Such a huge work has been done, and even alone! My admiration! It turned out very beautiful. When all the shores are covered with grass, it will look like a creation of nature, and only the initiates will know that this is the work of golden hands.
I think Sade wrote the song "Smooth Operator" about this guy. Damn! It's so nice to watch people that just excel at their jobs. This is guy is a master. I couldn't stop watching this.
The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys. Both men and boys also like to play in the mud, and the snow, and the rain. The only thing is some children grow up before their parents do. One thing both adults and children need to learn is how to share. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. Watched the full video. The pond is not big enough. No matter how big it is, it will never be big enough. 😂😂😂. I love big big pond. Thank you for sharing.
I must say that It was totally mesmerising watching U wrk so efficiently at your craft and not wasting or double handling one bucket whilst U were at it and by far the best excavator/bucket operator that I've had the pleasure of witnessing and the finished product was absolutely amazing so gd on U mate👍 n showed everyone else how it's done😉
looks great, great job, I have developed peat properties, I noticed if you drop the water level 2 feet then the surrounding lands are much dryer even in wet season, for these properties I start with a deep hole and trench everything to a hole to be pumped, for the water source make small ditch, try to divert off property to reduce pumping costs, by doing this everything drains and a lot less hours playing in soup, the ditch can also be located away from the pond and once pond is completed then divert the ditch back to the pond, also by increasing the land elevation as much as possible with a very slight slope to the pond reduces risk of deterioration and increases the amount of lands that can be used with equipment.
Here is no place to dig so deep trench so that pond keeps dry. I did the pumping area and pumped out the water there. There was an old ditch in the swamp but I didn't wanted to dig more there because it'll make the digging difficult if you mess up the top layer where the roots and stumps are. These are only things what holds the excavator.
@@AFHProjects only the hole you pump from needs to be deep into the sand, the trenches only need to be 2 feet deep approx, to move the water to allow the peat to drain.
It is a kind of land reclaimation project!! From useless to usefull land-use.I did something like that & every seasons attract hundreds of wild ducks & also the nesting ground.Lovely to watch them especially after a heavy rainfall as the small fishes swim toward the Walter inlet.Furthermore with such works, the value of the property enhance drastically.
I've been digging, pushing, hauling and everything a guy can do with the earth for 25 years, great job sir, smartly done. Why is the hood open all the time? Over heating, I don't know, but great job
Thank you, sir! I'm doing it fiew years, more like a hobby or side job, but I like it. It's like carving or painting something with heavy equipment. Yes, the excavator is heating up. Don't know why exactly, but probably this is the one reason that it doesn't have that seal between engine bay and radiatior intake. So it sucks that heat back in when the lid is closed. Thanks for watching! I hope you will find some more good videos to watch on my UA-cam page. Cheers!
I just found your channel and subscribed after seeing this amazing transformation. That beautiful pond has been hiding under that ugly nasty swamp for so long. It just took someone with the money and an operator with the courage to take on the project to find it. The finished product is absolutely amazing. I never would have expected the pond to look so nice when I saw what you had to start with. Great job!
@@AFHProjects I was glad to see that you did, should be some great soil (we did the same thing.. needs to rot a little more then we will screen in and start putting it on the pasture). Cheers!
Hi I’ve just started to watch your videos you do great work and amazing results there’s just one small problem I don’t no where you put your camera when your in the cab but when your swinging from side to side it makes you dizzy it’s to fast is there anyway you can sort this many thanks but great job though 😊
Thanks for watching and your feedback. I have separate smaller and more detailed versions of this project. There are these clips not so fast, so maybe you can compare them and give me the feedback again. I made this start to finish video and speed up the clips, I keep your tips in mind. Thanks! Cheers!
Quite the talented operator bud Now if I where rich, I'd buy new, have ya down to teach me, and tag team a humongous pond! We'd have to get the Pong guy too
You can see the process of this project on my UA-cam channel. But most got laid on the forest side shore. And some got hauked away to the pile on the field. How I didn't get stuck... I got some experience with this. I have failed in the past as well, you can see some fails on my page as well.
You're welcome! But sometimes I have to add some music when I have like no sound clips like drone footage. These clips are in this video also. Thanks for watching! Cheers!
😄 You're welcome! Keep digging. If it's not making trouble for you, then feel free to share videos, and please hit that thumbs-up button. Thanks for watching!
A brilliant job, well done guys. Out of curiosity how many gallons & machine hours were involved. I drove both machines back in the 1980's. Thanks for sharing your project 👍🏴
The customer wants it to be dug out but we'll see. Probably it's not worth to dig out all from there. Its soft and i bet it's large and deep peat hole, but maybe a some of it.
