Giant Turd Heh, got to drive my grandfathers tractor, which also convinently had a scoop. I had access to a little creek... you can see where this went, many days building dams, trenches and waterways around the farm, and for the grand finale, watching nature rip it all down (with my assistance) :D
You are lucky where you live, the digging always looks so good. Up here in New England it's always rocks and ledge laced with boulders the size of a 57 Buick lol. Tough on the teeth, buckets, bushings, pins and bearings all day long.
I know it is an old post "busting a ponds dam" but I am intrigued to know why is the water that colour here in England no ponds are that colour sorry color cheers Peter how you reply
I never knew a pond could be so much trouble. My pond is spring fed, and and in 10 years has never been below the top of the standpipe. In fact the only issue I have ever had, was a dead swan plugged up the standpipe, and caused the pond to over top the dam.
Massive amounts of birth control (essentially estrogen) enters rivers as it cant be filtered out of our sewage. It does in fact cause many reptiles and invertebrates to be born androgynous, and cause physical changes in adult specimens. Alex jones is crazy but like a broken clock, he's not always wrong
@@Africanfrogs host a contest for whoever can catch the most fish within one day, and invite a whole bunch of people, whoever catches the most gets 250$ or something, which I imagine is cheaper than feeding all of them
Great video. How expensive is it to do one of the farm ponds as I am getting ready to build a homestead here in my area and once I can get some farm grants to buy the acreage needed for the bigger animals and such would love to have a farm pond for watering the animals and crops?
Nice handling of that machine. Seems like somthing fun to do. Dam you got it easy with that dirt. Here in Hawaii would have been hammering three blue rock to drain that. Nice video man inspiring makes me wanna vid some of my D9 work! ALOHA
6:13 "That will drain out through the woods. I don't know where it goes but it is a long way 'til it gets to anything." How many acre-feet of water will be coming out of the lake? Will the water get to some other person's property? Will the water kill any of the trees?
That ditch is a nice straight line; obviously I was NOT the operator. With my eyesight and lack of coordination all you would see is a corkscrew! Thanks for the video. Sometimes I wonder why folks don't take out the beaver lodge as well - if you can find it. Of course you need a big machine to do that or some dynamite. Beaver may be beautiful animals but like feral hogs they do a lot of damage.
Except this isn't a beaver pond. I work in public works and those damn beavers are a huge headache. They are always daming up our culverts and causing flooding issues and undermining roads.
Hey! So that color is "pond dye"? I live in Florida, between Tallahassee and Pensacola. Closer to Pensacola. How can I get pond water to be clear as possible? Is it possible? Thanks!
Go to an asphalt plant and they will give you for free the -200 grit silt which is a extra byproduct from asphalt production, perfect for bedding ponds , it’s basically fine silt almost clay , I ran a plant for 7 years and we wish we could find someone to take it , it makes awesome pond bedding , put 6” on bottom of anything you want to hold water lol , and it helps PH
that's awsome. Are you using a gopro or a gopro session if you don't mind me asking .Your videos are clear as hell buddy and you do a awsome job at your work and recording.Thank you for sharing
I really enjoy watching your videos . I actually had no interest or really hadn't given thought to this type of work until I started watching your videos . keep up the good work !
Really fascinating to see this process, thank you! Dredging a pond can be some serious and costly work ... it's a lot easier in the long run to use preventative strategies to avoid the accumulation of bottom muck in your pond. Hydro-raking and mechanical harvesting can keep a pond healthy and beautiful. Watching hydro-raking videos can also be really satisfying to watch xD
My pond dried up due to the drought we had here in massachusetts this summer, I wanted to take my back hoe and clean it out but to do so I would of needed approval from the town conservation, state conservation and EPA plus pay fees, not worth it.
im a equipment operator for tha last six years and i love it i also do renovations on homes on tha side to would not give up my operating seat for nothing in tha world
From past experiences I have had to go in and cut the tree's off the back side of dams cause they will make the pond or lakes leak. And had really good luck doing that. But I also ground a few stumps to. Which helped to.
