Building Lake Corona

[lilranch2001]

I refuse to add a obvious pun!

 

[jk96]

Finally getting back to work on this as of yesterday. Here's a few cleanup pics. Only have a few trees left inside the waterline now. Pretty close to being ready to muck out the pond bottom and start moving dirt again. Now that the trees are out you can get a much better feel for the pond size and layout. Will try to get the drone out in the next few days for some new video.

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Barely have enough machine for moving some of these stumps.

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Here's a nice oak that had to come down. Really hated to have to remove this one. Counted over 100 rings on it.

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[ovrszd]

Thanks for the update and pics. Old trees are very important to me. I say a Blessing every time I have to fall one.

 

[KubotainNH]

Looks like it will be a nice addition to your place.

 

[two_bit_score]

Maps I see show that Mo. may get rain from Hurricane Laura.

 

[ovrszd]

I don't think the rain will reach us. He has a little better chance than me.

 

[dragoneggs]

Looking good. Thought you already did this but could you post an aerial view if you have/or can produce one? Curious as the pond shape and dam locale.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

That's a big old tree, hopefully you can do something with it.

 

[jk96]

Looking good. Thought you already did this but could you post an aerial view if you have/or can produce one? Curious as the pond shape and dam locale.

Will do shortly. Haven't taken any as my little DJ spark started going haywire a month or so ago. Wasn't able to fix with a reboot or software upgrade and finally bought a new drone a few days ago. Going to unpack it today and get it flying. DJ mavic air 2.

 

[EddieWalker]

Smart to remove that tree no matter how nice it is. I've made that mistake more then once in trying to save an old tree that I should have taken out, only to have it die on my in a couple of years and make removing it so much harder. I've also found that once I get rid of a really nice tree, that I never think about it again, or miss it. I'd love to save every one of them, but they always grow back, and usually more grow back then you want anyway.

 

[ovrszd]

Smart to remove that tree no matter how nice it is. I've made that mistake more then once in trying to save an old tree that I should have taken out, only to have it die on my in a couple of years and make removing it so much harder. I've also found that once I get rid of a really nice tree, that I never think about it again, or miss it. I'd love to save every one of them, but they always grow back, and usually more grow back then you want anyway.

I agree.

I greatly appreciate the time it takes to replace a large oak.

 

[dragoneggs]

In my mind, as long as a beautiful old tree can be used for something other than firewood, it is not an injustice especially if it becomes something that people can/will appreciate for another long time.

 

[ovrszd]

In my mind, as long as a beautiful old tree can be used for something other than firewood, it is not an injustice especially if it becomes something that people can/will appreciate for another long time.

I totally agree.

Harvesting is natural regardless of species.

 

[jk96]

Muck day tomorrow. Hoping to get this cleaned out so I can get going on this project again. Guessing 3 to 4 feet of silt in here.

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[jk96]

Looks like my guess of 3 to 4 feet may be pretty close. I think this has been filled and drained 6 or 7 times since my last muck out. This much drainage on loose soil made for a lot of silt in.

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[ovrszd]

I always try to look at the positives.

If you hadn't had the opportunity to repeatedly clean out the pond it would have been half silted full all it's life!!!!

 

[Xfaxman]

jk96 your picture reminded me of mine, removing silt:

 

[dragoneggs]

Looks like my guess of 3 to 4 feet may be pretty close. I think this has been filled and drained 6 or 7 times since my last muck out. This much drainage on loose soil made for a lot of silt in.

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Wow.! I don't know if that looks like fun or not?

 

[ovrszd]

Friend of mine runs a dozer. He has cleaned out many ponds without completely draining them. Says he can turn off the hydraulic engine cooling fan. Knows where his gearbox ventilators are located. Stops going deeper just before the floorboard of the cab. Says keep solid clay under the tracks and it's no problem.

 

[jk96]

Got everything cleaned out yesterday. Here's a couple of pics halfway through. Ended up taking the pond base down a couple of more feet in the process.

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Looks like a small chance of rain tonight into Tuesday morning and then nothing in the forecast for at least two weeks. Kids and wife are back to school and work tomorrow so hoping to wrap most of this project up in the next couple of weeks.