Building Lake Corona

[ovrszd]

Sounds like a good plan. Looking forward to progress pics. Thanks for the update.

 

[jk96]

Pipe and fittings finally arrived at the local supply house. Picked them up today and hoping to get back to work on the pond tomorrow.

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[ovrszd]

It's really dry here. Assume there as well?

Of course as soon as you start working on the Lake it'll rain!!!

 

[bindian]

It's really dry here. Assume there as well?

Of course as soon as you start working on the Lake it'll rain!!!

No problem. Just send it down to me. I am about 4 feet down in the big pond.
hugs, Brandi

 

[jk96]

It's really dry here. Assume there as well?

Of course as soon as you start working on the Lake it'll rain!!!

Same here. We could really use some rain.

 

[Jstpssng]

We finally started getting some... 2.5 inches last night and a couple more coming this weekend. The streams are starting to come up yet if I dig down a couple of inches it's still bone dry.

 

[jk96]

Last tree is on the ground. Will drag the pipe to the pond site tomorrow after some cleanup.

 

[ovrszd]

Definitely dry there too huh.

Hope it holds out so you can get done.

We have the "S" word in our weather forcast for Sunday...... :shocked:

 

[Jim Nelson]

That tree makes you and your machine look tiny, it's amazing what modern hydraulics can df course without a skilled operator they are not so great.

 

[ovrszd]

He's a good operator. That's evident in this thread.

 

[jk96]

That tree makes you and your machine look tiny, it's amazing what modern hydraulics can df course without a skilled operator they are not so great.

This one was one of the largest. The rootball on this one will probably stay there as fish habitate. I was surprised at the amount of water that came out of this tree when cutting. It was still running 10 minutes after being cut.

 

[KubotainNH]

That tree makes you and your machine look tiny, it's amazing what modern hydraulics can df course without a skilled operator they are not so great.

I was thinking the same thing. Glad to see some new posts.

 

[dragoneggs]

That tree makes you and your machine look tiny, it's amazing what modern hydraulics can df course without a skilled operator they are not so great.

My first thought before I hit play, was that tree has to go. I was expecting to see a much bigger tractor relative to the tree and when you become visible, I was very surprised at the size of the tree. What was the diameter?

 

[jk96]

My first thought before I hit play, was that tree has to go. I was expecting to see a much bigger tractor relative to the tree and when you become visible, I was very surprised at the size of the tree. What was the diameter?

About 38". Here's a couple of more pics.

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[jk96]

About 30 minutes of cleanup compressed to 2 minutes.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

:thumbsup:

That tree was HUGE!

 

[EddieWalker]

I was surprised at the size of the tree when I saw your skid steer. That was pretty cool!!!!

 

[BigBlue1]

I guess grapples really are the shiz, aren't they? Nice vid!

 

[ovrszd]

Yes they are. Especially in the hands of a talented operator using a sizeable CTL!!!!

 

[jk96]

Spent a few hours today doing mostly cleanup work. Pond bottom completely mucked out. Removed the top soil on the west side of the main pond bowl and used it to build out the slope on the back side of the dam. Also was able to get the siphon pipe across the top of the dam set at the final water height. Will try to get the section for the backside of the dam set tomorrow if the rain holds off. The backside will need to be buried other than the outlet. Here's a few pics as of today.

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