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
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.
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.
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! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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??
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?
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?
Man you are a pond specialist...I need some instructions, I can clean one out no problem...but cutting the core and ratio slopes is what I have a question, also width of the top of the levee
Been thinking of having a pond put in. What does a project of this size cost approximately. I'm in N.W Georgia. Do you guys travel 😊 how does the pond fill up.
doing a great job Chris the komatsu dozer looks like a nice operating machine would size of it be equal to a Cat D5 or D6 size and power ? i enjoy your videos watch them all the time .
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?
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????
Great Job, could i ask you a question? I'm looking to do the same in my property and i would like to ask you how much did it cost you to build the Pond?
beautiful pond, nice tall dam, great work
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
Very nice job and show us this pond filled later. Thanks for sharing my friend.
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.
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 enjoyed your video very much!.....engineered nicely!
Greetz from Australia.
wow that's a great project. It looks great good work.
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.
Man I enjoy watching ya'll work
Beautiful. Looks amazing.
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! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Looks great as always!
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
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?
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.
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
Teamwork makes the dream work. Thank you for this.
This pond looks badass brother, dam good job brother! You the Man! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Good job bro love to go fishing when you get finished !!!
Would you Please start showing all the equipment used on ur projects. Awesome job as usual and great videos too!!!
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.
This was nice thank you for sharing.
Hi letsdig,
Have spent hours watching your videos,very entertaining,thankyou.
Regards
juls
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!
another awesome video could you make a video about digging core trenches?
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
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... 👍😜😎
Awesome man!!!! Wish I could land work like that.
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
Great work!
Great job Chris, I would love to do pond work like that. Would satisfy the earthmover & fisherman in me !
Nice job! I see some happy fish in the future.
That is one helluva nice job!
that looks cool AF great job your good sir !
Great video. Learned a lot. I wish I could hire you and tour team.
Thats a really, really nice looking berm !
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.
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
Love your work
that is a partty good size pond. good job of making it.
Y’all sure do a great job
Great work looks great tidy job
I know every job is different, but what would you estimate the average cost per yard moved on a pond project? Great video. Thanks.
great job chris
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.
Love to see it filled in
Hello good very fine work! which is what makes up the embankment?
It is like wood chips?
Great job! And great video! What does a job like this cost?
nice job love ur work always looking good !
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...
What state you build that in?
very professional. impressive.
AWESOME! come build me one!
Nice work!
The pond looks good.
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.
Did I hear correctly, the three gravel patches (one near dock) are for fish beds?
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??
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?
Good work mate
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.
I need you and your crew in kentucky to build a pond!! that looks great
Is there a video showing the completion of this pond including water?
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?
good job I like that one
When you build your dam, do you dig down a few feet to key it in?
Man you are a pond specialist...I need some instructions, I can clean one out no problem...but cutting the core and ratio slopes is what I have a question, also width of the top of the levee
what state are you out of?
Nice job 👍🏻
Wow...!!! Great Job :)
Could you please tell me how long will it take to dig 2.5 acre (12 depth) land?
Thanks.
curious what this one cost with some good heavy machines and they look like its not their first rodeo
Been thinking of having a pond put in. What does a project of this size cost approximately. I'm in N.W Georgia. Do you guys travel 😊 how does the pond fill up.
Man I wish you guys were in Oklahoma! Great job! How much was this job?
Looks Great.. But I don't see any WATER ..How are they going to fill that pond ? thanks for sharing.
We used JD 8400s & JD 9600s pulling 2 Reynolds pans to build ponds. Fun times, I miss the hell out of it!
How big is the key way ? Does it run along the entire dam? I'm practicing permaculture. Someone help! Thank you !
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
doing a great job Chris the komatsu dozer looks like a nice operating machine would size of it be equal to a Cat D5 or D6 size and power ? i enjoy your videos watch them all the time .
D5 size
letsdig18 is there gonna be a video with you filling the pond or it with water in it?
That is one tidy,smart job
How much would that cost? Great job!
Follow up would be great to see the pond now
Any chance of getting some footage once it’s fIlled? Thanks for sharing
Do you work in Florida (Ft. McCoy) or know someone that would do a good job on a 3 acre pond build?
Wow good job. How much have you put into it? I'm debating doing something similar during this pandemic
Nice looking pond, you are a pond building dude.
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?
AWESOME!!!!!
How much did it cost to build this 1.5 acre pond?
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. ???????
Is there a video of this awesome pond full of water??
wow thats amazing
Awesome 😎💯👍👍👍
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????
Great Job, could i ask you a question? I'm looking to do the same in my property and i would like to ask you how much did it cost you to build the Pond?
I'm guessing 30-50k, with all that machinery
Nice job
muy buen trabajo
Good job Charlie Brown!!! LOL
Really nice work and final product! What does a job like that cost to build?
Thomas Lanham give or take about $15,000
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