so youve been doing videos for some time then Chris, have you thought of making links to the older ones in your new videos so people can watch them in between !
I am trying to get estimates for a pond now. Can you give me any ideas as for what kind of questions or things to look for do I need to know to pick out a good pond builder??
U need another truck an a bigger bucket an slow that dozer jockey down lol,, your lucky there's no water in florida I run a 12 '' pump while digging great job overall guessing 20. K. cost
Looks awesome! Is the water source runoff/ rain? or spring / creek fed? The fish structure and beds look awesome, I bet you can get pretty creative there too. What kind of seed and method (broadcast spreader on ATV/ Tractor or planter)do you all find works best? We've got two really small 1/8 acre cattle watering ponds fed from field runoff. One dried up this year. I'd like to make them bigger, but concerned they won't hold much water.
Where are you located? The dirt in this video looks a lot like the red clay of central Georgia. I'd like a fishing pond about this size. How much does one this size cost?
Another great job..i love these pond jobs....Question- After you do the burn pits and borrow pits when you fill them back with old trashy dirt or the unburnt leftovers ..do you ever have problem with the pits settling over months or years and have to go back and touch them up??? Whats the best way to prevent burn pits and borrow bits from settling?? Is they a general rule of thumb when filling and fixing these back?? Just trying to learn from the best..Thanks
I try to track them in as im pushing dirt back in, we even loaded up the haul truck and drove back and forth over it to pack it down. it may settle some but i tend to leave them a little high anyways so it ends up leveling out. most of the time sticks and stumped wont ever rot that far down in the ground because they cant get any oxygen
How porous is the soil? I have always thought that pond buiders lay some kind of insulation material at the bottom of the pond to prevent water from sinking into the ground. How do you survey to see if there are any massive rocks several feet under the top soil? If found, do you just work around them or do you blast them with explosives?
beautiful pond, nice tall dam, great work
I'm really impressed with the Chris and his crew does.
Thankfully in 2022 he now stretches his pond build like this one over several much longer videos so we get to see all that goes into building a new pond and even his pond tebuilds.
this is one of the few things on my bucket list that I would really like to accomplish before I die. I desperately want to harvest catfish from my own designed and constructed, healthy catfish pond. you got some serious equipment out there
Another first class job done by your crew! If I was in the market for a new pond on my property, your company would be the first phone call I made.
thanks!
Tom Slak...I've used car bodies, irregular shapes of concrete debris, stumps and trees/large brush. Nature has many things.
We call it structure and it needs to be put in beneath the bottom grade if you plan on swimming or fishing in here safely. Get on down there and punch in a hole and fill it with the junk tree trunks and cars or whatever the hell the one guy claims in in the wild in ponds. lol
How much would something like this cost? I would love to do something like this to my future home, thanks!
Edward White
You should be proud of the work you have done.....this looks just great.
Please, be sure to show us this when the water fills it, and the grass has grown.
Reg Sparkes n
Is he going to lone it with rock's?
Can they swim in the ponds too?
What a beautiful job you guys did on this project, working with the natural landscape and creating a very substantial deep end that will hold huge amounts of excess water. I would love to see how it looks today in 2019.
Very nice job and show us this pond filled later. Thanks for sharing my friend.
I spent a lot of time in Michigan where a lot of people have ponds. I love them, coming from Australia where water is hard to get at the best of times you just have to have a small lake in your back yard. The Great Lakes in Michigan is a must see, I went fishing with my brother-in-law we went out so far that we couldn't the USA or Canada and this is all fresh water. Fantastic
Awesome job, not to tedious and very entertaining to watch how you took an open field and dug out a really nice pond to stock with fish.
That is the size pond I want to put on my place, currently have one just a 1/4 acre stock pond on the property now and will be looking into hiring someone to do a job just like this one. Great work.
I can tell your proud of your work at the end of each day and that's what makes a man good at what he does and you should be proud looks great that's the same philosophy I try to live by when you look back at the end of the day be proud of what you did!
Don't know why but I always like seeing ponds and dams being built :) might have something to do with growing up with a stream running through the garden and trying to dam it up with my brother when I was a kid.
Beavers are pretty cool when they live in your area!
As kids me and my brothers would dig a good size whole in the yard and fill it so we could get into it in the summer it was just big enough to get all four of us in.