Dude got bars on that little excavator Makin that shit look easy. My first time running a kobuta that size I almost flipped it on a slight hill trying to dig a stump. That arm will save your life lmao.
I have just purchased 130 acres in East TN and I need some old logging roads cleared of timber the loggers left years ago, my concern is will the excavator be able to work in there because it's real rocky and has huge boulders. Any thoughts?
i dont know what the hell is so interesting about a pond draining. but it is haha
Over Kast
yes
Because, somewhere, some Bunny Hugger is howling in agony!!!!!!
I couldn't agree more! I also like the dam removal videos?
@@mattferguson8648 I like it because it's not my pond ;]
Yeah it’s weird. I would have put it on par with watching paint dry but now changed my mind! 😂
love watching these older videos.. awesome work
How many yellow jackets nest you dug up?Thats always been my problem with a open cab
enough the next one will have a cab LOL
Ok who didn't do this as a kid in their back yard, obviously in a much smaller scale but still
Grey Woodruff no I had a bulldozer
Giant Turd Heh, got to drive my grandfathers tractor, which also convinently had a scoop. I had access to a little creek... you can see where this went, many days building dams, trenches and waterways around the farm, and for the grand finale, watching nature rip it all down (with my assistance) :D
Woody 5326 yep me lolol
A-Fucking-men.
Nah dude my Mommy let me use C-4
5:07 is the moment you’re here for.
Howd u know
🤔 you're missing the point 😑
I don't know why, but it's something so calming about watching these kind of vids. :)
Watching water flow is as hypnotic as watching a fire. It just feels right.
Some armadillo taking a nap is about to wake up in a wetland.
craig79792000 lmaoooooooooooooooooo!
craig79792000 😆
More likely to happen with my pond in TX.
Just started digging.
Yeeeeeeeeet
You are lucky where you live, the digging always looks so good. Up here in New England it's always rocks and ledge laced with boulders the size of a 57 Buick lol. Tough on the teeth, buckets, bushings, pins and bearings all day long.
I know it is an old post "busting a ponds dam" but I am intrigued to know why is the water that colour here in England no ponds are that colour sorry color cheers Peter how you reply
He said early in the video its pond dye to see where it drains
You can get several dozen hogs, once the pond is a lot lower they will seal the pond, the old timers use to do.
Good luck with all the rain we our self have had a nice of it up in central pennsylvania Lycoming we are getting reaty for the snow soon
I wanted to see it all drained disappointed
Thanks for the warning!
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I never knew a pond could be so much trouble. My pond is spring fed, and and in 10 years has never been below the top of the standpipe. In fact the only issue I have ever had, was a dead swan plugged up the standpipe, and caused the pond to over top the dam.
yeah, this is what happens when you have a pond that does not have a steady amount of water flow into it
Is there a second video? I would like to know where the leak was..
I'd like to see the fix video if there is one....bentonite to seal pond ???
“The water was turning the frogs gay “
It would need to be rainbow-colored. This is just the DNA strand that boosted it.
@@ArkaniumGaming .
do you understand that?
Massive amounts of birth control (essentially estrogen) enters rivers as it cant be filtered out of our sewage. It does in fact cause many reptiles and invertebrates to be born androgynous, and cause physical changes in adult specimens.
Alex jones is crazy but like a broken clock, he's not always wrong
😂🐸
dang, watching these oldies is something else. That ain't no Volvo 220 there.
As an operator, you are masterful.
How did you get it that green colour? Looks lovely!!
It doesnt look lovley. You cant swim on it without being the colour. Its unnatural. It's a dye
Did you try using an infrared camera to find the leak?
After you cut the trench to let the water out. How would you recommend filling that trench back in without it washing out later
Something in me finds this enjoyable
Good job and video.Thanks a lot.
man if I had that pond I would stock that baby up with some bass, and never leave the house.
Tony Mullins I would stock it with bass and trout and pike
@@Africanfrogs damn that's tough
@@Africanfrogs host a contest for whoever can catch the most fish within one day, and invite a whole bunch of people, whoever catches the most gets 250$ or something, which I imagine is cheaper than feeding all of them
@@Africanfrogs trench the pond and send the freeloaders to your neighbor's...