A lot of this project could have been done with a bulldozer. To be able to contour the land surrounding the pond like this; takes some serious mad skills and hundreds, if not thousands of hours of excavating experience!!
Can be done something, but not too much, I think. There is too much soft and liquid stuff. The groud will be messed up if you drive several times over and over at the same route.
we have the same slop you have . we have had issues with sides sliding back in as only used a dozer . 2 years ago used a hoe and staying firm , we are east of winnipeg manitoba canada
@@AFHProjects looks like same thing you have we are the swamp so peat clay rocks a few gravel ridges deeper down . lol we can be under water on wet year.
Nice. Here I dug out all the peat from shores. Shores are not too steep, which prevents that the shores are not sliding in. It's hard to do with dozer. In this particular pond, it's impossible to get it done without the excavator. It's a very wet area, and peat layer is 3 meters deep at some places.
@@AFHProjects pure silver disolved in water . good anti bacterial properties . first batch i made was to strong to drink so put in dugout . et it clean all summer . will see this spring how it is
Grate project well done. Would liked more chat to explaine what and why you were doing. Don't like it all on fast forward . Cut to real times and talk to me otherwise it gets boring. Did like the way you worked. Len. Hampshire England, good luck.
The dirt truck gets stuck in the dirt or mud because there is too light weight on the back of the dirt truck for traction. Notice the same truck before with a heavier weight did not get stuck in the dirt or mud. Another solution is to pave the road or put woods planks down for traction for the dirt truck light weight dirt load and or heavy weight dirt load.
Weight isn't the issue. It's because of the incline going from right to left. The trucks weight is all on its right side and it's battling wet grass and mud as it's climbing another incline
Eine sehr gute Vorstellungskraft des Baggerfahrers zum Modellieren des Teiches und der Umgebung. Habt ihr vorher eine Zeichnung oder ein Modell angefertigt?
You make another video of you dredging the other part of the swamp. And connecting to that pond. But don't destroy the damn dig a hole in the center amd put a pipe through it to keep both ponds full
finally a man made pond that isn't perfectly round or has straight lines. nice to see a natural look
Thanks! Yeah, it's my favorite when I can make ponds like this. I don't like to make straight lines in nature.
Seriously... I can't figure why people create those ugly artificial ponds... This is awesome, and no excessive landscaping either
You can find no better video than watching a skilled machinery operator going about their day. Love it
Thanks for the enjoyment
I'm glad to hear! Thank you for watching and commenting! Cheers!
I thought to myself so many times during this project..."where the hell is he going to get rid of all this material?!?" Great job. Beautiful result.
Thanks Billy!
😂
There’s a demand for good soil anywhere in the world 👌
Such a huge work has been done, and even alone! My admiration! It turned out very beautiful. When all the shores are covered with grass, it will look like a creation of nature, and only the initiates will know that this is the work of golden hands.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it 🙏
You sir are very good at operating! It’s always nice seeing a efficient operator
Thank you! I try to be.
Man thats the nicest self made pond Ive seen and easily.
Thank you!
You are a master! I'd give anything to have a piece of land like that and sit on the porch and watch you work your magic! Georgeous!
Yeah, this property is fantastic. It was very pleasant to work there. Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers!
Колоссальная работа! Смотрел на одном дыхании с замиранием сердца! Такое великолепие получилось!
Чья та похоже дорогая прихоть была исполнена.
Вообще странно, что 1 человек все делал.
I think Sade wrote the song "Smooth Operator" about this guy. Damn! It's so nice to watch people that just excel at their jobs. This is guy is a master. I couldn't stop watching this.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate it! Thanks for visiting, CHEERS!
The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys. Both men and boys also like to play in the mud, and the snow, and the rain. The only thing is some children grow up before their parents do. One thing both adults and children need to learn is how to share. Thanks for sharing.
Your comment made me think about my whole life. You Sir. are a Poet! Thank you both
Best design I've seen so far in YT. I'm a fan of lake style ponds.
Thanks! I just used the form of nature already.
@@AFHProjects So many make a new pond. Love your technique.
I call this guy a artist
Thanks! It is an art. Like drawing the picture.
Wow, I can't believe you didn't sink the excavator. you are very good and brave.
Yeah it's a little bit tricky to get it done. Thanks for watching!
Lots of work, lots of dirt. But it’s beautiful,the pond and surrounding area. 👍👍😊❤️👏
Thanks a lot John 👍 Cheers!
