1/2 Acre Pond Build - Start To Finish In 12 Minutes

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @thisguy8961
    @thisguy8961 4 місяці тому +34

    This is amazing. I still can’t believe it only took them 12 minutes.

  • @danbarnard5083
    @danbarnard5083 3 роки тому +35

    Great work piecing this video together. Taking a picture a day showing the filling process would be cool too. Have a great day!

  • @shakenbake216row6
    @shakenbake216row6 Рік тому +15

    Love the video, I think videos like this are extremely important, showing how good work is done and what the process should look like hopefully some young kids will come across this the kind of work to be proud of.

    • @5dshift
      @5dshift 7 місяців тому

      ❤❤

  • @richardmain8059
    @richardmain8059 3 роки тому +8

    Well Done Adam, we will enjoy hearing update as the pond fills and you enjoy the fruits of your Labour. 😊👍👍👍

  • @IndyFarmLife
    @IndyFarmLife 3 роки тому +233

    I watched it twice, but didn't see any detail denoting the number of beers consumed (at the end of the work day) thorughout the build. If it was like our pond build...it was a large number! ha Fill 'er up!! (both my glass and the pond!)

    • @HometownAcres
      @HometownAcres  3 роки тому +78

      Probably enough to fill the pond. Lol

    • @scottsthaname1
      @scottsthaname1 2 роки тому +17

      Not everyone is an alcoholic... some people... people that do shit... don't like being dehydrated and feeling like shit for the next days work... smoke a joint... get a good night's sleep.

    • @HometownAcres
      @HometownAcres  2 роки тому +50

      Nobody here is an Alcoholic. Just amateur comedians making jokes about alcohol. Simmer down now ya hear

    • @scottsthaname1
      @scottsthaname1 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah...I just get tired of people being conditioned to believe that poisoning yourself daily should be a norm... people devoted to the fun of being into the job don't want to hate themselves the next day... and though that looks like a ton of work... I'd be on that shit... that's my idea of a good time right there 😀

    • @nekemberhone2433
      @nekemberhone2433 2 роки тому +9

      @@scottsthaname1 you’re weak if you feel like shit the next day, I normally wake up drunk still depending on how many I’ve drank and if I’m drinking my Budweiser I might get the Amber Heards but that’s about it.

  • @h-dinosaur-machine
    @h-dinosaur-machine 3 місяці тому +1

    *Amazing job capturing the entire pond build in just 12 minutes! So satisfying to watch* 👏👏

  • @Rich13canada
    @Rich13canada 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing that this is a pond build and it did not rain once during the construction.

  • @Hatfield_Country
    @Hatfield_Country 2 роки тому +3

    That's was satisfying to watch! When I was a teenager I got to watch a dozer work to dam up the holler at my dad's place to create a small lake. Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @woodruffwoods
    @woodruffwoods 3 роки тому +7

    An extremely well done video. Thank your for your kindness at the PB show. I look forward to us crossing paths again!

  • @mazz6978
    @mazz6978 3 роки тому +2

    I don't know what's more satisfying; watching the bulldozer or the roller! Awesome!

  • @servihomestead4324
    @servihomestead4324 2 роки тому +11

    That's amazing to see. I know elevation doesn't show up well on camera, but it became evident after a few minutes that it was much higher near the driveway. So y'all basically built a dam (levee) at the low end to keep in water. Here in flat south Louisiana ponds have to be dug out. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @garybenedict8513
    @garybenedict8513 3 роки тому +1

    Adam one of your best videos. Just the right amount of vocal content.

  • @buttonmonkey6845
    @buttonmonkey6845 3 роки тому +22

    Cool to see the build “in one”. Looking forward to some updates on filling and landscaping etc. Would like to do this too one day.😁👍🇬🇧

    • @MagRes50Cal
      @MagRes50Cal 2 роки тому +2

      Check out bamabass and their 5 acre pond series. From start about a year ago they posted weekly videos. Used to get so excited watching them.

    • @JuarezDerrick
      @JuarezDerrick Рік тому

      @@MagRes50Cal I agree with you, I have been subscribed to them for a long time

    • @JuarezDerrick
      @JuarezDerrick Рік тому +1

      @@MagRes50Cal BTW his bass are growing fast huh? I'm glad that he is chipping them now so we can keep up with each individual fish.

