I watched it twice, but didn't see any detail denoting the number of beers consumed (at the end of the work day) thorughout the build. If it was like our pond build...it was a large number! ha Fill 'er up!! (both my glass and the pond!)

That’s some good looking top soil

Well Done Adam, we will enjoy hearing update as the pond fills and you enjoy the fruits of your Labour. 😊👍👍👍

Morning Adam! Great video - really enjoyable seeing it all come together. All the best!

Great work piecing this video together. Taking a picture a day showing the filling process would be cool too. Have a great day!

Love the video, I think videos like this are extremely important, showing how good work is done and what the process should look like hopefully some young kids will come across this the kind of work to be proud of.

That's amazing to see. I know elevation doesn't show up well on camera, but it became evident after a few minutes that it was much higher near the driveway. So y'all basically built a dam (levee) at the low end to keep in water. Here in flat south Louisiana ponds have to be dug out. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

That's was satisfying to watch! When I was a teenager I got to watch a dozer work to dam up the holler at my dad's place to create a small lake. Thanks for sharing 👍

All right let's go swimmin! Great video Adam, it really ties it all together to see a montage of all the videos of the pond build, thumbs u.

Cool to see the build “in one”. Looking forward to some updates on filling and landscaping etc. Would like to do this too one day.😁👍🇬🇧

An extremely well done video. Thank your for your kindness at the PB show. I look forward to us crossing paths again!

this is one of those times when renting or just buying a Cat D6/d7 sized dozer and selling it right after makes a LOT of sense...those things can move an insane amount of dirt compared to a bobcat/excavator and really tear down deep at the same time and help compact the bed of the pond with the tracks and blade

I don't know what's more satisfying; watching the bulldozer or the roller! Awesome!

Adam one of your best videos. Just the right amount of vocal content.

Great video. Enjoyed watching all the videos of the pond build. Have a Safe Day

Man that's a lot of work! Enjoy Adam! 🐟🎣

Really well done! Thanks for sharing your Experience!

Amazing that this is a pond build and it did not rain once during the construction.

one of the best videos ive seen. Excellent photography

Great Video!! Love the channel!! Was a big inspiration for our pond build series.

to be able to do that just blows my mind...... good for you an your family ...

That was a pretty amazing thing to watch!

It's wonderful. Nice work. I might have put an island in it.

Great. Well done. Keep me updated. Thanks 😊

Lookin good. The dozer made a big difference!

it's good to see boys and their big toys playing nicely together, it must take time and trust to assume each other won't take one out permanently. I really like watching BIG contractors with their excavators working in close proximity to humans a couple feet away, they don't duck or flinch when the operator swings in the big ass bucket right over them or next to them, those excavator operators earn their money, no daydreaming on that job!

What a work of art.

Awesome job and a banger soundtrack!❤

You would have wanted a concrete apron built around the pipe before it went under the dam. And I would have done a core trench as well. The pond you have here will seep around that pipe, and leech through that dam over time. I am not hating or bashing your video, I just learned a lot through my mistakes as well.

This was simply awesome

Really it's a half an acre pond. Looks big. Amazing work

Still on the adds, instant like and comment. Great and much need summary to the build👍

but does it hold water?

Thank you so much for posting a well done video not just another long overdrawn time wasting mind numbing video that so many others do on KZfaq.

Great job!

makes it look so easy

Proper compaction with proper clay.

Can you plz explain the cost of everything and what was most important to do in order for the pound to stay and last for decades?

Loved it.

Best work ever!

This is a serious, professional, pond building, using full finishing equipment. That roller/ compactor, at the late stages is a great idea, but many smaller contractors do not add that step, just harrow or rake it or drag something like broad piece of framed, weighted, chain link fencing to smooth it, then let it settle or capped of in a light rain - adequate for smaller jobs. The problem there being hoping a major rain and erosion doesnt happen before completion. Some guys do almost all the work on small ponds with just a decent sized dozer, alone. It all depends on how much you can, or want to, invest in the project. Going cheaper and sloppier, with risk of wall failures, not recommended for a big pond.

That caterpillar steam roller is awesome

Wow amazing!

Amazing work and thanks for sharing this video! I’d like to know the cost of a project like this.

I wonder how much a 1/2 acre pond costs to build?

Unusual used almost as much equipment it took build Hoover Dam, will be a nice but terribly expensive dam for someone. This nice time lapse video so different and clever.

Always wanted to see how this was done, so cheers. When are you going to fill it? Will there be a video?

So beautiful

New meaning to just going out and digging a hole to let the rain fill up.

Very cool!

Beautifully done. So simple and straight forward, with excellent techniques. There's some lake building on KZfaq that is just cringeworthy, but this video shows the way it should be. Looks like a mini Queen Mary!

very cool, thank you

Pretty cool

wow alot of work

Back in my day... we did all this by hand.