Thank you for the thorough work, the diverse perspectives and the comprehensible work steps. I really enjoyed this video!
Thanks a lot for watching and commenting! Cheers!
This is the most beautiful man made pond I have ever seen! Gratz brother! It's amazing, you have some serious skills! (from an operator to another)
Thank you! I appreciate it! Glad you liked!
What a great video. You are a master with that excavator. This is probably the best pond build ive ever seen
Thanks a lot 🙏 Cheers!
Beautiful. Watched the full video. The pond is not big enough. No matter how big it is, it will never be big enough. 😂😂😂. I love big big pond. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for visiting! That's true 👍 💯 😄
I must say that It was totally mesmerising watching U wrk so efficiently at your craft and not wasting or double handling one bucket whilst U were at it and by far the best excavator/bucket operator that I've had the pleasure of witnessing and the finished product was absolutely amazing so gd on U mate👍 n showed everyone else how it's done😉
Thanks!
The dirt being dug up looks so healthy ❤
Yeah, it's good soil. 👍
looks great, great job, I have developed peat properties, I noticed if you drop the water level 2 feet then the surrounding lands are much dryer even in wet season, for these properties I start with a deep hole and trench everything to a hole to be pumped, for the water source make small ditch, try to divert off property to reduce pumping costs, by doing this everything drains and a lot less hours playing in soup, the ditch can also be located away from the pond and once pond is completed then divert the ditch back to the pond, also by increasing the land elevation as much as possible with a very slight slope to the pond reduces risk of deterioration and increases the amount of lands that can be used with equipment.
Here is no place to dig so deep trench so that pond keeps dry. I did the pumping area and pumped out the water there. There was an old ditch in the swamp but I didn't wanted to dig more there because it'll make the digging difficult if you mess up the top layer where the roots and stumps are. These are only things what holds the excavator.
@@AFHProjects only the hole you pump from needs to be deep into the sand, the trenches only need to be 2 feet deep approx, to move the water to allow the peat to drain.
It is a kind of land reclaimation project!!
From useless to usefull land-use.I did something like that & every seasons attract hundreds of wild ducks & also the nesting ground.Lovely to watch them especially after a heavy rainfall as the small fishes swim toward the Walter inlet.Furthermore with such works, the value of the property enhance drastically.
Yeah, it's nice place. All the birds and animals that you are able to see there. Plus a nice fishing and rowing pond. Thanks for watching!
This is one of my new goals in life. Find some land and build a lake! Lol. This would be so fun to do!
It is. I have that place but no time to make it there yet.
My goal too 😂❤❤
by far the nicest pond build i have ever seen and you are a master at material management!
Thanks 👍 Glad you like it 🙂
Amazing skills and a great watch
Thank you! 🙏
Now you need plants that can cleans the water and make it pure ❤ I learned from the old guy making natural ponds and swimmingpools.
Yeah, this is big. It's up to owner.
Lot of Hrs of work,Great work looking forward to seeing done.Fish Time!!
Best pound i ever seen , amazing job , my dream a fishing pound like this one ❤❤
Thank you! 🙏
I've been digging, pushing, hauling and everything a guy can do with the earth for 25 years, great job sir, smartly done. Why is the hood open all the time? Over heating, I don't know, but great job
Thank you, sir! I'm doing it fiew years, more like a hobby or side job, but I like it. It's like carving or painting something with heavy equipment. Yes, the excavator is heating up. Don't know why exactly, but probably this is the one reason that it doesn't have that seal between engine bay and radiatior intake. So it sucks that heat back in when the lid is closed. Thanks for watching! I hope you will find some more good videos to watch on my UA-cam page. Cheers!
I just found your channel and subscribed after seeing this amazing transformation. That beautiful pond has been hiding under that ugly nasty swamp for so long. It just took someone with the money and an operator with the courage to take on the project to find it. The finished product is absolutely amazing. I never would have expected the pond to look so nice when I saw what you had to start with. Great job!
Thank you! I must point out that it's not my full time job. Just operating the excavator like side job. Glad you liked it! Cheers!
@@AFHProjectsyour better than some I know drive full time😊
@welshwizard822 Thank you! Appreciate it! Cheers!
beatiful pond
Thank you!
Well that cleaned up nicely good Job 👍
Thanks!
Spot on creating that seal is most important when constructing a dam… that is where a lot fail
Yes, here is no problem. Water is running through
That looks beautiful, job well done ! (I could use that topsoil!).
Thank you! Yes, we left the top soil so that we can use it any time when it's needed. Cheers!