  • @toddgrooms7004
    @toddgrooms7004 Рік тому +1

    one of the best videos ive seen. Excellent photography

  • @kevinclark6289
    @kevinclark6289 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you so much for posting a well done video not just another long overdrawn time wasting mind numbing video that so many others do on UA-cam.

  • @Shadow0fd3ath24
    @Shadow0fd3ath24 2 роки тому +88

    this is one of those times when renting or just buying a Cat D6/d7 sized dozer and selling it right after makes a LOT of sense...those things can move an insane amount of dirt compared to a bobcat/excavator and really tear down deep at the same time and help compact the bed of the pond with the tracks and blade

    • @insomthegreat
      @insomthegreat 2 роки тому +14

      100K???
      What are you people doing for work?????

    • @84wister
      @84wister 2 роки тому +10

      @@insomthegreat you sell the machine after using it (and dont buy a new one ☠️) just need to build up capital reserves. Still cheaper than hiring someone else!!

    • @zak2u2
      @zak2u2 2 роки тому

      @@insomthegreat Selling Cats !

    • @Shadow0fd3ath24
      @Shadow0fd3ath24 2 роки тому +17

      @@insomthegreat Dude...a cat D6 used is under $40k easily lol..what are you smoking? i see (5) D4 or D6 sized dozers under $30k on marketplace right now within 100 miles of me, and renting them is under $500/day too...My D6(now my uncles) came from an auction and was $25,300 after fees, got a loan on it and used it for a ocuple weeks, then sold it to my uncle for the same i payed at auction and payed the loan off right, hes had it for 4 years now with no issue lol

    • @Shadow0fd3ath24
      @Shadow0fd3ath24 2 роки тому +4

      @@84wister Yeah i put $2500 down on the loan and sold it to my uncle for the same amount as what i paid and then paid the loan off

  • @johnnykaracho
    @johnnykaracho 11 місяців тому +1

    Really well done! Thanks for sharing your Experience!

  • @GPOutdoors
    @GPOutdoors 3 роки тому +9

    Morning Adam! Great video - really enjoyable seeing it all come together. All the best!

  • @JustAnOldMan
    @JustAnOldMan Рік тому +2

    it's good to see boys and their big toys playing nicely together, it must take time and trust to assume each other won't take one out permanently. I really like watching BIG contractors with their excavators working in close proximity to humans a couple feet away, they don't duck or flinch when the operator swings in the big ass bucket right over them or next to them, those excavator operators earn their money, no daydreaming on that job!

  • @MannistoCay
    @MannistoCay 3 роки тому +3

    Man that's a lot of work! Enjoy Adam! 🐟🎣

  • @tjinnes
    @tjinnes 2 роки тому +1

    That was a pretty amazing thing to watch!

  • @TennesseeHomesteadUSA
    @TennesseeHomesteadUSA 5 місяців тому

    That's the style ! Ya'll sure did that pond right !

  • @jeffreypolanofsky4146
    @jeffreypolanofsky4146 2 роки тому

    to be able to do that just blows my mind...... good for you an your family ...

  • @tomorrowsforests
    @tomorrowsforests Рік тому +1

    Great Video!! Love the channel!! Was a big inspiration for our pond build series.

  • @rajivramakrishnan704
    @rajivramakrishnan704 Рік тому

    Really it's a half an acre pond. Looks big. Amazing work

  • @corekin6386
    @corekin6386 2 роки тому

    Still on the adds, instant like and comment. Great and much need summary to the build👍

  • @DavidDuncanscalemodels
    @DavidDuncanscalemodels 2 роки тому +1

    New meaning to just going out and digging a hole to let the rain fill up.

  • @skatir9
    @skatir9 2 роки тому +3

    You would have wanted a concrete apron built around the pipe before it went under the dam. And I would have done a core trench as well. The pond you have here will seep around that pipe, and leech through that dam over time. I am not hating or bashing your video, I just learned a lot through my mistakes as well.

  • @Rickimusic
    @Rickimusic 2 роки тому +3

    Proper compaction with proper clay.

  • @Tony-yd1vx
    @Tony-yd1vx Рік тому

    Back in my day... we did all this by hand.

  • @DashDrones
    @DashDrones Рік тому

    That caterpillar steam roller is awesome

  • @johnkeviljr9625
    @johnkeviljr9625 3 роки тому +1

    It's wonderful. Nice work. I might have put an island in it.

  • @tyroon.Q
    @tyroon.Q 9 місяців тому

    Best work ever!

  • @craigsudman4556
    @craigsudman4556 3 роки тому

    All right let's go swimmin! Great video Adam, it really ties it all together to see a montage of all the videos of the pond build, thumbs u.