Awesome video! Can’t wait to see the beach work and seeding! What do you think the grade is on the backside of the dam and can the zero turn handle that going across it? We’ve been contemplating getting a zero turn

You are one of the only people on youtube that has properly run a roller in their pond. It is mind blowing how many people build a pond and don't roll it in. And no, dozer tracks don't do near as good as a roller.

Thanks for the video, did you all do a core Trench? It is recommended by so many people online. Does the pond hold water well? There's also some debate on some other videos as to whether you should have used a sheep's Huff or padded roller instead of the smooth roller even though the smooth roller looks like it puts a nice finish Onnit, instead of looking like a waffle cone. Thanks for a response thanks for a response

Ready to see how long to fill

Adam, Did you run into any rocks? It does not look like you did. I would say you have some real nice soil on your farm. I wish you hadn't got rid of all that extra topsoil. Your on farm you can always use good grade topsoil.

Beautiful 🐊🦅🇺🇲👍

After sludge has accumulated at the bottom, it can be pumped out using a motor pump for dirty water and a Bagermaster suction nozzle.

Make sure to add a "Bubbler" to keep the Pond cleaner & help with adding Oxygen to the water. Solar is the way to go...

Insane that after all that effort it still has kept leaking and is still not finished.

Hey, awesome video! One question - what permits did you need? Thanks!

Greatest shit ever I didn’t see them grade but the grade was perfect 👍🏾

ha ha love the music! great video! yee haw! :)

So nice bro

Nice job! Where I’m from you’d need heavy explosives to do something like that! They don’t call where I’m from “the rock” for no reason!

Thinking about one this size , what's your outside dimensions of it? And how many acres of drainage do you have to support it? Nice video 👍

you need a D-6 and a Cat 395 medium boom. I completed (by contracting it) a 5 acre redo in total in 3 days.

Great video. I wonder if you’re going to add fish structures in the pond??? Looks bare now.

Hmm, surprised that the dam was not compacted in lifts. I did concrete construction for years, and always used gravel for fill since it is so plentiful here. Never more than 6 inch lifts without compaction. When ever I saw dirt being used for fill, they would use a sheep's foot roller to compact the soil, and in lifts again. The cat doesn't have enough pounds per square foot pressure to do a good compaction since the tracks are pretty wide and long. I would expect that dam to settle quite a bit in the coming years. Did I miss some thing?

Awesome video! What did you use to film?

I'm from Cleveland Ohio and this is amazing, how long did this project take or is it still being made and what's the cost of a job like this I really can't imagine ?

What does something like this cost it’s came out great

Now you should name the pond!

Real nice we had ower pond don with a bulduser. And it’s way faster

Would you please share the links for all the background music you used in this video? Love it! 😊 Also, thanks for the video!

How's she goin'? Wow what a project!!! You don't tackle that on a weekend eh!!! It sure looks some nice. Well landscaped and I like the drain ditches through the bottom of the pond. Very nice and well designed!! Take care!!!

You have fast workers. I would do mine in 10 days rather than 12 minutes.

Is the stand pipe to keep it from over flowing

Watched the fix video, now I see the key way

no clay core below the dam? is it not necessary on ponds this size? im def not an expert and i hate trolls so im not here to trash, just curious. the video was great and the pond looks great too.

This is step 1 and 2 of building a pond: excavation and compaction . The next steps involve designing the pond for what you want it to do such as swimming, trout habitat, clear water, waterfowl etc. This current pond will be fine for irrigation and some warm water fishing, but it still lacks the habitat for a quality fishery.

This would have been so much easier if u take those two Tonka toys away small skid loaders away and saved that money and rented or borrowed a D6 maybe and push that topping up to the joe then instead of the joe grabbing the dirt twice or three × just load it out right as the dozer Britt brought straight into awaiting dump trucks

Thanks for the compilation. Now here come the "Ya shoulda had a dozer sooner" comments again...

The time lapse looked good, but I bet the dam leaks.

Did it hold water?

I guess if I have to ask how much this costs I probably can’t afford it! One frog pond coming up!!😂

Nice work. What's the music?

I'm not impressed with the speed that it can be done. I'm impressed with quality and longevity. Do we have any information on the amount of clay used or the permeability of the soil?

Could you have achieved the same effect with dynamite? Serious question and possibly even more serious fun

What is the reason for building the pond and why do large?

I cannot believe you did all this work and didnt dig a damn?? you are supposed to dig down passed the top soil, example you shouldve dug a trench multiple feet down before just piling topsoil up in a mound and expect it to hold water?! This pond will most definitely leak if not blow out one day. Good luck

Someone really wanted a pond all right. I felt a huge money suck watching the video. All for a small pond.

Not sure if anyone asked already but whats the price break down on this project? And great work 👍🏽

Imagine using one of those giant strip mining machines you could dig the pond in like one scoop.

ADAM !.... is it full yet !!! Lol

How much would something like this cost? I have no clue