Same here
You gave me a good idea I'm going to put my old Concrete Culverts in the bottom of my pond good idea thanks Chris fish habitat they'll love that
Hi letsdig,
Have spent hours watching your videos,very entertaining,thankyou.
Regards
juls
Very good job!
I made one like this in africa couple of months ago using only CAT D6, Went well, its now filled with water!
where in africa? which country? i want one of these there
Man I enjoy watching ya'll work
you do awesome work looks good not that any of us really wanted but now is when we need that heavy rain the pond will look awesome when it is finally full of water
I enjoyed your video very much!.....engineered nicely!
Greetz from Australia.
New machine is a beauty brother, it deserves a owner like you my friend! I love it! Take care Mr Smooth Operator! KEEP ON DIGGING CHRIS! Always waiting for your next video brother! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video. Learned a lot. I wish I could hire you and tour team.
wow that's a great project. It looks great good work.
Good work . Great channel. One thing on advise get your self a drone. It would help 1000× in showing your work. You do a lot of work and from the ground its hard to show it all the top angle would open worlds to you.
This pond looks badass brother, dam good job brother! You the Man! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Chis! as a old guy that has never done your kind of work! I have worked on the railway on heavy equipment for many years but not in your habitant LOL.
Pretty Cool, I helped build a big point in north Florida first of 2008.
I ran the D5 dozer and 935 loader, also a home made end dump... 👍😜😎
Hi Chris, I stumbled upon your channel and now I'm hooked to your videos. One suggestion as a new fan I have for you is if u make more than 1 video of the same project can you tag them as Part 1, part 2 and so on? It makes viewing of your complete quality job more appreciable. Also maybe after making these beautiful ponds...you happen to visit after t water is put in..you cld show us how it currently looks....will truly appreciate this effort if u do.
Teamwork makes the dream work. Thank you for this.
Nice work!
super gorgeous, though you could probably save the trees cut down, put them in a shallow trench with soil and manure make a giant hugelbed as a visual feature near the pond.
I know every job is different, but what would you estimate the average cost per yard moved on a pond project? Great video. Thanks.
Looks great as always!
The pond looks good.
Thats a really, really nice looking berm !
That is one helluva nice job!
great job chris
that is a partty good size pond. good job of making it.
Did I hear correctly, the three gravel patches (one near dock) are for fish beds?
AWESOME! come build me one!
Would you Please start showing all the equipment used on ur projects. Awesome job as usual and great videos too!!!
Good job bro love to go fishing when you get finished !!!
Nice job 👍🏻
You guys have great equipment and surely get the job done, but I'm wondering why you don't use a drag pan on some of the big day projects? is it just a matter of not having one?
it's been almost a year. Any updates? Has it filled in yet?
@Sparka lol 😂
@Retired Marine Whine much, bitch?
nice job love ur work always looking good !
Awesome 😎💯👍👍👍
Love to see it filled in
Really want a pond like this one.
Looks Great.. But I don't see any WATER ..How are they going to fill that pond ? thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. Looks amazing.
What kind of grass seed did you put along the dam? What was the process for the seeding? I just finished building a 1 acre pond and I am unsure about which grass seed to place for Southeast Oklahoma.
Nice job is it possible to put the date on these vids I'm always wondering which new machine your on
There is a date on every video on TH-cam. ???????
Good work mate
We used JD 8400s & JD 9600s pulling 2 Reynolds pans to build ponds. Fun times, I miss the hell out of it!
Great videos....but there is no mention of where the water source is coming from!
after we seed and straw are grass lawns and hills and we roll them not with the heavy roller just the roller that I told behind the four-wheeler it helps a lot
Curious questions; what has to be done so the water just doesn't soak into the earth and the pond just drains?
Wow...!!! Great Job :)
Could you please tell me how long will it take to dig 2.5 acre (12 depth) land?
Thanks.
Follow up would be great to see the pond now
Love your work
Y’all sure do a great job
Is there a video of this awesome pond full of water??
Do you have to go through the state to build ponds in your area? Does your state consider rainwater public use? (like Oregon). Beautiful job.
Just curious and a ball park would work what does a project like this run?
you knw the sayin... if you have to ask.. you can't afford it.
In my area a rough estimate for equipment this size would be $100/hr per machine. Maybe a bit less for the articulating truck. Plus cost of whatever materials (dirt, stone, pipe, ect.) need to be brought in. Seeing this took about 10 days probably be between 30K - 40K, maybe even slightly higher.
