Excavator arrived this evening.The guy should be digging tomorrow if rain allows.

Are they looking for a body ?

Best of luck

How big. I know you will enjoy it

Dual purpose.....fishing hole / swimming ......then a hockey rink

He gonnah need a bigger Machine....

with that little hoe I am thinking Koi pond or decorative garden pond.

Hope it holds water and enjoy. We have a lot of problems with lakes around here or ponds. I seen a lot built that just turn into willows holes.

He actually is pretty good.

There is a wet hole out in the back yard.Water runs thru it all year even when it's hot and dry.Not a real big pond.Going to have the outlet go thru my fenced in future elk pen.

Well, keep us posted with pictures and plans.

If you're paying, you don't want a big hoe.....

hope you got FREE help from your local Ag Ext Svc office
bout the only time we can get return on our taxes!...lol

Remember to make it shallow in the center and deeper around the sides, or else it silts in very fast.......just 1 of the tricks Ag Svc teaches.

I've never heard this before. Seems ike it would just fill in around there edges instead of settle in the center. I think building a catch basin is the best route to prevent silting in.

Ol'dad

I am going to make the assumption that you will want some fish (ornamental or game type) to put in your new pond. I worked for USDA for 34 years,,, surveying, designing, drafting the construction plans, staking for the contractor, inspecting the construction, and finally doing a final survey to certify quantities for payment for farm ponds in 1-5 counties here. Kept this old guy busy during the spring, summer and fall construction months. I also was involved in connecting folks with reputable fish suppliers and writing beginning management plans (pretty simple). Consider holding off any stocking of desirable fish species for 1 year from the end of construction activities so your pond has a time to stabilize water levels and more important O2 and pH levels so any stocking has a chance to succeed. If your goal is game fish and you just can't wait, get some native minnows from the local watershed you are in (assume no invasive ones exit) and stock them as your bait fish for the later game fish stocking. Seen too many people get disappointed, happily waving Good Bye to the contractor one day and Hello to the commercial fish supplier the next only to experience a kill with a lot of white bellies the next day, week or month. Wasted $ and time and sometimes an argument about fish quality erupts when it is really a new pond stabilizing issue. Creek chubs, shiners, fatheads etc. are relatively inexpensive from a bait dealer or seined from the creek and will clue you as to the pond's condition for beginning fish life in you "New Pond"................................... my take................... the mike

Cute little power shovel.

Interesting.

Looking good , Bruce