  • @danmoritz3319
    @danmoritz3319 2 роки тому +1

    This is a serious, professional, pond building, using full finishing equipment.
    That roller/ compactor, at the late stages is a great idea, but many smaller contractors do not add that step, just harrow or rake it or drag something like broad piece of framed, weighted, chain link fencing to smooth it, then let it settle or capped of in a light rain - adequate for smaller jobs.
    The problem there being hoping a major rain and erosion doesnt happen before completion.
    Some guys do almost all the work on small ponds with just a decent sized dozer, alone. It all depends on how much you can, or want to, invest in the project. Going cheaper and sloppier, with risk of wall failures, not recommended for a big pond.

  • @stevedibiase728
    @stevedibiase728 2 роки тому

    Unusual used almost as much equipment it took build Hoover Dam, will be a nice but terribly expensive dam for someone. This nice time lapse video so different and clever.

  • @trevormynatt3466
    @trevormynatt3466 6 місяців тому

    That’s some good looking top soil

  • @itzmikeomg2755
    @itzmikeomg2755 3 роки тому +2

    You are one of the only people on youtube that has properly run a roller in their pond. It is mind blowing how many people build a pond and don't roll it in. And no, dozer tracks don't do near as good as a roller.

  • @smartiboo
    @smartiboo 2 роки тому +2

    Beautifully done. So simple and straight forward, with excellent techniques. There's some lake building on UA-cam that is just cringeworthy, but this video shows the way it should be. Looks like a mini Queen Mary!

  • @solescape1358
    @solescape1358 Місяць тому

    It looks like these guys knew what they were doing.

  • @davidedwards3734
    @davidedwards3734 3 роки тому

    Great video. Enjoyed watching all the videos of the pond build. Have a Safe Day

  • @realheadhunters-gtav
    @realheadhunters-gtav Рік тому +4

    but does it hold water?

  • @hollythecrossstitchaddict83

    Wow amazing!

  • @drewsquickfix
    @drewsquickfix 2 роки тому

    ha ha love the music! great video! yee haw! :)

  • @markknister6272
    @markknister6272 3 роки тому

    Lookin good. The dozer made a big difference!

  • @insanexsquid4317
    @insanexsquid4317 2 роки тому +2

    Can you plz explain the cost of everything and what was most important to do in order for the pound to stay and last for decades?

  • @estherukaobasi7556
    @estherukaobasi7556 2 роки тому

    Great. Well done. Keep me updated. Thanks 😊

  • @sarahanna68
    @sarahanna68 Рік тому

    very cool, thank you

  • @briankuhn7396
    @briankuhn7396 Рік тому +1

    Amazing work and thanks for sharing this video! I’d like to know the cost of a project like this.

  • @MRcucchie
    @MRcucchie Рік тому

    wow alot of work

  • @rcexplorerkh734
    @rcexplorerkh734 2 роки тому

    So beautiful

  • @savannahrei8674
    @savannahrei8674 2 роки тому +16

    I wonder how much a 1/2 acre pond costs to build?

    • @aaronphillips2728
      @aaronphillips2728 7 місяців тому

      I would guess hiring someone would be atleast 50k

  • @carolinegreenwell9086
    @carolinegreenwell9086 3 роки тому

    makes it look so easy

  • @100k_kennels5
    @100k_kennels5 2 роки тому

    Greatest shit ever I didn’t see them grade but the grade was perfect 👍🏾

  • @OneEyeCustoms
    @OneEyeCustoms 3 роки тому +1

    Now you should name the pond!

    • @OldIronAcres
      @OldIronAcres 3 роки тому +1

      *Lake Princess* .... LOL. I hate saying that -- I think Adam did a damn fine job. It deserves a better name..... but sense he embraced that name with a t-shirt line!!! Just say'in!

  • @Siriusfishing718
    @Siriusfishing718 23 дні тому

    Having throw away money is amazing, ( i dont mean is a waste, i mean having enough), my lord i wish one day ill be as lucky❤

  • @twodeepupyours508
    @twodeepupyours508 2 роки тому

    Pretty cool

  • @brunonumerouno
    @brunonumerouno Рік тому +2

    Insane that after all that effort it still has kept leaking and is still not finished.