Thats a stupid saying. If someone has $20k to spend they have a lot of money but maybe this cost $50k? If you don't ask before doing something you're just stupid.
Donald Duck005 if it costs 50k you can’t afford. Saying spot in that situation
Wish y'all were near Centerville, TX
Hey Chris... Now I know that everything costs money but, it seems to me that you could move a whole lot more brush with a grapple for that track steer. You already own a large skid steer that will move brush quickly. The dozer is just too slow. That would free you up from the haul truck and would certainly be a lot more efficient. Like I said. I'm not doing the buying but it's just a sugestion.
Going forward what do you allow to grow on the dam. Just grass?
I was going to rent a trackhoe to remove 15 acres of pine stumps average about 6-8 inch 20 year old been cut for a year. What size is the smallest trackhoe you think would pull those stumps up????
That is one tidy,smart job
Nice job! I see some happy fish in the future.
Any chance of getting some footage once it’s fIlled? Thanks for sharing
This was nice thank you for sharing.
Wow that must have cost a heap of money to build with all that machinery on the job. so youve been doing videos for some time then Chris, have you thought of making links to the older ones in your new videos so people can watch them in between !
Nice looking pond, you are a pond building dude.
very professional. impressive.
I am trying to get estimates for a pond now.
Can you give me any ideas as for what kind of questions or things to look for do I need to know to pick out a good pond builder??
Is there a video showing the completion of this pond including water?
What's the ballpark figure on making one like that?
another awesome video could you make a video about digging core trenches?
U need another truck an a bigger bucket an slow that dozer jockey down lol,, your lucky there's no water in florida I run a 12 '' pump while digging great job overall guessing 20. K. cost
Looks great. Do people want these ponds just for aesthetics or do they have other uses? Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
he wanted a fishing pond
How much does it cost to build that?
Nice job
Hello good very fine work! which is what makes up the embankment?
It is like wood chips?
Nice work. Curious about the price? 100k?
Really nice work and final product! What does a job like that cost to build?
Thomas Lanham give or take about $15,000
Looks awesome! Is the water source runoff/ rain? or spring / creek fed? The fish structure and beds look awesome, I bet you can get pretty creative there too. What kind of seed and method (broadcast spreader on ATV/ Tractor or planter)do you all find works best? We've got two really small 1/8 acre cattle watering ponds fed from field runoff. One dried up this year. I'd like to make them bigger, but concerned they won't hold much water.
we actually just seeded that with a hand seeder. didnt take long. we do have one that goes on the back of the tractor for the larger projects.
Please tell us the price tag $$$ for something like this?
Awesome man!!!! Wish I could land work like that.
I need you and your crew in kentucky to build a pond!! that looks great
big boy toys!!!
Where are you located? The dirt in this video looks a lot like the red clay of central Georgia. I'd like a fishing pond about this size. How much does one this size cost?
Are those pads of gravel in there? See timestamp 11:01
Another great job..i love these pond jobs....Question- After you do the burn pits and borrow pits when you fill them back with old trashy dirt or the unburnt leftovers ..do you ever have problem with the pits settling over months or years and have to go back and touch them up??? Whats the best way to prevent burn pits and borrow bits from settling?? Is they a general rule of thumb when filling and fixing these back?? Just trying to learn from the best..Thanks
I was wondering the same, if they settle a bunch more...
I try to track them in as im pushing dirt back in, we even loaded up the haul truck and drove back and forth over it to pack it down. it may settle some but i tend to leave them a little high anyways so it ends up leveling out. most of the time sticks and stumped wont ever rot that far down in the ground because they cant get any oxygen
Any problem with digging the pit in the pond? I guess it wasn't graded to depth at that point though...
How porous is the soil? I have always thought that pond buiders lay some kind of insulation material at the bottom of the pond to prevent water from sinking into the ground.
How do you survey to see if there are any massive rocks several feet under the top soil? If found, do you just work around them or do you blast them with explosives?
that looks cool AF great job your good sir !
How big is the key way ? Does it run along the entire dam? I'm practicing permaculture. Someone help! Thank you !
You the real deal no doubt about it
How much would a pond this size cost to build
Somewhere in 6:12 O would weel that "OMG this dozer is gonna tip over" :D
Don’t worry dozier have an extremely low center of gravity
You guys do such phenomenal work!
Ballpark how much does something like this cost? $100.00 an hour per machine?
Definetly more after diesel they would be gettin paid minimum wage at 100 a hour