Building Lake Corona

[dragoneggs]

Looking forward to the pier construction!

 

[jk96]

Looking forward to the pier construction!

Lmao.....I'll sleep on it.

 

[lilranch2001]

I grew up on a lake in Northern Indiana and slept on the dock more than one night in my youth, if the bugs were not bad, and it was a hot night, it was a very enjoyable memory

 

[Jstpssng]

I grew up on a lake in Northern Indiana and slept on the dock more than one night in my youth, if the bugs were not bad, and it was a hot night, it was a very enjoyable memory

We had a camp and I did the same, dragging a lawn recliner out onto the dock to sleep.

 

[jk96]

Made really good progress today. Eest side of pond is finished. About half of the west side is done. I'll continue to pull dirt from the west side and level as much as I need to to get the slope on the dam where it needs to be.

Here are a few more pics even though these are all looking the same now. Hard to see grade and slope in a pic.

2020-11-08_06-30-51

2020-11-08_02-26-58

2020-11-08_02-27-41

2020-11-08_02-26-44

2020-11-08_02-26-14

 

[lilranch2001]

I am afraid that the likelihood is high, that you may lose a lot of the trees that the roots were disturbed, but I am sure you already understand that

 

[jk96]

I am afraid that the likelihood is high, that you may lose a lot of the trees that the roots were disturbed, but I am sure you already understand that

Most of them will do fine. If I had to bet more will live than not based on the amount of root I got into and depth.

 

[lilranch2001]

You can tell better than us with only photo evidence.

 

[jk96]

You can tell better than us with only photo evidence.

If they do it won't be a huge loss. Regardless the dirt had to be moved for easy access around the pond. Hard to tell in the pic but the east side now has a level walk path at least 10ft wide. Will try to run some more video when the west side is finished up.

 

[Jstpssng]

That tracksteer is a great machine. I can't get over how much you accomplish with it.

 

[Jim Nelson]

You obviously have a great work ethic and it really shows in what you have done in a relatively short time. Your project looks great to me.

 

[lilranch2001]

I was surprised how sensitive some trees are to root damage, nature seems to be able to throw its wrath at tree roots and they seem to accept the wrath, but they seem ( to me anyway) that they are much more sensitive to human damage.

 

[bindian]

I was surprised how sensitive some trees are to root damage, nature seems to be able to throw its wrath at tree roots and they seem to accept the wrath, but they seem ( to me anyway) that they are much more sensitive to human damage.

Trees can be fickle. I have driven over a few of my large tree's roots over the years, on numerous occasions with no damage. Two huge White Oaks are right on my driveway. Drive over one with it wet enough to leave ruts, and that tree is a gonner. Got two near the large pond needing to taken out now.
hugs, Brandi

 

[fried1765]

Trees can be fickle. I have driven over a few of my large tree's roots over the years, on numerous occasions with no damage. Two huge White Oaks are right on my driveway. Drive over one with it wet enough to leave ruts, and that tree is a gonner. Got two near the large pond needing to taken out now.
hugs, Brandi

Oaks are particularly susceptible to even very slight root damage.

 

[two_bit_score]

Oaks are particularly susceptible to even very slight root damage.

In the Texas Hill Country live oak trees must be very hardy. It's common for roots to grow out of the ground. It's also common for people to mow over the tops of those roots. The trees still continue to thrive for years.

 

[ovrszd]

We have 9 or 10 varieties of Oaks here in Missouri. I've got at least half of them in my timber. They seem to be very tough.

Not sure how the mature trees will respond to the water level. I killed two walnut trees by raising my pond level to within a foot elevation of the ground at the tree. Put them about 15ft from shoreline. Died in 3 years.

 

[jk96]

Have a nice walk path large enough for a UTV or tractor all the way around the pond now.

2020-11-09_04-58-29



Set a a couple of logs. Top one for walking. Bottom one for fish.

2020-11-09_04-57-38



Bunched up some of the root balls and added a few stones for fish habitat
2020-11-09_04-57-27



This pic give a good idea of how much dirt has been moved. Still not happy with the dam slop on the water side. I can back up it with the trackloader but it's still very steep. A little worried about erosion if I don't slope it out some more. Will have to pull more dirt from the hillside between the two ravines.

2020-11-09_04-57-12

 

[MF243RedTop]

Still looks very steep from that shot..
Incredible project!

 

[ovrszd]

It will only have erosion above waterline. Not sure where that's at?

If erosion occurs it will begin to narrow the top of the dam. How much of that can you stand?

Not sure by the pics how wide the top is now?

 

[ovrszd]

Also, it will take many yards of dirt to change the slope of the front face. And if you change it very much you'll start to crowd your pipe inlet.