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Bill & Diana's pond (longer than expected version) "All this for a bunch of fish" Diana's words......

#1 mstrseed

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Posted 05 June 2006 - 07:45 PM

We started out with this last year (like 370 days ago)
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A good start
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0377_001.jpg
Hit rock real quick into the project! So we then needed bigger equipment.
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The Hensley rock bucket even had a rough time.
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Even tried with the jack hammer during the week. Kenneth was watching at this point be he rode the hammer more than me.
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Teeth kept coming off bucket so I had to clean them out before putting them back on. 3 weeks of digging in this picture.
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Kenneth and Karl helped a bunch, tag team.
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Posted 05 June 2006 - 07:51 PM

That was hard work.

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Posted 05 June 2006 - 08:15 PM

hey! I remember this dig ;D where are things at now?

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Posted 05 June 2006 - 08:28 PM

Got steel tied for the sed basin, needing mud to pour >:(
Pictures to slowly follow. Glad the K-1 is working well. I only have a little in my fliters for seed if I ever finish

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 05:15 AM

Any update on the concrete?

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 05:49 AM

don't ya just wish it all happened as quickly as it appears in the pics? I'm looking forward to the next edition!

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 12:14 PM

I guess you don't have to worry about settling
Nice job

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 02:49 PM

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Any update on the concrete?

They told me I could get it friday afternoon. Real nice of them as all my help is cutting out at noon :(

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don't ya just wish it all happened as quickly as it appears in the pics?

Oh now would that not be nice!!

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I guess you don't have to worry about settling Nice job

Thats a fact, but if it does that would be the least of my problems. Thanks

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 06:49 PM

Alright after a month of banging around on the rock lot we after careful consideration decied to spend some real money and rent a hoe ram!$$
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0042.jpg
Hoe ram would work away then we would have to take it out of the back yard and bring in the back hoe. :- Diana even took a turn at hoe ramming.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0044.jpg
The grey tank in the background is home to all but 5 of our Koi. Were working as fast as we can to improve the residence! Really
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0048.jpg
Removing the spoils from the "staging area".
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Did not have much area to work with as you can see.
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It ended up being a good 4th of July weekend, no one complained........yet!
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The next weekend was a dumpster diving for rebar......did I do good or what??? :o
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After another load of steel we were able to borrow a little rock saw that ended up being out matched.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0071.jpg
We ended up changing the plan a bit as some of our fellow ponders suggested a depth of 8' would be better than 6'. So not to do things half way decided to take it down a little more. (really it was due to the plumbing ditches..ha)

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 07:24 PM

Now that is a serious rock buster
Guess you wish you would have started with that machine ::)

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 07:29 PM

Bill
Guess it would have been the way to go from the start
Live and learn
Maybe your thread will help the next pond builder get the rock out !!! :)

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 07:48 PM

Bart,
I hope someone will see that the best thing to do is.............................save your money and.......................

hire a contractor!

Not really it has been a truly humbling experience. Most of the aspects of this project I have done before but not in my back yard. So i have been able to pull a lot on experience and a little help from my friends. And I am going to need more help from my friends to finish!
I had done some geo tech work in the direct area a few years back but it was fractured layered rock. So when I buy a house and think well maybe 3 to 4 months.................................

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 07:51 PM

Wow, glad I don't need that big of a buster for my soil. But it sure did get the job done.

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 08:10 PM

Just wait till the next set of pictures! ::)

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 05:35 AM

That is great news about your concrete (mud :D as you call it), I think. Maybe your help could be persuaded to work a little later. :D

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 09:36 AM

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Any update on the concrete?

They told me I could get it friday afternoon. Real nice of them as all my help is cutting out at noon :(

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don't ya just wish it all happened as quickly as it appears in the pics?

Oh now would that not be nice!!

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I guess you don't have to worry about settling Nice job

Thats a fact, but if it does that would be the least of my problems. Thanks
You need to get you some spanish helpers
They will work all day friday,and sat,and sun :)

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 10:47 AM

Oh Bill...its getting there!

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 12:03 PM

Bart,
Maybe that's the problem there too white. But not really, free help is real hard to come by. Well it did cost me a computer and I do pay the others, but there's a wedding.

Hey Gail,
I sure do miss Emmalou's big ole black nose. Thanks for the encouragement.

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 12:15 PM

Glad to hear that concrete is in your near future. I'll be talking to you regarding the rocks.

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Posted 07 June 2006 - 07:41 PM

KO, so the little rock saw was a bust and after it laying down on me (really laid down), our prime contractor had a hoe ram onsite that they let me use. ;D This is the view where our access to the back yard was. Nice tight fit, only hit the fence 5 or 6 times (that was everybody not just me) the house once >:( and the roof once. >:(
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0097.jpg
Working on hoe ramming the sedimentation basin and having to put the spoils back into the pond! ???
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0099.jpg
Loading up the truck with spoils, to date I belive it was 16 loads or about 600 thousand pounds of rock! :o Bad thing is I have to haul back in some top soil now.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/Kennys.jpg
Yep it was a tight fit, oh yeah we hit the AC unit and pad too. :(
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/mstrseed/IMAG0112.jpg
I had to put the back hoe on the spoil pile to removel the spoils while hoe ramming. 8)
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Still working on the sedimentation basin along the fence. Oh yeah I hit the fence too. :o
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Hoe ramming complete, now to get rid of all that rock!
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