  • @jimwillen6555
    @jimwillen6555 2 роки тому

    Watched the fix video, now I see the key way

  • @hearnacaine4703
    @hearnacaine4703 3 роки тому

    Nice job! Where I’m from you’d need heavy explosives to do something like that! They don’t call where I’m from “the rock” for no reason!

  • @GrampiesWorkshop
    @GrampiesWorkshop 3 роки тому +1

    How's she goin'? Wow what a project!!! You don't tackle that on a weekend eh!!! It sure looks some nice. Well landscaped and I like the drain ditches through the bottom of the pond. Very nice and well designed!! Take care!!!

  • @BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists

    This is step 1 and 2 of building a pond: excavation and compaction . The next steps involve designing the pond for what you want it to do such as swimming, trout habitat, clear water, waterfowl etc. This current pond will be fine for irrigation and some warm water fishing, but it still lacks the habitat for a quality fishery.

  • @thebonestead
    @thebonestead 2 роки тому

    Great job!

  • @Icleanpool168
    @Icleanpool168 2 роки тому

    So nice bro

  • @maninacrowd2342
    @maninacrowd2342 2 роки тому

    This was simply awesome

  • @TEAM6USA
    @TEAM6USA 2 роки тому +2

    You have fast workers. I would do mine in 10 days rather than 12 minutes.

  • @tkskagen
    @tkskagen 3 роки тому +5

    Make sure to add a "Bubbler" to keep the Pond cleaner & help with adding Oxygen to the water.
    Solar is the way to go...

    • @Matthew_Does_To_Many_Things
      @Matthew_Does_To_Many_Things 3 роки тому

      Or one power by the wind

    • @sasquatchadk
      @sasquatchadk 2 роки тому

      A little windmill with a screw drive will do just as well without using any power. Even helps keep it from freezing all the way in a normal winter.

  • @johnelliott6738
    @johnelliott6738 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the compilation. Now here come the "Ya shoulda had a dozer sooner" comments again...

  • @MtMichaelT
    @MtMichaelT 4 місяці тому

    Will still give a like

  • @k.pacificnw02134
    @k.pacificnw02134 Рік тому

    Imagine using one of those giant strip mining machines you could dig the pond in like one scoop.

  • @robohippy
    @robohippy 2 роки тому +3

    Hmm, surprised that the dam was not compacted in lifts. I did concrete construction for years, and always used gravel for fill since it is so plentiful here. Never more than 6 inch lifts without compaction. When ever I saw dirt being used for fill, they would use a sheep's foot roller to compact the soil, and in lifts again. The cat doesn't have enough pounds per square foot pressure to do a good compaction since the tracks are pretty wide and long. I would expect that dam to settle quite a bit in the coming years. Did I miss some thing?

    • @HometownAcres
      @HometownAcres  2 роки тому

      Yes. We ended up going back and adding a key trench in the toe of the dam and compacted that

    • @billwallace341
      @billwallace341 2 роки тому +5

      I did dirt work all my life number one i did not see a Key Ditch,all so we all ways put it in six lifts plus always had a sheet foot up front and smooth drum roller in the back.

  • @magnusspetzler1286
    @magnusspetzler1286 Рік тому +1

    Waw how much did this cost?

  • @cpsalm40
    @cpsalm40 Рік тому

    Would you please share the links for all the background music you used in this video? Love it! 😊 Also, thanks for the video!

  • @RobertStephens-33
    @RobertStephens-33 4 місяці тому

    I start my new job tomorow building a pond. I just became a skid steer oporator. Im also a joureyman ironworker and jouneyman formsetter. This will be my first time working as an oporator. Any tips would be greatly appreaciated

  • @Jt-cc9qz
    @Jt-cc9qz Рік тому

    Thanks for the video, did you all do a core Trench? It is recommended by so many people online. Does the pond hold water well? There's also some debate on some other videos as to whether you should have used a sheep's Huff or padded roller instead of the smooth roller even though the smooth roller looks like it puts a nice finish Onnit, instead of looking like a waffle cone. Thanks for a response thanks for a response

  • @slytrader
    @slytrader 3 роки тому +2

    Adam, Did you run into any rocks? It does not look like you did. I would say you have some real nice soil on your farm. I wish you hadn't got rid of all that extra topsoil. Your on farm you can always use good grade topsoil.

  • @shannonphillips3869
    @shannonphillips3869 3 роки тому

    Very cool!

  • @Gatorgolfusa
    @Gatorgolfusa 2 роки тому

    Beautiful 🐊🦅🇺🇲👍

  • @thomassnead9933
    @thomassnead9933 3 роки тому

    Loved it.