@@AFHProjects I was glad to see that you did, should be some great soil (we did the same thing.. needs to rot a little more then we will screen in and start putting it on the pasture). Cheers!
I'd be tempted to open up the area where the bridge is, so it looks like one large lake and then build a larger bridge! 😊
Yeah, I probably would do that as well. 🙂
Beautiful and excellent work and finish!!!
Thanks 👍
That’s some fine levelling with your digger there mate.
Thank you!
Sir! You are a master in your craft. It looks beautiful
Thanks 👍
Mr George. We found a good operator.
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Looks beautiful 😍 good job
Thank you!
super!👍👍👍
Wow, natural looking pond, so much patience and hard work. How long did it take to finish it? 👍
Thank you! 400h approximately from start to finish.
Как это возможно?! Это титанический труд, обычно говоряь выкопать ямку и застелить мембранной. Браво!!!
Hi. 1st time I’ve come across your page. Love the pond. Goes along with the land area, not just an oval or long rectangle pond. I’ll be back.
Thanks a lot! Glad you like! Cheers!
The shore "sculpting" was impressive.
Thank you!
Ребята молодцы озера просто велеколепен
Your site is addictive
It's a beautiful thing! 👍
Thanks 👍
Hi I’ve just started to watch your videos you do great work and amazing results there’s just one small problem I don’t no where you put your camera when your in the cab but when your swinging from side to side it makes you dizzy it’s to fast is there anyway you can sort this many thanks but great job though 😊
Thanks for watching and your feedback. I have separate smaller and more detailed versions of this project. There are these clips not so fast, so maybe you can compare them and give me the feedback again. I made this start to finish video and speed up the clips, I keep your tips in mind. Thanks! Cheers!
Oh man, that looks like a nightmare of soil to work on, great job
Thanks 👍
Quite the talented operator bud
Now if I where rich, I'd buy new, have ya down to teach me, and tag team a humongous pond!
We'd have to get the Pong guy too
Great job and video, thanks.
Thank you! Cheers!
hermoso
The cold snow weather problem. Jackets. Hoods. Hats.
I was thinking the same as Billy. Where is the material going but I was also thinking how in the world did you not get stuck.
You can see the process of this project on my UA-cam channel. But most got laid on the forest side shore. And some got hauked away to the pile on the field. How I didn't get stuck... I got some experience with this. I have failed in the past as well, you can see some fails on my page as well.
thank you for not ruining this awesome video with stupid music...really, thank you.
You're welcome! But sometimes I have to add some music when I have like no sound clips like drone footage. These clips are in this video also. Thanks for watching! Cheers!
the topsoil looks great!
It is. Thanks for watching!
Very well done
Thank you!
awesome job ! where are you located beautiful country side.
Thank you! In South-Estonia.
Chains tires? ? Like snow tires for dirt or mud? ?
very cool handeling!
Thanks 👍
Thank you
Nice job !
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful
Thanks 👍
I'm digging your channel!
😄 You're welcome! Keep digging. If it's not making trouble for you, then feel free to share videos, and please hit that thumbs-up button. Thanks for watching!
A brilliant job, well done guys. Out of curiosity how many gallons & machine hours were involved. I drove both machines back in the 1980's. Thanks for sharing your project 👍🏴
400h and maybe around 5200l ⛽️
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
You don't need any sort of pond liner or cement with a big pond? You dug down to the ground water?
Yes, just dug hole into the clay. Ground water is high in there.
@@AFHProjects It must be quite satisfying to know you did it. What is that place?
@@steviemac2681 Summers summer home.
that soil is gorgeous
It is.
are you going to dig out the other side at sometime? the pond looks really good
The customer wants it to be dug out but we'll see. Probably it's not worth to dig out all from there. Its soft and i bet it's large and deep peat hole, but maybe a some of it.
A lot of this project could have been done with a bulldozer. To be able to contour the land surrounding the pond like this; takes some serious mad skills and hundreds, if not thousands of hours of excavating experience!!
Can be done something, but not too much, I think. There is too much soft and liquid stuff. The groud will be messed up if you drive several times over and over at the same route.
Excavation is also more fuel efficient than dozing
It depends. Sometimes is dozing efficient when you have loose dirt and good conditions for dozer to work.
Does the Volvo A20 go faster with those racing slicks on??? ;)
Drifting tires 😁 also compact the soil. Like asphalt roller.
Amazing project. Would love to have enough land and money to have something like that. If I ever win the lottery, I’ll give you a call 😂😂
Thanks 👍 waiting for your call 🤙
You did a great job!