Tony Mullins Hell yeah!
Awesome video Chris,Thanks!!!
Might as well add a drain pipe while you have it like that
Agreed. 10" PVC
Yep! 10” with a gate valve!
Rich Farfugnuven ; you need a solution to stop it clogging you’d think?
You should give us an update on this pond!! Does it still leak?
God damnit Bobby! Awesome video, keep up the good work! 🤙
What are ponds good for if not dam busting fun.
Great video. How expensive is it to do one of the farm ponds as I am getting ready to build a homestead here in my area and once I can get some farm grants to buy the acreage needed for the bigger animals and such would love to have a farm pond for watering the animals and crops?
really depends on the size and amount of dirt that has to be moved. they can get pretty expensive
I have no idea about this type of stuff, but was wondering would it be easier to use a large gas powered pump and hose to get rid of the water ?
Nice handling of that machine. Seems like somthing fun to do. Dam you got it easy with that dirt. Here in Hawaii would have been hammering three blue rock to drain that. Nice video man inspiring makes me wanna vid some of my D9 work! ALOHA
What did you find out was wrong with the pond and how did you fix it
do you still have the takihuchi mini excavator?
yup
How did you make the pond blue colour?
Dye
What kind of excavator is that ? Thank you.
Mike E volvo probably
Mike E but then again it dont look like one
Mike E its those mini excavators
Mike E it's a yanmar they're a good tool ..... Japanese
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How much deeper did you have to dig the channel to completely drain the pond? It doesn't appear to be deep enough at this point .
I would really like to see how you do this hole project.
should have said "he's building a nice house up here and he'd prefer to have a nice mosquito breeding pond here" :))
throttle bottle won't be any mosquitoes as long as he stocks that pond with fish
Lol says the person who obviously doesnt know about bodies of water.
@@MrLadiesman93 the plebeian! Let us scoff with indignation
That’s why our dad got rid of our pond.
That was my thought 😹
6:13 "That will drain out through the woods. I don't know where it goes but it is a long way 'til it gets to anything." How many acre-feet of water will be coming out of the lake? Will the water get to some other person's property? Will the water kill any of the trees?
How come the water is so like sky blue??
Interesting video! How much bentonite would you use to try and seal the leak?
If there’s a second part to this vid, I can’t find it. Any thoughts on numbering your posts? 😬
That water looks like it’s been dyed!!
Btw you remove the retaining area of soil after you have finished your channel, it’s a lot less messy that way
He said it was dyed in like the first minute
That ditch is a nice straight line; obviously I was NOT the operator. With my eyesight and lack of coordination all you would see is a corkscrew!
Thanks for the video. Sometimes I wonder why folks don't take out the beaver lodge as well - if you can find it. Of course you need a big machine to do that or some dynamite. Beaver may be beautiful animals but like feral hogs they do a lot of damage.
Except this isn't a beaver pond. I work in public works and those damn beavers are a huge headache. They are always daming up our culverts and causing flooding issues and undermining roads.
Is this your Yanmar, Chris ? Nice job, I hope too that you'll show us more of this job, especially if you've found where it's leaking from .
yeah weve had it since 08
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I don't know why this was recommended for me, but I'm glad it was.
The operator of this excavator is like a conductor, using the machine to create beautiful works of engineering
Wow! Really know how to handle that backhoe! Nice to watch someone that skilled.
Nice little pond .
Hey! So that color is "pond dye"? I live in Florida, between Tallahassee and Pensacola. Closer to Pensacola. How can I get pond water to be clear as possible? Is it possible? Thanks!
Boa noite amigo. Posta depois como ficou.? Top gosto demais destes vídeos. Uberlândia MG. Fique com Deus.
Why do u flud the forrest?
Go to an asphalt plant and they will give you for free the -200 grit silt which is a extra byproduct from asphalt production, perfect for bedding ponds , it’s basically fine silt almost clay , I ran a plant for 7 years and we wish we could find someone to take it , it makes awesome pond bedding , put 6” on bottom of anything you want to hold water lol , and it helps PH
what did you do with all the fish????
