Building Lake Corona

[Jstpssng]

A big tracked skid is about as far from light duty as it gets. Even a smaller one would work circles around a tractor.

No doubt. Put that tree spade on my tractor and try to dig the way that he does and I'd look like Fred Flintstone's car after he get's his order of ribs at the drive-in.

 

[two_bit_score]

Here's a larger 14"+- tree

jk, are these trees in the area you are planning to flood with the lake?

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[4570Man]

No doubt. Put that tree spade on my tractor and try to dig the way that he does and I'd look like Fred Flintstone's car after he get's his order of ribs at the drive-in.

Aside from being built tough enough to take anything you can dish out you really have to use one for a while to appreciate the hydraulic muscle they have.

 

[jk96]

jk, are these trees in the area you are planning to flood with the lake?

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Yes. These are all inside or within a few feet of the waterline.

 

[BigBlue1]

Looks like you have the right tools for the job!

 

[bindian]

I am drooling now.:yummy:
hugs, Brandi

 

[ovrszd]

As a reminder. Any trees you leave right at waterline will die. Timber trees don't like standing water. Planning that and removing those now will be much easier than when the are on the shoreline.

I raised a pond and figured that out.

 

[EddieWalker]

I have 3 big oaks that fell over during the Spring storms that had 60mph gusts. They where all about 30 to 60 feet from the water, which I hoped would be fine, but I was wrong. It's a massive tangled mess that I'll start working on when the temps cool down in Fall. In hind site, I should have removed everything 50 feet or so from the shoreline.

 

[jk96]

I have 3 big oaks that fell over during the Spring storms that had 60mph gusts. They where all about 30 to 60 feet from the water, which I hoped would be fine, but I was wrong. It's a massive tangled mess that I'll start working on when the temps cool down in Fall. In hind site, I should have removed everything 50 feet or so from the shoreline.

I wonder what effect the steep slopes I have here will play compared to a pond with much flatter terrain? The trees here rise in elevation pretty quick as you push back from the planned waterline.

 

[Jstpssng]

Aside from being built tough enough to take anything you can dish out you really have to use one for a while to appreciate the hydraulic muscle they have.

I understand what you're saying. They also can run a lot of hydraulic implements for which a tractor would need an external pump. It seems like a hydraulic post hole digger would be the cat's meow.