Thanks 👍
Такое великолепие получилось!
we have the same slop you have . we have had issues with sides sliding back in as only used a dozer . 2 years ago used a hoe and staying firm , we are east of winnipeg manitoba canada
What type of soil is there?
@@AFHProjects looks like same thing you have we are the swamp so peat clay rocks a few gravel ridges deeper down . lol we can be under water on wet year.
Nice. Here I dug out all the peat from shores. Shores are not too steep, which prevents that the shores are not sliding in. It's hard to do with dozer. In this particular pond, it's impossible to get it done without the excavator. It's a very wet area, and peat layer is 3 meters deep at some places.
The dusts have to be wet went you dig? I always see there some waters.
No, it makes things more difficult. The water just coming back fast and makes all the dirt too soft.
You have really nice soil there!
Yeah, we have that lots of here. Piled up separately for later use if needed some days. Thanks for watching! Cheers!
we also put 10 gallons of very strong collidal silver into water has kept it very clean
What's that? We don't use these things here. Have to Google it.
@@AFHProjects pure silver disolved in water . good anti bacterial properties . first batch i made was to strong to drink so put in dugout . et it clean all summer . will see this spring how it is
It does not appear to be safe for humans and aquatic organisms
Would a big dozer be a better tool for the job?
For the pond digging?
@@AFHProjects Yes, Moving large amounts of dirt at a time.
@anonymous_friend No, only to pus some dirt away further from excavator and do some grade. This is too swampy for dozer.
Metal spiked tires for traction? ? Less weight than more dirt and or sandbags.
Awesome work! What is the water source for this? A creek?
Thanks 👍
Yes it's just low area where the water is flowing in from around.
only men can dig a hole fill it with water and be amazed by it for decades after
The winter snow problem. Heater. Electric heater. Space heater. Flame burn fire logs.
Nice job
Thanks 👍
Grate project well done. Would liked more chat to explaine what and why you were doing. Don't like it all on fast forward . Cut to real times and talk to me otherwise it gets boring. Did like the way you worked. Len. Hampshire England, good luck.
Thanks for your feedback 😉 My English is not so good, but I try to talk more. Glad you like! Cheers!
nice.........
Thanks!
Someone is really handy with the escalator.
Yeah, I need the escalator. Just load the dirt on it and it will move it away for me 😁
The dirt truck gets stuck in the dirt or mud because there is too light weight on the back of the dirt truck for traction. Notice the same truck before with a heavier weight did not get stuck in the dirt or mud. Another solution is to pave the road or put woods planks down for traction for the dirt truck light weight dirt load and or heavy weight dirt load.
Weight isn't the issue. It's because of the incline going from right to left. The trucks weight is all on its right side and it's battling wet grass and mud as it's climbing another incline
The hump is steep enough and slippery. That's all.
Hummm I would add more features to it bigger lol make a cove
We have that option
Beautiful. Is it your pond?
No, for client.
@@AFHProjects Awesome, great work.
Thanks 👍
Why no 2 people controlling the VOLVO BM A20 and the BUCKET DIGGING MACHINE. The bucket digging machine nudge forward gently the VOLVO BM A20? ?
I would like to know how much fuel this project used?
Around 5200 l of diesel ⛽️
If you deplete dirt for weight on dirt truck for traction you can buy sand bags for weight on dirt truck for traction.
Eine sehr gute Vorstellungskraft des Baggerfahrers zum Modellieren des Teiches und der Umgebung. Habt ihr vorher eine Zeichnung oder ein Modell angefertigt?
Thanks 👍 No I didn't. Just fallowed the nature.
neat
You make another video of you dredging the other part of the swamp. And connecting to that pond. But don't destroy the damn dig a hole in the center amd put a pipe through it to keep both ponds full
Customer wants it to be done aswell, but don't know when. It's not reasonable to dig that all out from there, but it could be a nice lake indeed.
If the water if pond if problem, drainages pipes pumps waters muds buckets.
Like dado👏👏👊🤝
The snow dirt grass slope hill problem. The bucket digging machine the excavator.
Ya had all that nice top soil and Ya didn't use it for final Cover...Why?
Not needed. It's not actually good soil for it. It's more like peat.
@@AFHProjects Oh Ok, I take it there's no Market for that much Peat where you are?
Yeah. I think it's going to be pricey some days.
@@AFHProjects I was just asking, I knew some farmers that use to sell their Peat, I think that Market Died off some years back?
Yeah, it is possible but not that hot in our area.
How many acres is this pond?
One, I think.
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