I love running mini excavators they are fun little machines!!!👍🏻
For the cost of that house and pond and work done, you could buy an average single family home 10 years old here in lower mainland BC.
that's awsome. Are you using a gopro or a gopro session if you don't mind me asking .Your videos are clear as hell buddy and you do a awsome job at your work and recording.Thank you for sharing
i have one but this was just a regular camera
Cool man ,thanks a lot for your good work
letsdig18 I agree. What model camera.
Congrats on your new bog
Do you charge for the job size or per hr?
Water is floating out, so you can find the leak Chris, nice job !
skip to 4:56 for the good part.
Good job getting all the “wooder” to drain! 😂
That's southeastern nc talk. And it's "warter"
Me: come on you have lots to do. TH-cam: Hey, watch this guy dig a ditch. Me: m'kay :-(
Was there any fish in the dam?
What's in that green water?
What a beautiful place to rest - healthy trees and nice coloured whater :)
qmpel the color in the water isnt natural its dye to see if the water was leaking in the woods
Those little yanmar's are hard to beat!
I really enjoy watching your videos . I actually had no interest or really hadn't given thought to this type of work until I started watching your videos . keep up the good work !
thanks man
letsdig18
Same
Really fascinating to see this process, thank you! Dredging a pond can be some serious and costly work ... it's a lot easier in the long run to use preventative strategies to avoid the accumulation of bottom muck in your pond. Hydro-raking and mechanical harvesting can keep a pond healthy and beautiful. Watching hydro-raking videos can also be really satisfying to watch xD
My pond dried up due to the drought we had here in massachusetts this summer, I wanted to take my back hoe and clean it out but to do so I would of needed approval from the town conservation, state conservation and EPA plus pay fees, not worth it.
Just do it. Better to ask for forgiveness than beg of permission.
Is it supposed to be that blue?
Wow the dirt is hard as roch?
im a equipment operator for tha last six years and i love it i also do renovations on homes on tha side to would not give up my operating seat for nothing in tha world
Wow that’s some terrible grammar
That water color doesn’t seem right, any idea?
0:20 "the owner put in a bunch of pond dye"
You're a real piece of work buddy!
Why is the water that color?
Did you ever find out how/where it was leaking from? And did you have to line the bottom after all?
Did you figure out why it was leaking?
Why is the water so green?
That's no ditch. That's the new Panama Canal! :)
Fascinating 😀😀😀👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Love this channel
I would also love if you did another pond build
was there any fish in the pond?
So beautiful nature
From past experiences I have had to go in and cut the tree's off the back side of dams cause they will make the pond or lakes leak. And had really good luck doing that. But I also ground a few stumps to. Which helped to.
Is that Eustace Conway talking about fixing the pond.
He sure did sound like Eustace
Enjoy your videos. Probably the best excavator operator I've ever seen. Smooth as can be. I'm still amazed at what all can be done with an ex.
Cool Video, Good Job Sir.
What ton is dat digger??
Why is that water blue?
i wonder what it looks like once it was completely drained
is that stagnant water?
Your good on any excavator big or small!!! How do you you like those Yanmars??? We got a Vermeer dealer that sells them here in Indiana!!!
Ok, I can see the water going out. Now, how will he fill it up?
when you dig a trench like that do you fill it in afterwards
Dude got bars on that little excavator Makin that shit look easy. My first time running a kobuta that size I almost flipped it on a slight hill trying to dig a stump. That arm will save your life lmao.
You did a fine job
I have just purchased 130 acres in East TN and I need some old logging roads cleared of timber the loggers left years ago, my concern is will the excavator be able to work in there because it's real rocky and has huge boulders. Any thoughts?
Hunter Hollow Farms Depends on size and slope and all that. Watch out for the road collapsing.
Hunter Hollow Farms i live in east tn also
I love seeing bodies of water like this empty. How deep did this pond end up being just curious?
only 4-5' deep