  • @MrRpkjr2
    @MrRpkjr2 2 роки тому

    you need a D-6 and a Cat 395 medium boom. I completed (by contracting it) a 5 acre redo in total in 3 days.

  • @bitcoinbeast
    @bitcoinbeast 2 роки тому

    Always wanted to see how this was done, so cheers. When are you going to fill it? Will there be a video?

  • @rodneywelch3556
    @rodneywelch3556 2 роки тому

    I guess if I have to ask how much this costs I probably can’t afford it! One frog pond coming up!!😂

  • @bagermaster-club
    @bagermaster-club 2 роки тому

    After sludge has accumulated at the bottom, it can be pumped out using a motor pump for dirty water and a Bagermaster suction nozzle.

  • @jessicasteffey
    @jessicasteffey Рік тому +1

    This would have been so much easier if u take those two Tonka toys away small skid loaders away and saved that money and rented or borrowed a D6 maybe and push that topping up to the joe then instead of the joe grabbing the dirt twice or three × just load it out right as the dozer Britt brought straight into awaiting dump trucks

  • @SlipMahoneyBowery
    @SlipMahoneyBowery 2 роки тому

    Someone really wanted a pond all right. I felt a huge money suck watching the video. All for a small pond.

  • @PaulAthanasiou
    @PaulAthanasiou 7 місяців тому

    Hey, awesome video! One question - what permits did you need? Thanks!

  • @davidgroff3355
    @davidgroff3355 2 роки тому +6

    Thinking about one this size , what's your outside dimensions of it? And how many acres of drainage do you have to support it? Nice video 👍

  • @redciroc1211
    @redciroc1211 2 роки тому +14

    I'm from Cleveland Ohio and this is amazing, how long did this project take or is it still being made and what's the cost of a job like this I really can't imagine ?

    • @platinumck1
      @platinumck1 Рік тому +6

      The pond is complete. Its leaking. He dug it wrong. No Keyway. used topsoil for a damn. Just watching this video and seeinng all his rentals and fuel. I bet he has about $40k in it. If he would have paid someone to do it probably would have cost him $30k.

    • @mrdiyguy123
      @mrdiyguy123 Рік тому +4

      dude... it only took 12 mins to build.

    • @michaelsacy
      @michaelsacy Рік тому

      I’m from canal Fulton Ohio. 10 miles west of canton. I can be at Akron canyon airport on 10 minutes.

    • @michaelsacy
      @michaelsacy Рік тому +2

      How do you know it’s leaking??

    • @Ricky_Spanishh
      @Ricky_Spanishh Рік тому

      ​@@michaelsacywhy are you going to the airport? Did your wife leave something at her boyfriends house?

  • @jaaadanschannel5094
    @jaaadanschannel5094 2 роки тому

    Real nice we had ower pond don with a bulduser. And it’s way faster

  • @williewhite1901
    @williewhite1901 2 роки тому

    Don't forget the fish!

  • @OntarioFirewoodResource
    @OntarioFirewoodResource 3 роки тому

    I got your likes count out of the devil's number. Like number 667

  • @shanejarvis1108
    @shanejarvis1108 2 роки тому +3

    The time lapse looked good, but I bet the dam leaks.

  • @christopherpratt7898
    @christopherpratt7898 4 місяці тому

    I like this music

  • @brandondarrin4947
    @brandondarrin4947 2 роки тому

    If I only had a skidsteer.

  • @TheMichaelvoodoo25
    @TheMichaelvoodoo25 2 роки тому

    Nice work. What's the music?

  • @Bradenmorrismowing
    @Bradenmorrismowing 2 роки тому

    What does something like this cost it’s came out great

  • @MRvideo424
    @MRvideo424 2 роки тому +4

    I cannot believe you did all this work and didnt dig a damn?? you are supposed to dig down passed the top soil, example you shouldve dug a trench multiple feet down before just piling topsoil up in a mound and expect it to hold water?! This pond will most definitely leak if not blow out one day. Good luck

  • @VibN117
    @VibN117 2 роки тому +1

    Did it hold water?

  • @theyoungnative93
    @theyoungnative93 2 роки тому +1

    there's no liner on the bottom?

  • @Masteruhfnon
    @Masteruhfnon 2 роки тому +1

    no clay core below the dam? is it not necessary on ponds this size? im def not an expert and i hate trolls so im not here to trash, just curious. the video was great and the pond looks great too.