Pics of my recent dozer work. Critiques welcome :)

ksessions · Feb 25, 2015

Stock pond I just finished. -3/4 of an acre. Belly and water level of pond 12' deep with 2' of freeboard on dam. Reapplied topsoil on top and back slope of dam to allow grass growth. The pic don't do much justice to depth and size. Tell me what ya'll think.

stevenatkinson · Feb 25, 2015

Excellent work, perfection what tractor did you use:notworthy

ksessions · Feb 25, 2015

I used my D5K LGP Steven.

LiecaMan · Feb 25, 2015

Looks really nice, how long did that take you?

stevenatkinson · Feb 25, 2015

Doesn't look like you back bladed either Kudos.

ksessions · Feb 25, 2015

Thanks guys!! I had 5.5 full days total in it. It went sooth and quick being the topsoil I had to strip wasn't very thick.

RonG · Feb 25, 2015

Nice work,ready for the big time.Ron G

ksessions · Feb 25, 2015

Lol where's the big time at Ron?

td15c · Feb 25, 2015

nice work. I was wondering how you deal with or build your overflow. we usually have a riser pipe or slope pipe sized for the drainage, then a emergency spill way two feet higher than the pipe inlet, then two feet two top of dam.

Greenstreet · Feb 25, 2015

I'd have to make a note to remind myself to move truck before filling with water... Would also like to see a pic of how you build the outflow.

Dickjr. · Feb 25, 2015

Looks good. I use the same size tractor as well. Anything any bigger and it seems hard to make a profit. The dirt looks clean to work with as well.

CM1995 · Feb 25, 2015

Good job! That's a large pond for a D5, how many hours you have in it?

ksessions · Feb 25, 2015

50 hours in it. I did a natural drain 2' under the dam hight. I prefer natural spillways if possible. This tank was able to use one being its not a spring fed creek and will only over flow when tank is full.

Tinkerer · Feb 25, 2015

All it needs is fish habitat.

td15c · Feb 25, 2015

thanks ksessions are most of the small ponds in TX natural spillways.

southernman13 · Feb 25, 2015

How deep is the topsoil typically and how important is it to remove it? We want to build a pond and were not exactly sure how to do what we need to do yet. We're in the process of gathering info. Our plan is to dam uo a small spring fed creek and install a pipe with an up spout. Excuse my terminology. Don't mean to derail your thread. It looks like you have done some incredible work ther my friend. I would be proud to show that off fosho!!

Scrub Puller · Feb 25, 2015

Yair . . . That's a real nice job ksessions .

That is a typical Australian style stock water dam . . . we always cut a by wash and never mess about with pipes. Depends on rainfall and catch area but I always like about three foot freeboard here along the coast.

Over the years I have built probably hundreds about like that and larger only mine don't turn out so neat. (big grin)

Fifty hours sounds about right, what would be the hourly rate of your tractor?

Some time back on this board there was some discussion about pushing out this size hole or doing it with a towed or motor scraper. One member reckoned his tractor could always haul more than it could push and wouldn't consider blading . . . what do you reckon?

Cheers.

ksessions · Feb 25, 2015

southernman13 the reason for stripping your topsoil is so you won't have any water seepage in your dam. You need to get down to the clay material that is needed to build your dam out of. You want to strip all the top soil then core out where the dam is going to be to ensure you have a tight seal where your dam is going to be. The topsoil is irrelevant on the back side and you also want it there so you can get grass to grow. You have the right idea installing a pipe drain in a spring fed creek you are planning to dam up. The reason being for a pipe in that case is you will have constant water flow that will prevent vegetation from growing to keep from washing out in a natural spillway setting.
Scrub Puller I get around $100 an hour for dirt work. I'd agree that on longer pushes it would be quicker to use a dump truck or scraper to haul. On smaller ponds I prefer working by myself lol, less congestion and people getting in my way

I guess it all depends on how efficient the operator is on the dozer.

stumpjumper83 · Feb 25, 2015

Ksessions, congrats on a very nice looking dam. Have you used larger dozers much? Stuff in the d6t size range?

southernman13 · Feb 26, 2015

Ok thanks. Do you remove topsoil in the entire pond area or just where the dam is going to be built. Our pond site like I said is a spring fed creek and it's like a valley. If we dam it up it will make a pond so I'm not sure if we need to dig anything other than the dam area. Thanks for your help.

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