Mind if I ask what you charged for the excavation work? I'm planning a half acre pond on my property and was thinking it could be done in about a week..

Pond looks beautiful but I share concerns for the core not being adequate and the risk for water making it around the spillway pipe. Is there an emergency spillway? The amount of freeboard you have seems too minimal.

At this point I've just said wtf?

An allen block semi circle retaining wall around those trees would have been a nice touch. Would have saved those trees as well

I need someone like you to help me with my ponds in Texas. Great video.

As others have also mentioned, always compact keyways. Just bulldozing fill into it defeats the design and purpose of a keyway. It is meant to be compacted harder than it's surrounding.

With the water level that close to the top of the dam how do you set the height for the emergency spillway without it already topping the dam?

Would have been nice to see it filled to really get the finished look.

How deep will the pond be

A decent pond is vey much more than a sealed hole in the ground. It will not need all of the "stuff" the pond industry sells to maintain the pond. It will also not need to be dredged out after a couple decades which can cost more than the original pond. Think and design before the digging begins. By the way, the worst thing you can do to a pond edge is to riprap with rock or grow grass the edge. A pond edge cleans that water unless you do this. Yes, lots of people do this and lots of people have problems.

The Keyway should have been compacted in 6 inch layers , not bulldozed in and then compacted. The Overflow pipes are too close to the top of the Dam, They should be 12 inches below the top of the Dam, if you have a thunderstorm , with that catchment area, the Lake will overflow the Dam.

Perhaps if you let it leak for a few years it would start to seal by itself. I don't know.

Fantastic job! Would love to see it all fill in with water if possible.

This video is awesome keep it coming

Has that bucket ever been greased? Evidently not.

Where are you located

Im about to dig a pond similar to this , can i ask how you filled it and if you find it holds water ok.

Where can I find the 90’s w/ o rings?

Beautiful, clean, build and nice video production. Pro Job. Post an uldate showing it full with beautiful mowed grass !!

Cool little pond, only downside I can see is depth. You may find that it will get to warm to support fish and may become a hot stagnant swamp.

It's a beautiful pond but a couple of items gave me concern. When the keyway was dug and ditch was open, the clay was bulldozed in and not compacted in lifts. Also the drain pipe did not have a collar which by it's absence could lead to leaks that follow on the outside of the pipe. Lastly, the attachment connector of the corrugated pipe to the solid wall pipe is prone to leaking. They make a waterproof tape that is supposed to help seal that connection. I've heard Flex-Seal waterproof tape is good for that too.

thats not a pond , its a mud puddle

Do you have any idea how much total expense is?

Keep the video’s coming my new friend !!!

Will a pond this size support any fish life?

What was the total time to build that? Nice job

Nicely done!

Thanks for sharing your video👍 what dozer are you using in the video?

Great video

Have you ever dug a pond on an existing spring? Meaning wherever spring water comes up have you ever just dug a pond right there?

Nice work. Big job!

Do you ever have an issue with water leaking around the over flow since it’s smooth instead of corrugated?

Nice job. It would be nice to see it when it's filled

Does that TB285 have a DPF filter on it?

Good job

You’re the first video I’ve watched where a pond was built without a dam. Everyone else says a dam is needed, can you explain why one wasn’t needed here?

How deep did you dig it???

Where are you located?

your bucket got a hell of a lot of play in the pins and bushing

How long did this take y’all?

Does the loose bucket bother you at all?

Absolutely love it

Great video

You do good work.

Should’ve done pvc the entire way down. That black tubing will collapse when you drive over it also while the 4” pipe is probably big enough to handle the water coming in it will clog up with sticks and algae so probably would’ve been better to go bigger on that.

It’s perfect other than the depth. Should’ve made it at least 15’ deep.

Jack them up turn them upside down and put them back in for fish habitat

If you wanted to could you add on to this pond even tho it’s full? I’m just curious bc I’m wanting to build mine but start off small and expand it later but didn’t know if you could do that

How big is this? I can't always judge. Lovely job! I want one for myself....

What grass seed did you use ?